How Many Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers (1969) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
Released: 1969
Cast: Koji Tsuruta, Fumio Watanabe, Takashi Shimura, Hitomi Nozoe, Sanae Kitabayashi

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers (1969) featured a cast of 53 tracked actors. Of these, 13 (33%) are still alive today and 27 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Asao Matsumoto, age 98. This film starred Koji Tsuruta and Fumio Watanabe.

33% still with us· verified cast25% of full cast · incl. 11 unverified

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 32% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 74.4 yrs

Deaths by Year

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Cast53 members

Person	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 1969 ▲▼
Koji Tsuruta	Deceased	06/12/1924	62	16/06/1987	45
Fumio Watanabe	Deceased	31/10/1929	74	04/08/2004	40
Takashi Shimura	Deceased	12/03/1905	76	11/02/1982	64
Hitomi Nozoe	Deceased	11/02/1937	58	04/05/1995	32
Sanae Kitabayashi	Living	07/01/1944	82	—	25
Asao Uchida	Deceased	01/08/1920	76	30/09/1996	49
Tatsuo Endō	Deceased	30/01/1928	84	07/07/2012	41
Kei Taguchi	Living	10/01/1933	93	—	36
Tetsuya Yamaoka	Deceased	27/01/1925	72	09/06/1997	44
Ichirō Sugai	Deceased	24/07/1907	66	11/08/1973	62
Hideo Murota	Deceased	07/10/1937	64	15/06/2002	32
Kōji Fujiyama	Living	18/12/1929	96	—	40
Akikane Sawa	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Keiko Orihara	Deceased	01/01/1926	59	24/11/1985	43
Harue Tone	Deceased	15/11/1924	80	27/04/2005	45
Asao Matsumoto	Living	02/02/1928	98	—	41
Hideaki Nagai	Deceased	27/10/1921	80	16/03/2002	48
Yasuhiko Shima	Deceased	23/03/1913	77	16/03/1991	56
Nobuo Yana	Living	19/08/1935	91	—	34
Tomotaka Ueda	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Genji Kawai	Deceased	04/10/1918	90	17/12/2008	51
Yukiko Anjō	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Isao Takanami	Deceased	—	—	30/12/2018	—
Kōji Hio	Deceased	—	—	—	—
Keiichi Kitagawa	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Shōzō Fukuyama	Deceased	03/02/1929	67	02/10/1996	40
Koji Miemachi	Living	16/03/1928	98	—	41
Hajime Kubo	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Koji Takishima	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Tōru Hanada	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Sachi Shindō	Presumed Deceased	29/10/1919	106	—	50
Tetsuya Kigawa	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Takashi Noguchi	Deceased	18/10/1938	81	28/04/2020	31
Gōzō Sōma	Deceased	10/02/1930	74	21/05/2004	39
Hiroshi Date	Living	22/08/1931	95	—	38
Kosaku Okano	Living	09/02/1933	93	—	36
Kōichi Yamada	Presumed Deceased	04/05/1921	105	—	48
Tatsuya Kameyama	Living	31/01/1941	85	—	28
Chikara Gonoue	Living	04/04/1935	91	—	34
Ryojiro Nishimoto	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Sayoko Tanimoto	Living	08/05/1935	91	—	34
Nobuyuki Ishida	Deceased	30/08/1950	68	13/06/2019	19
Haruki Jo	Living	08/09/1946	80	—	23
Jirō Sagawa	Living	04/03/1930	96	—	39
Osamu Yamanouchi	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Ryō Suga	Deceased	17/01/1936	75	04/04/2011	33
Tadao Nakamaru	Deceased	31/03/1933	76	23/04/2009	36
Ryōhei Uchida	Deceased	05/02/1924	60	15/06/1984	45
Michitarō Mizushima	Deceased	20/01/1912	87	23/03/1999	57
Tetsuro Tamba	Deceased	17/07/1922	84	24/09/2006	47
Kyoko Shinobazu	Deceased	29/10/1919	88	23/05/2008	50
Takashi Hio	Deceased	27/04/1932	82	01/05/2014	37