Kaku Takashina
Story of a Prostitute
as MakitaVolunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service...
Movie pageRetaliation
as OribeEmerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has...
Movie pageThe Gun Like Lightning
as YukichiSadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just...
Movie pageLove in Ginza
as uncreditedHanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with...
Movie pageUnderworld Beauty
as OzawaThe moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen...
Movie pagePunishment of a Lawless Villian
as uncreditedIn the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong...
Movie pageHeat Wave
as TakeshuRin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi...
Movie pageMahjong Horoki
as Deme TokuA mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all...
Movie pageMan Who Causes a Storm
as uncreditedShoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is...
Movie pageBrother and Sister
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with...
Movie pageThe Vampire Doll
as GenzôA young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and...
Movie pageBirth of a Fighter
as uncreditedA young boss proves his right to rule his gang.
Movie pageLightning
as Bus DriverThe story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her...
Movie pageEndless Desire
as uncreditedSet in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a...
Movie pageThe Singing Gunman
as uncreditedFourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend...
Movie pageOutlaw: Gangster VIP
as Kyûzô ShimamotoGoro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime...
Movie pageReturn of the Vagabond
as uncreditedThe 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler,...
Movie pageMassacre Gun
as AokiKuroda is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover....
Movie pageBlack Tight Killers
as Detective ToyamaDaisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane...
Movie pageSmashing the 0-Line
as ChibaKatiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and...
Movie pageRobot Detective: The Movie
as Daizo ShibaRobot Detective K and his human colleagues battle the criminal organization BADDO. Theatrical...
Movie pageKanto Wanderer
as YakamiHandsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it....
Movie pageCell No. 8
as uncreditedA man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their...
Movie pageTattooed Life
as TsuneyoshiAfter his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his...
Movie pageThe Guys Who Put Money on Me
as KawamuraAn unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young...
Movie pageVoice Without a Shadow
as uncreditedAsako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued...
Movie pageA Warm Misty Night
as SenkichiWhen Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his...
Movie pageRyuji, the Gun Slinger
as uncreditedWhen Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a...
Movie pagePoliceman's Diary, Part 2
as uncreditedFrom runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
Movie pageI Hate But Love
as uncreditedA celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves...
Movie pageThe Long Death
as uncreditedOn January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned...
Movie pageOutlaw: Black Dagger
as IgawaA street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the...
Movie pageGambling Kitten
as Boss ArikawaArikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a...
Movie pageWind of Volcano
as uncreditedAn airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route...
Movie pageRuthless Gambler
as uncreditedUnlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and...
Movie pageTiger of the Sea
as uncreditedA group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.
Movie pageThe Flower and the Angry Waves
as uncreditedA young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before...
Movie pageThe Flower and the Sword
as uncreditedA dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji...
Movie pageHe Killed Dad
as uncreditedThe lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is...
Movie pageOutlaw: Heartless
as HashizumeGoro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a...
Movie pageTeenage Yakuza
as DetectiveA high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a...
Movie pageAshita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
as uncredited"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the...
Movie pageChronicle of the Town Magistrate
as uncreditedIn a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like...
Movie pageLiving by Karate
as uncreditedWada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss.
Movie pageThe Heartbreak Yakuza
as uncreditedA hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both...
Movie pageChoshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy
as GyukichiRumors are circulating that the shogunate is losing control of some feudal domains. Lord Yagyu...
Movie pageThe Call of Blood
as Hôsaku KatagaiTwo brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
Movie pageSympathy for the Underdog
as KusakabeA yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to...
Movie pageA Turning to Hell
as KabuMaki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on...
Movie pageThe Boy Who Came Back
as uncreditedNobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break...
Movie pageThe Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Boxing trainerFormer boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow...
Movie pageThe Story of Shunkin
as uncreditedBased on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy...
Movie pageMurder Unincorporated
as KumoiWhen the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful...
Movie pageTruckster Goes to Hokkaido
as uncreditedMomojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
Movie pageGambler in the Sea
as uncreditedJoe, a master diver, explodes his fighting spirit and friendship across raging seas and...
Movie pageThe Spiders' The Road to Bali
as Shanghai ChangThe Spiders, a 1960s Japanese Group Sounds band, star in this rare Monkees and Beatles inspired...
Movie pagePassion and Rifle Bullets
as Man in car with Osaka platesPrivate Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society...
Movie pageHana no furu gogo
as uncreditedA widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out...
Movie pageSun and stars
as uncreditedIt's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down...
Movie pageWind Whistle in Field, Demon Sword: Matsudaira Tadateru cutting the world
as uncreditedTadateru Matsudaira, the sixth son of Ieyasu Tokugawa, was exiled for not taking part in the...
Movie pageConfessions of a Lovelace: At Lust's End
as Takagi, a detectiveJun Aisaka seduces one woman after another. His victims were flirtatious married woman Noriko,...
Movie pageThe Dragon Crest
as uncreditedA violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
Movie pageWounded Beast
as uncreditedA tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister...
Movie pageSong of the Underworld
as TetsuA conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken...
Movie pageCat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
as uncreditedYukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that...
Movie pageFighting Delinquents
as Sanshiro Izeki, clan retainerThis rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who...
Movie pageGambling is My Destiny
as uncreditedShadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make...
Movie pageRoar of the City
as uncreditedThis action drama depicts a horrifying murder case over a photo of a mysterious beautiful woman...
Movie pageJourney to the North
as Station masterWinter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the...
Movie pageThe Reckless One
as uncreditedKosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has...
Movie pageAsiapol Secret Service
as ChenA major international action film filmed on location in Hong Kong, depicting the activities of...
Movie pageA Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
as uncreditedSixth part in the Enblem of Man series.
Movie pageAsia-Pol
as uncreditedYang Ming Xuan intercepts a truckload of contraband, but the criminals stage a brazen helicopter...
Movie pageWomen's Police: Part II
as uncreditedMasaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) is the recruiter and protector of hostesses at the Club Rose. ...
Movie pageThe Angry Rambler
as uncreditedFourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.
Movie pageTill We Meet Again
as Hotel's GuideJiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is...
Movie pageSemyonov's Gold Ingots
as uncreditedIppei, a bored private detective hears from his assistant Hideko an interesting story that...
Movie pageDai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
as uncreditedStrife between competing lumber mills.
Movie pageWhy Are We Young?
as UegenAfter ten years of study in the US, Nonomura Kensuke returns to Japan to be an English teacher...
Movie pageMehyō to Narazu Mono
as uncreditedA poignant entertainment epic about a righteous mountain man, a young company director with new...
Movie pageReturn to Kanto Prison
as Detective KuboMasakichi Murase has just been released from prison and appears in a fishing port town. Two...
Movie pageIn Love With Him
as uncreditedIt depicts a young man who challenges a 2600km traverse of Japan from Hidaka in Hokkaido to...
Movie pageThe Hungry Shinjuku Detective
as uncreditedThe private eye of Shinjuku Yokubo Tantei is a lone wolf, lush, and loser but has kept his...
Movie pageI'll Kill the Women
as MuramatsuA unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy,...
Movie pageDrunken Ghost
as Tetsu the KilimanjaroA man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.
Movie pageA Chorus of One Million People
as Inspector KurosumiA civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko...
Movie pageThe Stars and I Decided...
as Mankichi YamaarashiThe brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of...
Movie pageMerciless Bullet
as Tetsuzo HayashiKiller Kenji Sasagawa (Odaka) enters the room of a luxurious apartment in the silence of the...
Movie pageProfessional Killers
as OiwaA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
TV Show pageKimi no na wa
as 松吉A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.
TV Show pageRobot Detective
as Daizō ShibaA scientist builds a humanoid robot detective complete with human-like personality to fight a...
TV Show pageMatsudaira Ukon Jikencho
as uncreditedIn this gripping period drama, Matsudaira Ukon, the younger brother of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun...
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