Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don
2019, Japanese. Directed by Yūji Minato.
The Shimazu Clan of South Osaka, a longstanding yakuza group, built its foundation in the port cargo handling industry and maintained its independence as a traditional gambling syndicate. Tetsuo Sakuragi (Yasukaze Motomiya) formed a brotherly bond with Kenichi Kanamori (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) while in prison and, upon release, began serving as an executive for the Shimazu Clan. However, after two police raids disrupted their gambling operations, Sakuragi interrogates a regular customer, Hirata, and uncovers that it was orchestrated by the Koga Family. Sakuragi and Kanamori confront Tatsumi (Takashi Shigematsu) at his office, who had been manipulating Hirata, but Kanamori is shot by a Koga Family member. The long-standing cold war between the Shimazu Clan and the Koga Family erupts into full-blown conflict...!!
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 January 2019
- Original title
- キングダム ～首領になった男～
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shozen Matsudaira
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Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don runs 72 minutes (1h 12m).
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Who directed Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don?
Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don (2019) was directed by Yūji Minato and stars Yasukaze Motomiya, Hitoshi Ozawa, Gō Ibuki.