57 years ago:
The Sword of Doom (JP)
Original title: 大菩薩峠
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
1966-02-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/19884
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48 years ago:
Graveyard of Honor (JP)
Original title: 仁義の墓場
A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada, and then with the clan of his protector, Kozaburo Imai. In these years, he can rely on Chieko, a young Tokyo courtesan who gives him s...
1975-02-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/71851
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