While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
Social & External
The people behind it
Bunta Sugawara
Shozo Hirono
Joe Shishido
Katsutoshi Otomo
Nobuo Yana
Ryôsuke Kaga
Nobuo Kaneko
Yoshio Yamamori
Hiroki Matsukata
Ichioka
Akira Kobayashi
Akira Takeda
Kunie Tanaka
Masakichi Makihara
Asao Uchida
Kenichi Okubo
Shingo Yamashiro
Shozo Eda
Kenichi Sakuragi
Akio Saeki
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