The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family’s fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover his piercing eyes. Befriending a like-minded lone wolf by the name of Gebasaku, Tetsu builds a coalition against higher forces. A graphic portrayal of irrepressible anger and a friendship worth dying for.
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Hell Yeah! Totally dug this one! Tetsu shows up, rockin some sweet sideburns and Jean jacket with no shirt, right after thr Tanno group is disbanded cuz: politics. So Tetsu drifts around to his brothers gang, the Tachibana Group, to run things while waiting for his bro to get outta jail. Tetsu starts up a conflict with the Yotokai group only to get along with the equally reckless leader and become friends, swapping watches over beer, as they realize the Tanno Boss was really just a jackass making a bunch of money with thr local police and Towa Construction screwing over the locals to build a new steel mill.
Sideburns, jean jackets, motorcycle, dynamite, beer, friendship, Meiko Kaji ?, some fight scenes that coulda use more work with the fight choreography, colorful and swanky, and a great bleak ending. Makes me feel like it was slightly a Toei movie.