Film

The Okinawa War of Ten Years

1978 · 1h 42m · Crime

IMDb

7.3

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete. Now sides are drawn among the local yakuza guys who used to be best friends since their childhood, and brother fights brother. It results in the biggest yakuza war in Okinawa.

Hiroki Matsukata

Sonny Chiba

Yumiko Nogawa

Takao Yamada

Atsushi Watanabe

Jirô Chiba

Akira Nishikino

Akira Oda

Yayoi Watanabe

Hiromi Kurita

Yōko Koizumi

Kantarō Suga

Kenji Imai

Shōki Fukae

Nobuo Kawai

Harumi Sone

• Akinori MatsuoDirector
• Isao MatsumotoScreenplay
• Ichirō ŌtsuScreenplay
• Seiko ShimuraScreenplay
• Tatsuo HondaProducer
• Shigeru AkatsukaDirector of Photography
• Hajime KaburagiOriginal Music Composer

The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978) Original Trailer [FHD]

Release date

June 3, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Crime

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