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Twilight of the Yakuza

Twilight of the Yakuza

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Documentary

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The Yakuza, Japan's organized crime syndicates, are a dying breed. Their members are aging and the government of Japan has launched a large-scale crackdown on them to eradicate them once and for all. But who are the Yakuza? The cancer of a nation or a necessary evil in a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the industrialized world?

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Budget

$229

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

126 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

26 July 2013

Country

Japan

Cast

Daikaku Chôdôin

Daikaku Chôdôin

Himself

Shorai Horitoku

Shorai Horitoku

Himself

Jaime Morris

Jaime Morris

(voice)

Yoichi Nakamura

Yoichi Nakamura

Himself

Norio Tamura

Norio Tamura

Himself

Toyohiko Tanaka

Toyohiko Tanaka

Himself

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