Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
• February 26th, 1977 • 1h 38min
Drama, Crime, Action, Comedy
Overview
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
High & Low The Movie
Released on: 2016-07-16
Action
Chiku is a devastated and dangerous town with 5 gangs fighting fiercely. Mugen and the Amamiya Broth...
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Released on: 2003-10-10
Action, Crime
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle ...
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Released on: 1999-11-17
Animation, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Science Fiction
A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the su...
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Released on: 1957-10-11
Drama, History, War
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...
Dolls
Released on: 2002-10-12
Drama, Romance
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided ...
You Only Live Twice
Released on: 1967-06-13
Action, Thriller, Adventure
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers ...
Blue Sky
Released on: 1989-12-02
Drama
A road movie about three persons traveling in a campervan on their way to Tokyo, Hamamatsu, and Kyot...
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
Released on: 1988-08-13
Action, Crime
In the year 199X, on the dark, shady streets of New Kabuki Town, the free-for-all between gangs of y...
Godzilla Raids Again
Released on: 1955-04-24
Science Fiction, Horror, Action
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside...
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Released on: 1962-08-11
Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponso...
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Released on: 1964-04-29
Drama, Action, Science Fiction
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and...
To End All Wars
Released on: 2001-09-02
Drama, War, Action
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are ...
Kizu
Released on: 1988-11-03
Crime, Drama
Once again, director Shunichi Kajima and star Takanori Jinnai are teaming up to create a new type of...
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
Released on: 2017-02-13
Drama
Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls' bar. Shinji is blind ...
Floating Vessel
Released on: 1957-04-29
Drama
Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Dr...
Lost in Translation
Released on: 2003-09-18
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie s...
Zatoichi
Released on: 2003-09-06
Adventure, Drama, Action
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...
Brother
Released on: 2000-12-13
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where ...
Seven Samurai
Released on: 1954-04-26
Action, Drama
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
Nobody's Perfect
Released on: 1968-01-12
Comedy, War
This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew h...