Hokuriku Proxy War

Volatile Fukui gangster Kawada Noboru (Hiroki Matsukata) didn't like how his boss (Ko Nishimura) was ceding their wintry turf to an Osaka syndicate, and made his own play for territorial power. His temerity winds up spurring years of mob violence and peril to those in his circle, in this fact-inspired, brutally violent final yakuza genre piece from Kinji Fukasaku; Sonny Chiba, Yumiko Nogawa, Yoko Takahashi, Junkichi Orimoto also star. 98 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English; featurettes; theatrical trailer. In Japanese with English subtitles.