12 Dec 1995
Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground
An exploration of underground Japanese counter-culture including the Yakuza, the nationalists, the gay and lesbian community, the bikers and the homeless.
Twilight of the Yakuza
The Yakuza, Japan's organized crime syndicates, are a dying breed. Their members are aging and the government of Japan has launched a large-scale crackdown on them to eradicate them once and for all. But who are the Yakuza? The cancer of a nation or a necessary evil in a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the industrialized world?
Top Billed Cast
Daikaku Chôdôin Himself
Shorai Horitoku Himself
Jaime Morris (voice)
Yoichi Nakamura Himself
Norio Tamura Himself
Toyohiko Tanaka Himself
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