It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer (Hiroki Matsukata) and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon
2007
6.5/10

Graveyard of Honor
2002
6.2/10

Youth of the Beast
1963
6.9/10

Agitator
2001
6.4/10

Tokyo Drifter
1966
7.1/10

Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991
6.4/10

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
2013
6.2/10

Rainy Dog
1997
6.7/10

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
7.3/10

Sister Street Fighter
1974
6.5/10

The Outsider
2018
6.2/10

Crying Freeman
1995
6.4/10

Bad City
2022
6.9/10

Dead or Alive
1999
6.4/10

Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013
7.4/10

The Protector
1985
6.0/10

Street Mobster
1972
6.8/10

The City of Lost Souls
2000
6.1/10

The Fable
2019
6.7/10

Darc
2018
6.1/10
Tattoo
2002
6/10