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Dissolution Rites

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.

Top Cast

  • Koji Tsuruta

    Koji Tsuruta

    Sawaki

  • Tetsuro Tamba

    Tetsuro Tamba

    Sakai

  • Junko Miyazono

    Junko Miyazono

    Sachiko

  • Fumio Watanabe

    Fumio Watanabe

    Shimamura

  • Misako Watanabe

    Misako Watanabe

    Mie

  • Hōsei Komatsu

    Hōsei Komatsu

  • Asao Uchida

    Asao Uchida

    Kawashima

  • Yasuhiro Komiya

    Yasuhiro Komiya

  • Nobuo Kaneko

    Nobuo Kaneko

    Itagaki

Overview

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.

Rating

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2 Reviews
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