Akira Hisamatsu
Tokyo Drifter
as uncreditedAfter yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to...
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Branded to Kill
as JewelerAfter botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of...
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Story of a Prostitute
as uncreditedVolunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service...
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Youth of the Beast
as Detective YamaguchiWhen a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with...
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Take Aim at the Police Van
as MasakiA sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
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Gate of Flesh
as uncreditedIn the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of...
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Eight Hours of Terror
as DetectiveA bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.
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A Woman Called Sada Abe
as Sada's FatherThe young and beautiful Sada Abe, the daughter of a rich merchant, is banished for losing her...
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Voice Without a Shadow
as uncreditedAsako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued...
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Fighting Elegy
as uncreditedKiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his...
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The Heart
as Travelling monkIn the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon...
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The Call of Blood
as Boss WakamatsuTwo brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
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The Hill is Full of Flowers
as (as Kôsuke Hisamatsu)A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira...
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The Sleeping Beast Within
as uncreditedWhen a middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers he is dishonored and fires...
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Tattooed Life
as Patrolman OikawaAfter his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his...
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Break Down that Wall
as uncreditedA man is wrongfully accused of murder.
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Smashing the 0-Line
as RyuKatiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and...
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The Man with a Shotgun
as Caretaker #1Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a...
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Kanto Wanderer
as IsogawaHandsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it....
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The Gambling Monk
as uncreditedOne summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing...
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Cat Changed Into Tiger
as uncreditedA life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He...
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Fight of the Gamblers
as uncreditedRyuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men,...
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The Boy Who Came Back
as uncreditedNobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break...
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The Angry Rambler
as uncreditedFourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.
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Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
as uncreditedA boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These...
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Hellish Love
as uncreditedBased on a traditional Japanese ghost story, the movie follows a man who falls deeply in love...
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Kidō sōsahan Minato no ryakudatsu-sha
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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Teenage Yakuza
as NomuraA high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a...
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Kill or get killed!
as uncreditedWhen Yakuza decides to take avenge his brother, the war shall begin.
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Apartment Wife: Secret Rendezvous
as uncreditedShuichi and Nobuko are an ordinary, young couple, a promising company employee and his pretty...
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Sun and stars
as uncreditedIt's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down...
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Satan's Town
as Wang ShenA yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their...
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Pure Emotions of the Sea
as EndôA romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a...
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The Incorrigible
as uncreditedBased on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars...
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Time of First Love
as uncredited3 senior highschool girls help make a hot air balloon for a boy during their summer holidays and...
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Age of Nudity
as ShokichiThe story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However,...
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Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland
as uncreditedA group of corrupt police detectives go on a manhunt for an ex-collogue who they believe could...
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Penitentiary Brothers
as uncreditedAuthentic action drama of modern gangsters.
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Tokyo Knights
as JewelerA college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
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Nagasaki Butterfly
as 汪老人Oman travel from Shanghai to Japan in search of her mother, only to be betrayed by her companion...
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Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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Fighting Delinquents
as uncreditedThis rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who...
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The Last Laugh
as KantaroRoman Porno film depicting the great uproar that the children cause in the division of their...
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Asakusa Sisters
as uncreditedA young chef at a small restaurant in Asakusa, with a past conviction for breaking into a safe,...
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