A yakuza flick where the final massacre makes you forget the messy ride there.
The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil Hiroshi Nawa, who at one point employs rebellious young hood Tsunehiko Watase and Kagawa. Tatsuo Umemiya also shows up as a cool, leather jacket gunman who gains Sugawara’s respect despite playing for the opposing team. What eventually keeps this film from being as good as the first is the loose script that doesn’t really tie all the fun stuff into a coherent package. Much is forgiven however when the last 20 minutes arrives with several visually striking set pieces (including one death scene stylized to the point of ridiculousness) and a terrific final massacre. This was Suzuki’s last contribution to the series; the fifth and final picture would be helmed by Takashi Harada.
Practical Effects
That absurdly stylized death scene—pure Suzuki madness.
Costume
Umemiya's leather jacket should have its own billing.
Director
Norifumi Suzuki
Bunta Sugawara
Masaru Kokubun
Yumiko Nogawa
Shizue Takigawa
Tatsuo Umemiya
Takashi Shinohara (Taku The Heart)
Tsunehiko Watase
Tatsumi Eiji
Hiroshi Nawa
Ryujiro Tsuchida
Tatsuo Endō
Detective Inukai
Yukie Kagawa
High Jack
Riri Sasaki
Fat Lady
Takuzō Kawatani
Kazuo Tsukamoto
Kunio Kaga
Tameyoshi Yazaki
Shōtarō Hayashi
Yoshikazu Gondo
Akira Shioji
Daimon Daigoro
Kinji Nakamura
Genkichi Kunimatsu
Keiji Takamiya
Takuji Yamazaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Norifumi Suzuki's swan song for the series—he'd move on to more provocative pinky violence films like 'Sex and Fury.'
The loose scripting wasn't laziness; Suzuki prioritized kinetic set pieces over narrative cohesion, a signature he'd refine in his later exploitation classics.
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