League of Gangsters
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| Japanese | ギャング同盟 |
| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Written by | Ryuta Akimoto Yoshida Mita Susumi Saji K.F. Susukida |
| Screenplay by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Produced by | Shigeru Okada |
| Starring | Ryōhei Uchida Kei Satō |
| Cinematography | Yoshikazu Yamazawa |
| Edited by | Osamu Tanaka |
| Music by | Riichirō Manabe |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
League of Gangsters (Japanese: ギャング同盟, Hepburn: Gyangu Dōmei) is a 1963 Japanese black-and-white crime action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Ryōhei Uchida and Kei Satō. It was Uchida's first starring role in a film.
In the film, a yakuza member is released for prison and finds that his former territory has been taken over by a rival criminal organization. Seeking revenge against these rivals, he re-organizes his former gang by recruiting financially struggling former gang members. They kidnap the rival organization's chairman and his daughter, demanding a ransom for their return.