Yakuza Graveyard | |
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Japanese release poster
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Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
Written by | Kazuo Kasahara |
Starring | Tetsuya Watari |
Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima |
Cinematography | Toru Nakajima |
Edited by | Isamu Ichida |
Distributed by | Toei |
Release date
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October 30, 1976 |
Running time
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92 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Yakuza Graveyard, known in Japan as Yakuza no Hakaba: Kuchinashi no Hana (やくざの墓場 くちなしの花?, "Yakuza Burial: Jasmine Flower"), is a 1976 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The screenplay by Kazuo Kasahara is based on a concept by Norimichi Matsudaira, Naoyuki Sugimoto and Kyo Namura.
Complex named it number 17 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies.Kino International released the film on DVD in North America in 2006.
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.