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Street Mobster (1972)

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Legendary director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale, The Black Lizard) takes the helm for this stylish and violent take on the life of a lower echelon yakuza thug striving to survive in a Tokyo where the rules are constantly changing. Thuggish Isamu Okita (Bunta Sugawara) has a bad reputation for his short temper and bad habit of flying off the handle. When he returns to the streets after a harrowing stint in jail, the ever-changing climate finds him struggling to survive. When adaptation to the

Sep 7, 2004

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Energetic but pointless rise and fall of a mobster pic.

February 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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Street Mobster isn't a bad movie, it's just not the strongest. The movie is centered around the rise, fall, rise, and fall of a gang leader named Okita. After his first fall, he leaves prison to find organized crime is not what it use to be, but instead of adapt or evolve, he keeps his old ways, which is his

June 22, 2011
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Kevin "The Ninja"

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Since I just Review a Kinji Fukasaku's Sympathy for the Underdog why not review another of his films? This one is a has a different tone than of Sympathy for the Underdog. Street Mobster. It's more Raw, Violent, Bleak and Shocking to say the least. But this film is very notable for being the First Time that Lead actor

November 30, 2010
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