Asao Koike
Shogun's Joy of Torture
as uncreditedA young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal...
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Orgies of Edo
as uncreditedThree stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this...
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Throne of Blood
as uncreditedReturning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Tokugawa YoshinaoIn the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed...
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Inferno of Torture
as HoritatsuJapan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as NarratorIn the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a...
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The Insect Woman
as SawakichiA woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect,...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
as Kunimatsu TakanashiRepeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally...
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Fireflies in the North
as YuharaSet in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal...
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A Thousand and One Nights
as Kamarkim (voice)Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures...
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Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
as TerauchiA Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.
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Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
as Makino Bingo-no-kamiA tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Tomoji OkajimaAs Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under...
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Akitsu Hot Springs
as uncreditedYoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and...
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Swan Lake
as Rothbart (voice)The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on...
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G.I. Samurai
as Koizumi YukinagaA squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to...
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The Geisha
as uncreditedYokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th...
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Horrors of Malformed Men
as HirukawaAfter escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious...
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The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots
as Lucifer (voice)His goal is to help the weak and defenseless, but his saving a mouse makes him the most wanted...
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Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
as IshiyamaHanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects...
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Street Mobster
as KizakiAfter serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza...
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Animal Treasure Island
as Silver (voice)A Japanese adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, featuring animals as the...
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Shogun's Ninja
as Toyotomi HideyoshiIn the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the...
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Living Skeleton
as TsujiA ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and...
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Zatoichi Challenged
as Boss GonzoIchi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his...
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Kanei Command Performance
as uncreditedDuring the reign of Shogun Iemitsu, a great martial arts tournament was held to determine...
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Love and Crime
as Yoshio Kodaira (segment "Kodaira jiken")A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and...
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Three Pretty Devils
as YabukiA trio of teenage tarts try to earn money through shoplifting and prostitution scams and get...
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Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
as uncreditedThe Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang...
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Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
as uncreditedMany persons visit the hot springs resort to try out Reiko's famous vagina with quivering walls,...
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The Sun's Burial
as Black GlassesIn Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution,...
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Happiness of Us Alone
as uncreditedThe story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a...
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Violent Streets
as Yoshii HaruoWith a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back...
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Queen Bee's Challenge
as Yakuza BossWhen two Girl Bosses fight each other over territory, their enmity is difficult to solve - they...
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Aesthetics of a Bullet
as uncreditedA small time crook, who sells rabbits for a living frequently gets him into trouble with loan...
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Hatsutaro OchiaiThis anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...
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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
as Michizou SenbouA rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her...
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Sympathy for the Underdog
as OzakiA yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to...
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Zatoichi in Desperation
as Boss MangoroAfter accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the...
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Winter's Flower
as uncreditedKanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a...
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Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Akimasa OnizawaAn ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking...
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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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Flora on the Sand
as uncreditedOne evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
as uncreditedOn a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of...
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The Revolt
as uncreditedWhen a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being...
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The Machine Gun Dragon
as uncreditedRyu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine...
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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Hidenobu FujiokaTwo Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful...
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The Red Silk Gambler
as uncreditedWith her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a...
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Bad Girl
as uncreditedWakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom....
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The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado
as uncreditedAccount magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji...
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Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
as uncreditedBased on the comic by Kazuo Koike
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The Flower and the Sword
as uncreditedA dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji...
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The Lost Alibi
as HayakawaSuspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised...
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A Flame at the Pier
as uncreditedA young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the...
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The Blazing Valiant
as uncreditedJo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare...
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The Story of a Man Among Men
as uncreditedDuring the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss...
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A Certain Killer
as KimuraA former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the...
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
as HanaiJiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different...
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The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
as KanekoA seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by...
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Rebellion Reward
as KikukawaThe film tells about drug trafficking from Vietnam to Tokyo and Okinawa. Tetsuya Watari plays a...
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The Killing Machine
as uncreditedMr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war...
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I Hate But Love
as Toshio KosakaA celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves...
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Main Line to Terror
as uncreditedAkiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the...
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
as uncreditedA Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each...
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Fifth Movement
as uncreditedWhen a broadcasting company takes away its financial support from a symphony orchestra, some of...
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Rennyo and His Mother
as uncreditedRennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in...
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Whirlpool of Flesh
as MatobaDuring the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is...
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Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
as SamonjiKogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his...
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Gambler's Legacy
as SanjiA yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the...
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The Dragon and the Tiger
as uncreditedA young gambler returns from prison to find his gang scattered, and many gone over to his old...
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The Saga of Tanegashima
as Matasaburo TachibanayaWell before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese...
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Japan's Don
as Katsunosuke MiuraA yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo...
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The Fort of Death
as Lord OzekiThe second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group...
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Ninja Hunt
as uncreditedIt's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous...
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Great Jailbreak
as SagawaA group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a...
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The Yoshida School
as Inejirō AsanumaCoinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece...
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Lone Wolf Isazo
as uncreditedIsazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his...
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Nogare no machi
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.
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The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
as uncreditedPart 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...
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The Revelation of a Geisha
as uncreditedAfter the bankruptcy of her foster-father's condom factory, Tamae sets out to make a living on...
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Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel
as uncreditedThe third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street...
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Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
as Yuji TadokoroAndo on the run, stopping in to service all the women in his life, with a bit of the old...
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Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
as Tatsuya KayamaComedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.
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Classmates
as First Lieutenant ÔokaA story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
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Yakyukyo no uta
as Tetsugorō IwataLive-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga.
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Grudge Girls Academy: Serial Murder of Fear!
as uncreditedThere are two bizarre rumors spreading about a girls' high school called “Seiwa Joshi Gakuen.”...
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Lefty Fencer
as uncreditedAs a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was...
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The Armed Organization
as uncreditedViolent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji...
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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as FujiiThe three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to...
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Down with The Big Boss
as Kazuaki YashiroIn pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the...
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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
as Tetsunosuke KaneharaThe third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony...
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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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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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The Symbol of a Man
as TatsuIn 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is...
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Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell
as uncreditedThe "lowly ronin" meets a child who is being chased bymen that killed his father before his...
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The Dragon Crest
as uncreditedA violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
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The Sucker's Blunt Dagger
as uncreditedA man aspires to be a big boss but falls in love with a beautiful woman boss.
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A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
as uncreditedWhen a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu's underworld, three brothers and their yakuza...
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The Sister Gamblers
as uncreditedThird film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 9 - Ghost Story of the Evening Mist Tower
as uncreditedNinth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
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Postwar Secrets
as uncreditedEverybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
as uncreditedOn a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...
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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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Gambling Code and Feuds
as Yoshimatsu SasamotoIt is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
as uncreditedJust when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping...
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Human Torpedoes
as uncreditedStory of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end...
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The Hunter's Diary
as Narrator (voice)Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an...
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The Last Kamikaze
as uncreditedWith World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step...
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The Gambler's Counterattack
as SuzakiAiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang...
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Gamblers
as uncreditedTsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former...
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The Aftermath of War
as uncreditedAfter World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or...
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New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
as uncredited
A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
as uncreditedSixth part in the Enblem of Man series.
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A Wad of Notes
as KinpachiA lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After...
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Light of Africa
as TokumatsuTwo semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido...
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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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Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
as ActorA sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!
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The Scarred Crest
as uncreditedA war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he...
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A History of the Japanese Underworld
as uncreditedThe hero tries to unite various gangs.
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Heiji, the Detective
as TatsunosukeFamous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an...
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Flowering Maidens
as KawamotoThe young yakuza who have arrived in the city are being taught the beauty of work and the...
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Confessions of a Wife
as uncreditedA death occurs during a mountain-climbing expedition.
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The Black Gambler
as uncreditedPlace your bets! Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi) is a makeout artist with unparalleled gambling...
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A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code
as uncreditedA young yakuza soldier is torn between staying in his current life or leaving his family when...
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Jidanya
as uncreditedEvery day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement...
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Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods
as uncreditedThe local yakuza gangs dominating the port of Yokohama do not take well the invasion of their...
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Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Sohku YamazakiAn assassin is mistaken for a doctor and threatened by a band of masterless warriors, but they...
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Newlywed Hell
as uncreditedThe wife of a samurai, who was leading a happy life, dies in a fit of wind. On the verge of...
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Kimba the White Lion
as PanjaThe adventures of Leo, a young lion cub who becomes king of the jungle when his father, the...
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Life of a Flower
as Minegishi RyunosukeThe story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.
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Professional Killers
as uncreditedA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
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Kogarashi Monjiro
as SataroMonjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned...
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Keishi-K
as uncredited" Keishi-K " is a detective drama directed and starring Shintaro Katsu. This drama tells the...
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