Cast
Crew
K
Koichi Iiboshi
Story
K
Kōji Takada
Screenplay
H
Harumi Ibe
Original Music Composer
K
Kozo Horiike
Editor
N
Norimichi Igawa
Art Direction
E
Etsuaki Masuda
Lighting Technician
T
Teruhiko Arakawa
Sound Recordist
T
Toshio Masuda
Director of Photography
Japanese Godfather Trilogy
Nihon No Don (日本の首領, approximately translating as The Japanese Godfather or The Japanese Don) is a Japanese trilogy of organized crime films released from 1977 to 1978. Very loosely based on the real-life exploits of Japan's biggest yakuza gangs, the series was adapted from a novel by journalist Kazuo Kasahara and was produced by Toei, who earlier rewrote the rules of the yakuza genre with Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity.