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Japan's Don: Great Yakuza War (Yakuza Senso: Nihon No Don) (1977)

In late '50s Japan, Osaka Yakuza boss Kazumasa Sakura (Shin Saburi) finally found his long-craved in to extend his empire into Tokyo. Unfortunately, the entrenched Tokyo mobs were ready to meet his charge with payoffs and violence. The first of director Sadao Nakajima's fact-inspired crime opuses also stars Bunta Sugawara, Sonny Chiba, Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata. 132 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

Japanese Godfather: Ambition (Nihon No Don: Yabohen) (1977)

Two years into his incursion into the Tokyo gangs' turf, an aging and ill Kazumasa Sakura (Shin Saburi) remained unbowed in his ambitions. However, the city's clans were now united behind the leadership of Kosuke Oishi (Toshiro Mifune)...and Sakura pins all on undercutting Oishi's deal with a wealthy dictator. Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara also star. 141 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

Japan's Don: Resolution (Nihon No Don: Kanketsuhen) (1978)

The refusal of Kazumasa Sakura (Shin Saburi) to back down from the Tokyomob forces of Kosuke Oishi (Toshiro Mifune) had erupted in a full-scale yakuza war. Neither might be ready for the efforts of cagey political fixer Kikuo Oyama (Chiezo Kataoka) to play both sides against the middle. Trilogy conclusion also stars Bunta Sugawara, Naoko Otani, Ko Nishimura. 131 In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

Widescreen; Soundtracks: Japanese; Subtitles: English; featurettes; theatrical trailers. In Japanese with English subtitles.