Kaoyaku
Movie
顔役
1965/01/03
Speech duration
52min
Word count6,003
Unique words1,664
Words (1-occurrence)1,033
Unique kanji750
Kanji (1-occurrence)313
Speech speed
308
Difficulty Hard

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is ordered to acquire the rights to work to level the reclaimed land and prevent the Doshikai from expanding from Kansai into Tokyo, but the interference of the Koda-gumi, associated with the Kansai Doshikai, intensifies. Nakagami's younger brother Hayami, unhappy that the situation is moving slowly, tries to blackmail the mayor into moving forward, but... A true Toei gangster film with an all-star cast including Koji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura!

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