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Second Generation Young Boss
9.0 / 10• 1969• 1h 27m•NR• Japanese
DramaCrime
Storyline
Takeshi Nanjo, a junior lieutenant in the navy whose father, the head of the Nanjo-gumi yakuza family, was killed, is forced to leave the army and become the head of the Nanjo-gumi in the second generation. He brutally chivalrously avenges the death of his father by a vicious yakuza linked to extremists within the army through the courage and swordsmanship of naval training!
Cast & Crew
Hiroki Matsukata
Takeshi Nanjo
Lead
Yōko Namikawa
Keiko
Kō Nishimura
Yanosuke Hashimoto
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Hashimoto
Mizuho Suzuki
Togawa
Rinichi Yamamoto
Muto
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Genji
Izumi Hara
Tose
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kimiyoshi Yasuda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Second Generation Young Boss is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
