Dissolution Rites (解散式) 57 years old

Dissolution Rites

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.

Credits

Dissolution Rites Cast

Name Character
Kōji Tsuruta He was 43, 63 years old when he died
Nobuo Kaneko He was 44, 71 years old when he died
Nobuo Yana He was 31, now 89 years old as Yasuhara
Asao Uchida He was 46, 76 years old when he died
Misako Watanabe She was 34, now 92 years old
Tetsurō Tamba He was 44, 84 years old when he died
Fumio Watanabe He was 37, 74 years old when he died
Hôsei Komatsu He was 42, 78 years old when he died
Gôzô Sôma He was 37, 74 years old when he died as Gurentai
Junko Miyazono She was 23, now 81 years old

Dissolution Rites Crew

Name Department
Isao Tomita as Music. He was 34 (70) years old when He died Sound
Isao Matsumoto as Screenplay. Writing
Kinji Fukasaku as Director. He was 36 (72) years old when He died Directing
Kinji Fukasaku as Screenplay. He was 36 (72) years old when He died Writing
Hideaki Yamamoto as Screenplay. Writing
Dissolution Rites poster
Dissolution Rites (57 years)

  • Release day: Friday, March 31, 1967
  • Runtime: 92 minutes