Japan's Top Gangster (1973)
Original title: 山口組三代目
Japan's Top Gangster is a 1973 Japanese-language action movie directed by Kōsaku Yamashita, with a running time of 1h 42m. It stars Ken Takakura, Tetsuro Tamba and Bunta Sugawara.
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang. This epic film is the first part of greatest true-life series based on autobiography of the Yamaguchi-gumi's third leader, Taoka Kazuo.