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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

Plot: With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop
Release Date: Friday, October 25 1968
56 years ago
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Portrait of Koji TsurutaKoji Tsuruta. Koji Tsuruta was 43 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Sat, Dec 06 1924 –
Died: Tue, Jun 16 1987
Portrait of Tomisaburō WakayamaTomisaburō Wakayama. Tomisaburō Wakayama was 39 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Sun, Sep 01 1929 –
Died: Thu, Apr 02 1992
Portrait of Sumiko FujiSumiko Fuji. Sumiko Fuji was 22 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Sat, Dec 01 1945
Portrait of Ken TakakuraKen Takakura. Ken Takakura was 37 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Mon, Feb 16 1931 –
Died: Mon, Nov 10 2014
Portrait of Takeya NakamuraTakeya Nakamura. Takeya Nakamura was 50 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Thu, Jul 11 1918 –
Died: Mon, May 28 1990
Portrait of Minoru ŌkiMinoru Ōki. Minoru Ōki was 44 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Sun, Dec 16 1923 –
Died: Mon, Mar 30 2009
Portrait of Kinzō ShinKinzō Shin. Kinzō Shin was 58 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Sat, Jul 09 1910 –
Died: Mon, Dec 26 1988
Portrait of Bin AmatsuBin Amatsu. Bin Amatsu was 47 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Wed, Feb 16 1921 –
Died: Tue, Jul 24 1979
Portrait of Rinichi YamamotoRinichi Yamamoto. Rinichi Yamamoto was 41 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Sun, Jan 16 1927 –
Died: Thu, Oct 16 1980
Portrait of Kunio MuraiKunio Murai. Kunio Murai was 24 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Wed, Sep 20 1944
Portrait of Shingo YamashiroShingo Yamashiro. Shingo Yamashiro was 29 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Thu, Nov 10 1938 –
Died: Wed, Aug 12 2009
Portrait of Tatsuo EndōTatsuo Endō. Tatsuo Endō was 40 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Mon, Jan 30 1928 –
Died: Sat, Jul 07 2012
Portrait of Hiroshi NawaHiroshi Nawa. Hiroshi Nawa was 36 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Sun, Oct 16 1932 –
Died: Tue, Jun 26 2018
Portrait of Seiichirō KameishiSeiichirō Kameishi. Seiichirō Kameishi was 29 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Wed, Nov 30 1938 –
Died: Sun, Jul 11 2021
Portrait of Nobuo YanaNobuo Yana. Nobuo Yana was 33 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Mon, Aug 19 1935
Portrait of Keiichi KitagawaKeiichi Kitagawa. Keiichi Kitagawa was >> in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Hiroshi DateHiroshi Date. Hiroshi Date was 37 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Sat, Aug 22 1931
Portrait of Seiya SatōSeiya Satō. Seiya Satō was 32 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Fri, Jan 10 1936 –
Died: Fri, Dec 21 2018
Portrait of Kōji SekiyamaKōji Sekiyama. Kōji Sekiyama was 39 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Wed, May 22 1929
Portrait of Kosaku OkanoKosaku Okano. Kosaku Okano was 35 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Thu, Feb 09 1933
Portrait of Nenji KobayashiNenji Kobayashi. Nenji Kobayashi was 27 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Fri, Feb 07 1941
Portrait of Hiroki MatsukataHiroki Matsukata. Hiroki Matsukata was 26 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Thu, Jul 23 1942 –
Died: Sat, Jan 21 2017
Portrait of Sachiko HidariSachiko Hidari. Sachiko Hidari was 38 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Sun, Jun 29 1930 –
Died: Wed, Nov 07 2001
Portrait of Ryūtarō TatsumiRyūtarō Tatsumi. Ryūtarō Tatsumi was 63 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Birthday: Thu, Apr 20 1905 –
Died: Sat, Jul 29 1989

Crew

Portrait of Tomu UchidaTomu Uchida. Tomu Uchida was 70 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza as 'Director'
Birthday: Tue, Apr 26 1898 –
Died: Fri, Aug 07 1970
Portrait of Gorō TanadaGorō Tanada. Gorō Tanada was 55 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza as 'Screenplay'
Birthday: Thu, Oct 23 1913 –
Died: Tue, Oct 24 1989
Portrait of Masaru SatōMasaru Satō. Masaru Satō was 40 in Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza as 'Music'
Birthday: Tue, May 29 1928 –
Died: Sun, Dec 05 1999