Japanese Godfather
strong violence, injury detail, nudity, sex, language, suicide references
Director(s)Sadao Nakajima
Production year1977
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes132m
CastShin Saburi, Toshirô Mifune, Hiroki Matsukata
Japanese Godfather
strong violence, injury detail, nudity, sex, language, suicide references
Two powerful crime syndicates battle against each other for supremacy in this Japanese crime drama from 1978.
Two powerful crime syndicates battle against each other for supremacy in this Japanese crime drama from 1978.
violence
Scenes include people being shot with blood spurts as well as beatings and moments of torture.
threat and horror
A gang threatens and intimidates a woman in order to convince her husband to confess. A man is hanged by his neck whilst being interrogated. A man attempts to suffocate a newborn baby after realising he is not the father; however, he is stopped before the baby is harmed. A character puts a knife into another's mouth and threatens to cut out his tongue.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'arse' and 'hell'.
sex
A brief scene of strong sex is shown and a naked woman begs a man to sleep with her.
suicide and self-harm
A bloody body is discovered in the aftermath of a suicide. A character references taking their own life.
injury detail
Characters are seen covered in blood after violent encounters, and dead bodies are shown with bloody wound detail. There is sight of a woman's decapitated head.
nudity
There is sexualised female breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
References are made to sexual violence and there is brief sexual threat. A scene shows characters smoking marijuana. References are made to abortion, illness and death.
strong violence, injury detail, nudity, sex, language, suicide references
Classified Date:
05/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
violence
Scenes include people being shot with blood spurts as well as beatings and moments of torture.
threat and horror
A gang threatens and intimidates a woman in order to convince her husband to confess. A man is hanged by his neck whilst being interrogated. A man attempts to suffocate a newborn baby after realising he is not the father; however, he is stopped before the baby is harmed. A character puts a knife into another's mouth and threatens to cut out his tongue.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'arse' and 'hell'.
sex
A brief scene of strong sex is shown and a naked woman begs a man to sleep with her.
suicide and self-harm
A bloody body is discovered in the aftermath of a suicide. A character references taking their own life.
injury detail
Characters are seen covered in blood after violent encounters, and dead bodies are shown with bloody wound detail. There is sight of a woman's decapitated head.
nudity
There is sexualised female breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
References are made to sexual violence and there is brief sexual threat. A scene shows characters smoking marijuana. References are made to abortion, illness and death.
violence
Scenes include people being shot with blood spurts as well as beatings and moments of torture.
threat and horror
A gang threatens and intimidates a woman in order to convince her husband to confess. A man is hanged by his neck whilst being interrogated. A man attempts to suffocate a newborn baby after realising he is not the father; however, he is stopped before the baby is harmed. A character puts a knife into another's mouth and threatens to cut out his tongue.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'arse' and 'hell'.
sex
A brief scene of strong sex is shown and a naked woman begs a man to sleep with her.
suicide and self-harm
A bloody body is discovered in the aftermath of a suicide. A character references taking their own life.
injury detail
Characters are seen covered in blood after violent encounters, and dead bodies are shown with bloody wound detail. There is sight of a woman's decapitated head.
nudity
There is sexualised female breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
References are made to sexual violence and there is brief sexual threat. A scene shows characters smoking marijuana. References are made to abortion, illness and death.
Director(s)Sadao Nakajima
Production year1977
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes132m
CastShin Saburi, Toshirô Mifune, Hiroki Matsukata
strong violence, injury detail, nudity, sex, language, suicide references
Classified Date:
05/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
violence
Scenes include people being shot with blood spurts as well as beatings and moments of torture.
threat and horror
A gang threatens and intimidates a woman in order to convince her husband to confess. A man is hanged by his neck whilst being interrogated. A man attempts to suffocate a newborn baby after realising he is not the father; however, he is stopped before the baby is harmed. A character puts a knife into another's mouth and threatens to cut out his tongue.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'arse' and 'hell'.
sex
A brief scene of strong sex is shown and a naked woman begs a man to sleep with her.
suicide and self-harm
A bloody body is discovered in the aftermath of a suicide. A character references taking their own life.
injury detail
Characters are seen covered in blood after violent encounters, and dead bodies are shown with bloody wound detail. There is sight of a woman's decapitated head.
nudity
There is sexualised female breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
References are made to sexual violence and there is brief sexual threat. A scene shows characters smoking marijuana. References are made to abortion, illness and death.
