History Film / NihonNoDon

* BadassGrandpa: Sakura and Oyama. Both men are in their seventies and still have the time and strength to play an active, if secretive role as the ''yakuza'' underworld's biggest shakers and movers.

''Nihon No Don'' (日本の首領, approximately translating as ''The Japanese Godfather'' or ''The Japanese Don'') is a Japanese trilogy of organized crime films released from 1977 to 1978. [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely based on the real-life exploits of Japan's biggest yakuza gangs,]] the series was adapted from [[FilmOfTheBook a novel by journalist Kazuo Kasahara]] and was produced by Creator/{{Toei}}, who earlier rewrote the rules of the ''yakuza'' genre with Kinji Fukasaku's ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity''.[[note]]Also worthy of note is that Kasahara also wrote the source novel for ''Battles'' series and''Nihon no don'' and while the movies share a screenwriter in the form of Koji Takada.[[/note]]

By 1977, attendances for Toei's ''yakuza'' films had gone down significantly thanks in no small part to the advent of the television, so the studio decided to bring in veteran director Sadao Nakajima and assembled an AllStarCast billed as "30 Years of Toei Men" with genre veterans Koji Tsutura, Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Creator/SonnyChiba, Mikio Narita, Nobuo Kaneko, and Tatsuo Umemiya alongside veteran actors Shin Saburi and Asao Uchida. Creator/ToshiroMifune would later round out the cast for the two sequels, while Chiezo Kataoka replaced Uchida in the third movie.

The first film, ''Yakuza Senso: Nihon No Don'' (''Yakuza War: The Japanese Godfather'') chronicle the exploits of ''yakuza'' godfather Issei Sakura (played by Shin Saburi and based off real-life ''yakuza'' boss Kazuo Taoka), boss of Japan's most powerful crime syndicate, the Osaka-based Nakajima family [[note]]Itself based off Taoka's Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi, which around the time the films were released was and still is the world's largest organized crime syndicate.[[/note]] and his attempts to be crowned "The Japanese Godfather" as ruler of the ''yakuza'' underworld. By now the wily Sakura has conquered most of the rackets in Central and Western Japan, leaving only UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} and the Kanto area untouched. Sakura plans to move in to Tokyo with the aid of his loyal lieutenants Shuei Kawashira (Koji Tsuruta), Tsukichi Sakoda (Creator/SonnyChiba), Seiji Kataoka (Mikio Narita), and Shiro Matsueda (Hiroki Matsukata). However, the Tokyo gangs, spearheaded by Eizo Iwami (Bunta Sugawara) stand in his way, [[TheManBehindTheMan aided in secret]] by powerful [[CorruptPolitician political power broker]] Kikuo Oyama (Asao Uchida). A massive MobWar erupts for control of the Tokyo rackets as loyalties are tested and both sides manipulate the political and business worlds to one-up each other.

The second film, ''Nihon No Don: Yabohen'' (''The Japanese Godfather's Ambition'') takes place two years after the first, where the Tokyo gangs, now headed by Sakura's [[TheRival rival]] Kozuke Oishi (Creator/ToshiroMifune), are now united under an umbrella organization known as the [[TheAlliance Kanto Alliance]]. Sakura, having recovered after a long illness, plans to execute a more subtle plan to take over Tokyo by manipulating the Japanese stock market. However, the corrupt dictator of [[FictionalCountry the oil-producing Republic Of Gardenesia]], [[PresidentForLife President Annata]] (Youssef Omar),[[note]]Inspired by [[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian dictator Sukarno]], who infamously consorted with the ''yakuza'' in RealLife.[[/note]] arrives in Japan with a lucrative oil deal that could mean billions of dollars in profit. Both Sakura and Oishi scramble to earn Annata's favor, and with it a significant advantage in the Japanese underworld.

The second film, ''Nihon No Don: Yabohen'' (''The Japanese Godfather's Ambition'') takes place two years after the first, where the Tokyo gangs, now headed by Sakura's [[TheRival rival]] Kozuke Oishi (Creator/ToshiroMifune), are now united under an umbrella organization known as the [[TheAlliance Kanto Alliance]]. Sakura, having recovered after a long illness, plans to execute a more subtle plan to take over Tokyo by manipulating the Japanese stock market. However, the corrupt dictator of [[FictionalCountry the oil-producing Republic Of Gardenesia]], [[PresidentForLife President Annata]] (Youssef Omar),[[note]]Inspired by [[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian dictator Sukarno]], who infamously consorted with the ''yakuza'' in RealLife.[[/note]] arrives in Japan with a lucrative oil deal that could mean billions of dollars in profit. Both Sakura and Oishi scramble to earn Annata's favor and a slice in the oil profits.

The third and final film, ''Nihon No Don: Kanketsuhen'' (''The Japanese Godfather's Finale'') sees Kikuo Oyama ([[TheOtherDarrin now played by Chiezo Kataoka]]) fall victim to a rare stomach cancer. Naturally, with his position as Japan's most powerful political fixer up for grabs, both Sakura and Oishi try to succeed him. Oishi in particular is also pursuing his dream project: turning [[UsefulNotes/NorthernMarianaIslands Saipan]] into the [[UsefulNotes/LasVegas the Las Vegas of the Pacific]]. To this end he manipulates political party leader and SleazyPolitician Shigenori Karita (Satoshi Nishimura), whose [[StarCrossedLovers son is romantically involved with Sakura's daughter]] to act as a go-between in a bribery deal involving corrupt US Senator J.H. Gerald (Tony Diamond). However, things go south when a bunch of young punks arrive, steal the money, and try to make a getaway before being chased by the police. With a massive scandal on his hands, things get worse for Oishi when [[MacGuffin the bribery receipt]] disappears and ends up in Oyama's hands. The burning question remains as to who set up the robbery as both Sakura and Oyama plan to finish off Oishi before they can settle who gets to rule the Japanese underworld.

* GratuitousEnglish: In the third movie, when Karita and Gerald meet to exchange the bribe money. This is topped off with the bribery recipt reading :

* MacGuffin: The third movie has the bribery recipt Senator Gerald gives to Karita. It switches hands several times in the movie, before finally ending up with [[spoiler: Sakura's son-in-law Dr. Ichinomiya, who burns it before he tries to kill Oishi.]]

* QuickDraw: Oishi's bodyguards outdraw Shinsuke Tenbo at the climax of the second film when he tries to kill their boss. [[spoiler: Somehow, Tenbo survives.]]

* WeCanRuleTogether: When Oishi comes under fire after the Saipan incident, Oyama offers ambitious Nakajima family underboss Akira Kawanishi a role as his NumberTwo after they finish off Sakura. Kawanishi accepts, but [[spoiler: Oyama dies, Oishi goes free, and Kawanishi whacked.]]

** Al Sanders, an American national who has an affair with Sakura's younger daughter, is not above making advances to Ichinomiya's nurses.
** Dr. Ichinomiya, while HappilyMarried to Sakura's older daughter, goes on a dalliance with Karita's mistress for [[spoiler: Karita's bribery recipt.]]

* YoureNotMyFather: Oishi's daughter, Atsuko, in he third movie, writes a letter condemning her father for the police after [[spoiler: he has her boyfriend killed.]]

* UndyingLoyalty: Sakura's lieutenants are this to him in general. [[spoiler: Except for Kawanishi.]

The third and final film, ''Nihon No Don: Kanketsuhen'' (''The Japanese Godfather's Finale'') sees Kikuo Oyama ([[TheOtherDarrin now played by Chiezo Kataoka]]) fall victim to a rare stomach cancer. Naturally, with his position as Japan's most powerful political fixer up for grabs, both Sakura and Oishi try to succeed him. Oishi in particular is also pursuing his dream project: turning [[UsefulNotes/NorthernMarianaIslands Saipan]] into the [[UsefulNotes/LasVegas the Las Vegas of the Pacific]]. To this end he manipulates political party leader and SleazyPolitician Shigenori Karita (Satoshi Nishimura), whose [[StarCrossedLovers son is romantically involved with Sakura's daughter]] to act as a go-between in a bribery deal involving corrupt US Senator Gerald (Tony Diamond). However, things go south when a bunch of young punks arrive (secretly sent ahead by Sakura), steal the money, and try to make a getaway before being chased by the police. With a massive scandal on his hands, things get worse for Oishi when [[MacGuffin the bribery receipt]] disappears and ends up in Oyama's hands as Sakura plans to ensure his victory.

* BadassGrandpa: Sakura and Oyama.

* CoolCar: Oishi's Cadillac Series 75.
* CorruptPolitician: Oyama, President Annata, Diet Member Karita, Hirayama, and Senator Gerald.

* GambitPileup: The third and second movies consist of these in spades as enacted by Sakura and Oishi.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the third movie, when Karita and Gerald meet to exchange the bribe money.

** Akira Kawanishi, despite being in a wheelchair and crutches while being sexually impotent, still manages to pull off a lot of complex financial schemes for Sakura. [[spoiler: He even manages to linger for a bit after being thrown off a flight of stairs and then shot.]]

* XanatosSpeedChess: The third film has Oishi and Sakura doing this to each other, with Oyama [[BatmanGambit Batman Gambiting]] both all the way. [[spoiler: It's Oishi who ends up winning.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Sakura's lieutenants are this to him in general.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Happens several times across the trilogy. [[spoiler: Kataoka and Matsueda in the second; Akira Kawanishi, Karita and his son in the third.]]
* YoureNotMyFather: Oishi's daughter, Atsuko, in he third movie, turns her father into the police after [[spoiler: he has her boyfriend killed.]]

''Nihon No Don'' (日本の首領, approximately translating as ''The Japanese Godfather'' or ''The Japanese Don'') is a Japanese trilogy of organized crime films released from 1977 to 1978. [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely based on the real-life exploits of Japan's biggest yakuza gangs,]] the series was adapted from [[FilmOfTheBook a novel by journalist Kazuo Kasahara]] and was produced by Creator/{{Toei}}, who earlier rewrote the rules of the ''yakuza'' genre with Kinji Fukasaku's ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity''.[[note]]Also worthy of note is that Kasahara also did the source novel for ''Battles'' series and both ''Nihon no don'' and both share a screenwriter in the form of Koji Takada.[[/note]]

* BatmanGambit: Oyama in the third movie plays ''both'' Sakura and Oishi against each other.

** [[spoiler: Kawashira does this after being thrown in the slammer in the first movie.]]

* HandicappedBadass: Sakura hobbles around on a cane battling heart disease while Oyama spends most of the third movie in the hospital, but even this doesn't stop them from trying to play XanatosSpeedChess between themselves and Oishi.
** Akira Kawanishi, despite being in a wheelchair AND sexually impotent, still manages to pull off a lot of complex financial schemes for Sakura. [[spoiler: He even manages to linger for a bit after being thrown off a flight of stairs and then shot.]]

* MacGuffinTitle: An unusual variation. The whole series is about 60-year old yakuza bosses warring for the title of "The Japanese Godfather".

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Happens several times per movie. [[spoiler: Kataoka and Matsueda in the second; Akira Kawanishi, Karita and his son in the third.]]
* YoureNotMyFather: Oishi's daughter, Atsuko, does this to her father after [[spoiler: he has her boyfriend killed.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: Several happen in the second movie. [[spoiler: Sakura's second daughter Makiko, Nurse Kaoru Miura after being roped into an ArrangedMarriage with President Annata, and Matsueda after her suicide.]]
** [[spoiler: Kawashira after being thrown in the slammer in the first movie.]]
* GambitPileup: The third and second movies consist of these.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the third movie when Karita and Gerald meet to exchange the bribe money.

* NumberTwo: Kawahsira, Kataoka, and Matsueda to Sakura.

* RedBaron: The "Japanese Godfather".

* WorthyOpponent: For all their bad blood against each other, both Sakura and Oishi both have a healthy dose of respect for each other and are likewise very civil when they meet.
* VictoryByEndurance: [[spoiler: Oishi outlives both Sakura and Oyama to be crowned "The Japanese Godfather".]]

''Nihon No Don'' (日本の首領, approximately translating as ''The Japanese Godfather'' or ''The Japanese Don'') is a Japanese trilogy of organized crime films released from 1977 to 1978. [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely based on the real-life exploits of Japan's biggest yakuza gangs,]] the series was adapted from [[FilmOfTheBook a novel by journalist Kazuo Kasahara]] and was produced by Creator/{{Toei}}, who earlier rewrote the rules of the''yakuza'' genre with Kinji Fukasaku's ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity'' from 1973 to 1974.[[note]]Also worthy of note is that Kasahara also did the source novel for ''Battles'' series and both ''Nihon no don'' and both share a screenwriter in the form of Koji Takada.[[/note]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Happens several times per movie. [[spoiler: Kawashira in the first; Kataoka and Matsueda in the second; Akira Kawanishi, Karita and his son in the third.]]

''Nihon No Don'' (日本の首領, approximately translating as ''The Japanese Godfather'' or ''The Japanese Don'') is a Japanese trilogy of organized crime films released from 1977 to 1978. [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely based on the real-life exploits of Japan's biggest yakuza gangs,]] the series was adapted from [[FilmOfTheBook a novel by journalist Kazuo Kasahara]] and was produced by Creator/{{Toei}}, who earlier rewrote the ''yakuza'' genre with Kinji Fukasaku's ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity'' from 1973 to 1974.[[note]]Also worthy of note is that Kasahara also did the source novel for ''Battles'' series and both ''Nihon no don'' and both share a screenwriter in the form of Koji Takada.[[/note]]

The series as a whole was intended as a GrandFinale for Toei's ''yakuza'' films [[SeriesFauxnale but the company produced a few more until the 80s]].

* RevengeBeforeReason: Dr. Ichinomiya in the climax of the third film decides to assassinate Oishi after [[spoiler: His father-in-law dies. Sadly he ends up missing Oishi and gets shot up by his bodyguards and getting stabbed by the bartender.]]

* TheYakuza: Another Creator/{{Toei}}-produced''yakuza'' film saga in the vein of ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity''.

* WorthyOpponent: For all their bad blood against each other, both Sakura and Oishi both have a healthy dose of respect and are likewise very civil towards each other.

''Nihon no Don'' (日本の首領, approximately translating as ''The Japanese Godfather'' or ''The Japanese Don'') is a Japanese trilogy of organized crime films released from 1977 to 1978. [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely based on the real-life exploits of Japan's biggest yakuza gangs,]] the series was adapted from [[FilmOfTheBook a novel by journalist Kazuo Kasahara]] and was produced by Creator/{{Toei}}, who earlier rewrote the ''yakuza'' genre with Kinji Fukasaku's ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity'' from 1973 to 1974.[[note]]Also worthy of note is that Kasahara also did the source novel for ''Battles'' series and both ''Nihon no don'' and both share a screenwriter in the form of Koji Takada.[[/note]]

The first film, ''Yakuza senso: Nihon no don'' (''Yakuza War: The Japanese Godfather'') chronicle the exploits of ''yakuza'' godfather Issei Sakura (played by Shin Saburi and based off real-life ''yakuza'' boss Kazuo Taoka), boss of Japan's most powerful crime syndicate, the Osaka-based Nakajima family [[note]]Itself based off Taoka's Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi, which around the time the films were released was and still is the world's largest organized crime syndicate.[[/note]] and his attempts to be crowned "The Japanese Godfather" as ruler of the ''yakuza'' underworld. By now the wily Sakura has conquered most of the rackets in Central and Western Japan, leaving only UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} and the Kanto area untouched. Sakura plans to move in to Tokyo with the aid of his loyal lieutenants Shuei Kawashira (Koji Tsuruta), Tsukichi Sakoda (Creator/SonnyChiba), Seiji Kataoka (Mikio Narita), and Shiro Matsueda (Hiroki Matsukata). However, the Tokyo gangs, spearheaded by Eizo Iwami (Bunta Sugawara) stand in his way, [[TheManBehindTheMan aided in secret]] by powerful [[CorruptPolitician political power broker]] Kikuo Oyama (Asao Uchida). A massive MobWar erupts for control of the Tokyo rackets as loyalties are tested and both sides manipulate the political and business worlds to one-up each other.

The second film, ''Nihon no don: yabohen'' (''The Japanese Godfather's Ambition'') takes place two years after the first, where the Tokyo gangs, now headed by Sakura's [[TheRival rival]] Kozuke Oishi (Creator/ToshiroMifune), are now united under an umbrella organization known as the [[TheAlliance Kanto Alliance]]. Sakura, having recovered after a long illness, plans to execute a more subtle plan to take over Tokyo by manipulating the Japanese stock market. However, the corrupt dictator of [[FictionalCountry the oil-producing Republic Of Gardenesia]], [[PresidentForLife President Annata]] (Youssef Omar),[[note]]Inspired by [[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian dictator Sukarno]], who infamously consorted with the ''yakuza'' in RealLife.[[/note]] arrives in Japan with a lucrative oil deal that could mean billions of dollars in profit. Both Sakura and Oishi scramble to earn Annata's favor and a slice in the oil profits.

The third and final film, ''Nihon no don: kanketsuhen'' (''The Japanese Godfather's Finale'') sees Kikuo Oyama ([[TheOtherDarrin now played by Chiezo Kataoka]]) fall victim to a rare stomach cancer. Naturally, with his position as Japan's most powerful political fixer up for grabs, both Sakura and Oishi try to succeed him. Oishi in particular is also pursuing his dream project: turning [[UsefulNotes/NorthernMarianaIslands Saipan]] into the [[UsefulNotes/LasVegas the Las Vegas of the Pacific]]. To this end he manipulates political party leader and SleazyPolitician Shigenori Karita (Satoshi Nishimura), whose [[StarCrossedLovers son is romantically involved with Sakura's daughter]] to act as a go-between in a bribery deal involving corrupt US Senator Gerald (Tony Diamond). However, things go south when a bunch of young punks arrive (secretly sent ahead by Sakura), steal the money, and try to make a getaway before being chased by the police. With a massive scandal on his hands, things get worse for Oishi when [[MacGuffin the bribery receipt]] disappears and ends up in Oyama's hands as Sakura plans to ensure his victory.

* BatmanGambit: Oyama in the third movie plays ''both'' Sakura and Oishi against each other.
* BadassGrandpa: Sakura and Oyama.

* CorruptPolitician: Oyama, President Annata, Diet Member Karita, and Hirayama.

** Akira Kawanishi, despite being in a wheelchair AND sexually impotent, still manages to pull off a lot of complex financial schemes. [[spoiler: He even manages to linger for a bit after being thrown off a flight of stairs and then shot.]]

* OldSoldier: Oishi served with the [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan ''Kempeitai'']] during the war.

* TheYakuza: Another ''yakuza'' film saga in the vein of ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity''.

By 1977, attendances for Toei's ''yakuza'' films had gone down significantly thanks in no small part to the advent of the television, so the studio decided to bring in veteran director Sadao Nakajima and assembled an AllStarCast billed as "30 Years of Toei Men" with genre veterans Koji Tsutura, Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Creator/SonnyChiba Mikio Narita, Nobuo Kaneko, and Tatsuo Umemiya alongside veteran actors Shin Saburi and Asao Uchida. Creator/ToshiroMifune would later round out the cast for the two sequels, while Chiezo Kataoka replaced Uchida in the third movie.

* HandicappedBadass: Akira Kawanishi in the third film, despite being in a wheelchair AND being sexually impotent, still manages to pull off a lot of complex financial schemes. [[spoiler: He even manages to linger for a bit after being thrown off a flight of stairs and then shot.]]

The first film, ''Yakuza senso: Nihon no don'' (''Yakuza War: The Japanese Godfather'') chronicle the exploits of ''yakuza'' godfather Issei Sakura (played by Shin Saburi and based off real-life ''yakuza'' boss Kazuo Taoka), boss of Japan's most powerful crime syndicate, the Osaka-based Nakajima family [[note]]Itself based off Taoka's Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi, which around the time the films were released was and still is the world's largest organized crime syndicate.[[/note]] and his attempts to be crowned "The Japanese Godfather" as ruler of the ''yakuza'' underworld. By now the wily Sakura has conquered most of the rackets in Central and Western Japan, leaving only UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} and the Kanto area untouched. Sakura plans to move in to Tokyo with the aid of his loyal lieutenants Shuei Kawashira (Koji Tsuruta), Tsukichi Sakoda (Creator/SonnyChiba), Seiji Kataoka (Mikio Narita), and Shiro Matsueda (Hiroki Matsukata). However, the Tokyo gangs, spearheaded by Eizo Iwami (Bunta Sugawara) stand in his way, [[TheManBehindTheMan aided in secret]] by powerful [[CorruptPolitician political power broker]] Kikuo Oyama (Asao Koike). A massive MobWar erupts for control of the Tokyo rackets as loyalties are tested and both sides manipulate the political and business worlds to one-up each other.

''Nihon no Don'' (日本の首領, approximately translating as ''The Japanese Godfather'' or ''The Japanese Don'') is a Japanese trilogy of organized crime films released from 1977 to 1978. [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely based on the real-life exploits of Japan's biggest yakuza gangs,]] the series was adapted from [[TheBookOfTheMovie a novel by journalist Kazuo Kasahara]] and was produced by Creator/{{Toei}}, who earlier rewrote the ''yakuza'' genre with Kinji Fukasaku's ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity'' from 1973 to 1974.[[note]]Also worthy of note is that Kasahara also did the source novel for ''Battles'' series and both ''Nihon no don'' and both share a screenwriter in the form of Koji Takada.[[/note]]

* TheYakuza: Another ''yakuza'' film saga in the vein of ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity''

''Nihon no Don'' (日本の首領, approximately translating as ''The Japanese Godfather'' or ''The Japanese Don'') is a Japanese trilogy of organized crime films [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on the real-life exploits of Japan's biggest yakuza gangs.]] The series was based off a novel by journalist Kazuo Kasahara, was produced by Creator/{{Toei}}, who earlier rewrote the ''yakuza'' genre with Kinji Fukasaku's ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity'' from 1973 to 1974.[[note]]Also worthy of note is that Kasahara also did the source novel for ''Battles'' series and both ''Nihon no don'' and the latter share a screenwriter in the form of Koji Takada.[[/note]]

* VictoryByEndurance: [[spoiler: Oishi, outlives both Sakura and Oyama to be crowned "The Japanese Godfather".]]

The second film, ''Nihon no don: yabohen'' (''The Japanese Godfather's Ambition'') takes place two years after the first, where the Tokyo gangs, now headed by Sakura's [[TheRival rival]] Kozuke Oishi (Creator/ToshiroMifune), are now united under an umbrella organization known as the [[TheAlliance Kanto Alliance]]. Sakura, having recovered after a long illness, plans to execute a more subtle plan to take over Tokyo by manipulating the Japanese stock market. However, the corrupt dictator of [[FictionalCountry the oil-producing Republic Of Gardenesia]], [[PresidentForLife President Annata]] (Youssef Omar),[[note]]Inspired by [[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian dictator Sukarno]], who infamously consorted with the ''yakuza'' in RealLife.)[[/note]] arrives in Japan with a lucrative oil deal that could mean billions of dollars in profit. Both Sakura and Oishi scramble to earn Annata's favor and a slice in the oil profits.

* Victory by Endurance: [[spoiler: Oishi, being a good 10 years younger than Sakura and Oyama.]]

The second film, ''Nihon no don: yabohen'' (''The Japanese Godfather's Ambition'') takes place two years after the first, where the Tokyo gangs, now headed by Sakura's [[TheRival rival]] Kozuke Oishi (Creator/ToshiroMifune), are now united under an umbrella organization known as the [[TheAlliance Kanto Alliance]]. Sakura, having recovered after a long illness, plans to execute a more subtle plan to take over Tokyo by manipulating the Japanese financial world. However, the corrupt dictator of [[FictionalCountry the oil-producing Republic Of Gardenesia]], [[PresidentForLife President Annata]] (Youssef Omar),[[note]]Inspired by [[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian dictator Sukarno]], who infamously consorted with the ''yakuza'' in RealLife.)[[/note]] arrives in Japan with a lucrative oil deal that could mean billions of dollars in profit. Both Sakura and Oishi scramble to earn Annnata's favor and a slice in the oil profits.

The third and final film, ''Nihon no don: kanketsuhen'' (''The Japanese Godfather's Finale'') sees Kikuo Oyama (TheOtherDarrin now played by Chiezo Kataoka) fall victim to a rare stomach cancer. Naturally, with his position as Japan's most powerful political fixer up for grabs, both Sakura and Oishi try to succeed him. Oishi in particular is also pursuing his dream project: turning [[UsefulNotes/NorthernMarianaIslands Saipan]] into the [[UsefulNotes/LasVegas the Las Vegas of the Pacific]]. To this end he manipulates political party leader and SleazyPolitician Shigenori Karita (Satoshi Nishimura), whose [StarCrossedLovers son is romantically involved with Sakura's daughter]] to act as a go-between in a bribery deal involving corrupt US Senator Gerald (Tony Diamond). However, things go south when a bunch of young punks arrive (secretly sent ahead by Sakura), steal the money, and try to make a getaway before being chased by the police. With a massive scandal on his hands, things get worse for Oishi when [[MacGuffin the bribery receipt]] disappears and ends up in Oyama's hands.

The series as a whole was intended as a GrandFinale for Toei's ''yakuza'' films but the company produced a few more until the UsefulNotes/TheEighties.