Akira Shioji
Oxen Split Torturing
as uncreditedTwo short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are...
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
as GenjinThe evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Aoki HikojiroShozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family,...
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Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
as ShoeshinerJunko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi), despite...
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13 Assassins
as Yahachi HoriiA sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even...
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The General and His Empire of Joy
as uncreditedZenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks,...
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The Street Fighter
as Liang Dung-YatTakuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of...
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Fall Guy
as YamadaGinshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry...
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Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
as Kiichiro KaiharaKiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about...
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Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
as SatakeThe Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang...
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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
as Gô ÔwadaTerry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
as PriestRepeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally...
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Five Ronins
as uncreditedThe story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl,...
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The Magic Serpent
as uncreditedIn ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and...
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A Taxing Woman
as Mr. FudoIntrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering...
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Miyamoto Musashi
as Togiya KosukeIn Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving...
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Graveyard of Honor
as uncreditedA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his...
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Samurai Wolf II
as uncreditedKiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their...
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Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
as Detective AGirl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
as uncreditedThe seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of...
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Cops vs. Thugs
as ShiotaWhen a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their...
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Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie
as Emperor Terror MacroThe Dogma Kingdom attacks the Matagi (mountain tribe) village of Yamabiko to steal the sacred...
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Decapitation of an Evil Woman
as YoshizoAn unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history....
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Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
as uncreditedA headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his...
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The Karate Man and the Spy
as uncreditedIn the beginning of the World War I in 1914, Japan is being invaded spies from Russia and...
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Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
as uncreditedA kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes...
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Eleven Samurai
as uncreditedThe lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
as uncreditedThe continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.
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Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
as uncreditedThe industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led...
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The Racketeer Ishimatsu
as uncreditedAction-comedy film featuring the adventures of an itinerant merchant (Hiroki Matsukata) that...
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The Duel at the Satta Pass
as uncreditedA variety of characters, including ninja Noto, a swordsman disguised as a komuso monk, and a...
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A Scream from Nowhere
as uncreditedIn 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of...
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A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
as uncreditedPresident of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the...
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Blue Rain Osaka
as uncreditedA woman who runs a bar with her older sister has her life disrupted when she has a chance...
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Japan's Top Gangster
as uncreditedA boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him...
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The Tattooed Hitman
as uncreditedThe most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war,...
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Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
as uncreditedA young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection...
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Code Between Brothers 5
as uncreditedSaburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai...
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Samurai Wolf
as uncreditedThis is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives...
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
as uncreditedThese are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is...
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Lullaby for a Tough Guy
as uncreditedA ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as uncreditedSecond film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as...
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House of Gamblers
as uncreditedKen Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden...
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Nuns That Bite
as uncreditedA woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and...
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Samurai Geisha
as Banba thugPopular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as GamblerBunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a...
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Gamblers and Racketeers
as uncreditedKomatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group...
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as uncreditedThis anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...
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The Drifting Gambler
as uncredited8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
as uncreditedThe eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves...
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Mark of Blood
as uncreditedThree young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.
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Sakura Official
as uncreditedAs Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan...
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Story of a Nymphomaniac
as uncreditedNatsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader....
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The Decisive Power of Aikido
as uncreditedIt is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop...
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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
as uncreditedThe seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the...
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The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
as uncreditedThird part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's...
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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
as uncreditedThe third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony...
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Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
as uncreditedThe Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have...
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Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage
as uncreditedThe third film in the Zenka-mono series.At the beginning of the Showa period, Matsukichi Iwaki...
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Evil Boss vs. Henchmen
as uncreditedA high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
as uncreditedFormer inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand...
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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
as uncreditedConvicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But...
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Echo in the Mountains
as uncreditedA man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called...
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Enlisted Yakuza
as uncreditedIt is the third film in the Gokudo series. In this episode, set in 1937, the main character of...
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The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
as uncreditedUpon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his...
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Wicked Priest
as uncreditedDuring the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two...
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Eighteen Years in Prison
as uncreditedA former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes...
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Watari and the Fantasticks
as uncreditedWatari and his ninja friends continue their battles against evil people in long ago Japan.
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Violent Panic: The Big Crash
as uncreditedTakashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way,...
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Three Yakuza
as uncreditedA tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits...
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Seven Gamblers
as uncreditedHanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group...
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The Bandits
as Chan MyôkyûAction drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese...
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Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage
as uncreditedWe find Reiko Ike once again cast as a tough schoolgirl who has to band together with her...
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Bride of White Castle
as uncreditedA young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young...
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Killer's Mission
as uncreditedIchibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to...
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Miyamoto Musashi
as A GhostIn this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the...
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Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo
as uncreditedThe second part of the Gamblers series.
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The Blossom and the Sword
as uncreditedTai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who...
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Flames of Blood
as uncreditedThe story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of...
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Brothers Serving Time
as uncreditedWhile imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking...
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Blood of Revenge
as uncreditedOsaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean...
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The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
as uncreditedThe Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
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Sasuke and His Comedians
as uncreditedOsaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan...
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Road Warriors
as uncreditedA dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the...
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Morning Breeze in Edo
as uncreditedThe sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members...
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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
as uncreditedThe long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury...
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Modern Lady Gambler
as uncreditedFujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who...
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The Great Duel
as uncreditedIn this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his...
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Warrior of the Wind
as uncreditedA suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and...
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Gambler Biography
as Obake No IchiHistorical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.
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The Story of a Geisha
as uncreditedIn the year 1873, a Japanese woman is sold as a mistress to an American diplomat stationed in Japan.
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Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
as ShoujuuMonjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their...
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Black Ninja
as uncreditedHistorical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.
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Company Buggers
as uncreditedHiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and...
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An Ocean to Cross
as CaptainSet in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism...
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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
as TokuOryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes...
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The Okinawa War of Ten Years
as uncreditedAfter World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza...
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The Pledge
as uncreditedWhen Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict...
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The Mad Fox
as BanditA court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope...
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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
as uncreditedThe final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of...
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Good Rascals
as Merchant AA group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
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Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
as uncreditedTaking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling...
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Gambler: Victory Without Death
as uncreditedTsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing...
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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
as uncreditedPart 4 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...
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Duel of Blood and Sand
as uncreditedFrustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving...
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The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins
as uncreditedThe film adaptation of the novel "Three Little Rats" by Tatsuro Jinde. In this fascinating...
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Code of Wolves
as uncreditedIn gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his...
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Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant
as Elder Botan of the Moz ClanA V-Cinema tokusatsu movie released by TOEI and Bandai Visual. Creature design by Keita Amemiya....
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Puppets Under Starry Skies
as uncreditedA young Japanese man finds himself in the company of a strange, effeminate gay man and a girl...
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Woman Mobsters
as uncreditedBank robbers steal 30 million yen and try to elude the cops and escape with the cash. Of the...
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Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
as uncreditedGonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager...
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Gambler's Legacy
as uncreditedA yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the...
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Female Ninjas: In Bed with the Enemy
as uncreditedFemale ninjas nudity and sword-weilding action directed by Takayuki Miyagawa is bawdy and...
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Uniform Girls: The Fruit Is Ripe
as Gozo EbisawaThree high school student girls are on their spring break. They are expecting to get some sex of...
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Third Generation Boss
as uncreditedBased on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small...
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Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
as uncreditedRichshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha,...
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Zorome no San Kyoudai
as uncreditedIn Osaka, a family sets up shop in Tsuruhashi. Trouble brews for three brothers – Jinzuke,...
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Indecent Family: Mother & Daughter
as uncreditedA rich retired middle-aged man is seduced by young bar dancer and she moves into his mansion. He...
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Eight Men to Kill
as uncreditedThe third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a...
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Golden Ninja
as uncreditedJust after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of...
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The Most Perverted Post War Crimes
as uncreditedReconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after...
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Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy
as uncreditedMatsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors...
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Castle of Flames
as uncreditedIn 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed:...
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Dream Street
as JojiA comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.
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Patience Has An End
as uncreditedYoung coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the...
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Heiji, the Detective
as uncreditedFamous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an...
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Team of Ruffians
as uncreditedPrisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.
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The Ninja Hunt
as uncreditedFour ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the...
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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
as uncreditedPlayhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of...
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Kanto Street Peddlers
as uncreditedKokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run...
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The Hard Core Criminal
as uncreditedIn the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in...
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Restoration Fire
as uncreditedMegastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic...
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Hikage-Mono
as uncreditedA Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita
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Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
as Matsuya's guestsRyutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the...
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Whistling Drifter
as Gold pannerFriendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.
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The Silk Hat Boss 2
as uncreditedThe Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
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Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
as uncreditedTetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and...
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Asian Beat: I Love Nippon
as uncreditedCommentary: The first work in the "Asian Beat" series, in which young directors from six Asian...
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Onihei Hankachō
as uncreditedHasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates...
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