Cops vs. Thugs | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | January 31, 2022
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Stylish, skilled directing. Plenty of Yakuza brutality.
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| synopsis | When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city. |
| lead actors | Bunta Sugawara | Tatsuo Umemiya | Reiko Ike | Shingo Yamashiro | Sanae Nakahara | Yôko Koizumi | Maki Tachibana | Keiko Yumi | Tatsuo Endō | Hōsei Komatsu | Eizô Kitamura | Hideo Murota | Satoru Nabe | Takuzō Kawatani | Akira Shioji | Tōru Abe | Mizuho Suzuki | Jûkei Fujioka | Asao Sano | Mikio Narita | Kunie Tanaka | Nobuo Kaneko | Hiroki Matsukata | Seizô Fukumoto | Masaharu Arikawa | Kenji Ikeda | Masataka Iwao | Yasuhiko Shima | Harumi Sone | Yasuhiro Suzuki |
| director | Kinji Fukasaku |