Gambling Code and Feuds

It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer (Hiroki Matsukata) and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata

Joe Shishido

Atsuo Nakamura

Hiroyuki Nagato

Rumi Matsumoto

Kenichi Sakuragi

Asao Koike

Hiroshi Kondō

Kunio Naito

Masaru Shiga

Saburo Date

Aki Takejo