渡世人列传 (1969)

During the end of the Taisho Era, the Boss of the Sanja Gamily of Asakusa was assassinated by an unidentified man. The assassin was said to have an Orochi tattoo on his back. Senzo Kikuno, Mita's bonded brother, succeeded as the new leader. Meanwhile, Chokichi Inagaki, a follower of the Sanja Family, is released from prison and helps persuade Senzo to be the new boss to take care of the family. Chokichi goes on a journey to find the assassin and discovers from his wife, Kyoka, that a restaurant owner, Yoshie, has a husband with an Orochi tattoo on his back,After a massive amount of grief, fisticuffs and swordplay Chokichi realises that the man with the tattoo was a mear pawn in a more ruthless game , now the stage is st to extract revenge Yakuza style on the evil mobsters who plotted the whole sordid assassination. A first class Production in every sense , acting, music, cinematography, production design. plus the massive talent of Japans biggest Yakuza star Takahura Ken as the Man with the Dargon tattoo's brother