JAPANESE GODFATHER TRILOGY (USA IMPORT)

Three-disc set includes: Japans Don: Great Yakuza War (Yakuza Senso: Nihon No Don) (1977)In late 50s Japan, Osaka Yakuza boss Kazumasa Sakura (Shin Saburi) finally found his long-craved in to extend his empire into Tokyo. Unfortunately, the entrenched Tokyo mobs were ready to meet his charge with payoffs and violence. The first of director Sadao Nakajimas fact-inspired crime opuses also stars Bunta Sugawara, Sonny Chiba, Koji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata. 132 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Japanese Godfather: Ambition (Nihon No Don: Yabohen) (1977)Two years into his incursion into the Tokyo gangs turf, an aging and ill Kazumasa Sakura (Shin Saburi) remained unbowed in his ambitions. However, the citys clans were now united behind the leadership of Kosuke Oishi (Toshiro Mifune)... and Sakura pins all on undercutting Oishis deal with a wealthy dictator. Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara also star. 141 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Japans Don: Resolution (Nihon No Don: Kanketsuhen) (1978)The refusal of Kazumasa Sakura (Shin Saburi) to back down from the Tokyomob forces of Kosuke Oishi (Toshiro Mifune) had erupted in a full-scale yakuza war. Neither might be ready for the efforts of cagey political fixer Kikuo Oyama (Chiezo Kataoka) to play both sides against the middle. Trilogy conclusion also stars Bunta Sugawara, Naoko Otani, Ko Nishimura. 131 In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Widescreen; Soundtracks: Japanese; Subtitles: English; featurettes; theatrical trailers. In Japanese with English subtitles.

At the dawn of the 1970s, Japan is becoming an economic superpower and the Nakajima crime syndicate extends its grasp across the nation. Politicians and corporations seek the gang's favour to form strategic and highly prosperous partnerships, but its leaders disagree about whether to leave the old ways behind for the sake of money and respectability.