
98 minutes
2/26/1977
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.

Hiroki Matsukata
as Kawada Noboru

Yumiko Nogawa
as Nakai Kiku

Sonny Chiba
as Kanai Hachiro

Mikio Narita
as Mr. Kubo

Kō Nishimura
as Mr. Yasuhara

Takeo Chii

Gorō Ibuki

Hajime Hana
as Mantani

Sanae Nakahara
as Nobu

Tatsuo Endō

Ichirō Nakatani

Seizō Fukumoto

Ryō Nishida

Nenji Kobayashi

Jirô Chiba
as Hanamaki

Harumi Sone

Junkichi Orimoto
as Yanaka

Yoko Takahashi

Kuniomi Kitani

Shunji Sasaki

Masataka Iwao
Akira Hirasawa
Yasuo Matsumoto
Tetsuo Fujisawa
Yûsuke Tsukasa

Ryuji Komine
Satoru Nabe

Shōtarō Hayashi
Yasuhiro Suzuki
Fuyukichi Maki

Takashi Noguchi

Ryuji Katagiri
Yoshinobu Hirose

Hyōe Enoki

Masataka Naruse

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Masaharu Arikawa
Kōjiro Shirakawa

Daisuke Awaji

Bin Amatsu

Teruo Fujinaga
Isao Takanami

Jiro Shirai
Katsutoshi Akiyama

Takaya Shimoyama
Ryōta Minowada
Sachio Miyagi
Jo Moriya
Kazutarō Kuni