Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)

Shin Saburi as Kazumasa Sakura Died 1982 · Utashinai, Hokkaido, Japan ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Shin Saburi (佐分利 信, Saburi Shin; February 12, 1909 in Hokkaidō, Japan – September 22, 1982) was a Japanese film actor noted for his leading roles in a number...

Toshirō Mifune as Kosuke Oishi Died 1997 · Qingdao, China Toshirō Mifune (April 1, 1920 - December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema. He was born in Qingdao, China, but was r...

Hiroki Matsukata as Shiro Matsugae Died 2017 · Tokyo, Japan Kōju Meguro (Japanese: 目黒 浩樹 Hepburn: Meguro Kōju, July 23, 1942 – January 21, 2017), better known by his stage name Hiroki Matsukata (松方 弘樹 Matsukata Hiroki), was a Japanese actor. He was the son of...

Bunta Sugawara as Shinsuke Tembo Died 2014 · Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Bunta Sugawara was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 Japanese feature films, most prevalently in Yakuza films. On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Sugawara had died from liver cancer in...

Kyôko Kishida as Naoko Anekoji Died 2006 · Suginami, Tokyo, Japan Kyōko Kishida (April 29, 1930 – December 17, 2006) was a Japanese actress, voice actress, and writer of children's books. Her father was Kunio Kishida, a playwright and the founder of the Bungaku-za....