Known for Acting
Hideo Murota (7 October 1937 – 15 June 2002) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in Original Sin (1992). In 2002, he passed away from lung cancer at the age of 64.
Born
October 7, 1937
Died
June 15, 2002 (age 64)
Birthplace
Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Filmography
252 films, 8 shows
Women in the Mirror
2003 · 2h 9m
country: France
Three women who share memories of the Hiroshima disaster try to uncover the hidden family ties that may or may not bind them together.
An Adolescent
2001 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
Incredibly indolent cop Tomokawa spends his time making fun of his mentally challenged friend Sukemasa, riding his bike all over the city and sleeping with married women. But his whole world changes when he meets Yoko.
A Tender Place
2001 · 3h 21m
country: Japan
Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she plans to abandon them to be with Ishiyama. The next morning, her daughter Yuka disappears, which throws Kasumi's life into turmoil. Years later, Yuka remains missing, and Kasumi journeys back to Hokkaido with Utsumi, a terminally-ill former detective, and tries to follow any leads she can.
Otoko Michi 5
2001 · 1h 25m
country: Unknown
The conflict that broke out due to the expansion of the power of the Ninryukai was further intensified of both political and police powers.
Yakuza Zombie
2001 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Yakuza Zombie opens with an introduction to a mysterious Yakuza graveyard deep in the forest, and a story of the baddest Yakuza of them all, Naruo Ryuuji (shown in cut scenes played by Ozawa Hitoshi). Naruo Ryuuji was a fearless killer who eventually got into heroin and, exactly like Ishimatsu Rikuo in Takashi Miike's Graveyard of Honor, eventually leaps to his death from the top of a prison, claiming he'll be back. I'm assuming this is a reference to real life crazy Yakuza Ishikawa Rikio, whom the original Graveyard of Honor was based on. It's established that the corpse of the fierce Yakuza Ryuuji is buried in the graveyard beneath a marker with the Japanese characters "Jingi" (Honor), and then we are taken to the modern day.
Shura's Barbarian King
2001 · 1h 31m
country: Unknown
Fumihiko Saizonoji , a man who lost everything in the plot of a bank and a general contractor when he was a child . Now , as Fumihiko Kanzaki , a man with two faces , a bank clerk and a fraudster , he goes on a revenge path for Shura alone against a huge organization !
Otoko Michi 2
2000 · 1h 28m
country: Unknown
The second instalment depicting the fateful confrontation of Takizawa.
Isola: Multiple Personality Girl
2000 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
1999 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Remake of Chusei Sone's 1983 comedy about a yakuza family trying their luck in show business.
Over the Night
1998 · 1h 36m
country: Unknown
Actress Asada Kaori finally gets wet. A place where desire and betrayal intersect. And that's where the two meet... The Hong Kong mafia and a secret investigation organization. The battle between people with no tomorrow is about to begin.
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
1998 · 1h 23m
country: Unknown
Sequel to 'Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf'
Black Angel
1998 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He gained absolute power by executing the former boss and marrying his daughter, Chiaki. Only the mysterious Ikko, Chiaki's half-sister threatens him. Inspired by a legendary hit-woman, Ikko calls herself the Black Angel and plans to wash away her father's murderer with a deluge of blood.
Amagi Pass
1998 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
A fifteen year old boy travels through the Amagi Pass, he encounters some strange people, one of them is the geisha Ozuka Hana. After a murder takes place, the police searchs for the culprit.
King of Sha-kin
1997 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.
King of Sha-kin 2
1997 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
A normal banker decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza.
End of Our Own Real
1997 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
1997 · 2h 20m
country: Japan
“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways.
Emperor of Kita Dark Court Legend
1996 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
The third 'King of Kita' film.
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
1996 · 2h 18m
country: Unknown
A yakuza movie directed by Eiichi Kudo
MOROCCO 2: The Return of the Yokohama Follies
1996 · 1h 25m
country: Unknown
Tatsu's life seemed to be smooth sailing, as he was blessed by his friends, married Fujieda, and made peace with the yakuza. However, the days when the yakuza were free to run amok were coming to an end. Tatsu was sent to prison for a dispute over a bottle of hiropon, and during his two years in prison, his former gang mates became Inayama-gumi disciples.... I can't stand under the wind of others! Tatsu mutters in anger...
Shura ga Yuku 2
1996 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
A small group of men stigmatized for killing the gang leader tries to survive the group and take revenge on the man who killed them, while being involved in the conflict between the two major powers of Kanto and Kansai. The second movie of the live action adaptation series.
I Want it, I Want it, I’m Dying
1995 · 1h 1m
country: Japan
There are rumors that “a mysterious woman who is very good at SEX will appear” in a small hot spring town. A magazine reporter from Tokyo finally finds out who she is
Costume Club Wars - Angel of Sumata
1995 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
The ultimate sex appeal wars have begun between the two shop girls working opposite each other in this adult entertainment and image club! Dressed in various costumes, they torment men with their mind-blowing techniques!
Endless Waltz
1995 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Biopic about jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe and his wife, noted writer Izumi Suzuki.
Gonin
1995 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.
The King of Minami: City of Desire
1995 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
#13 in the series, after the Special Movie.
Chinpira Jingi: Gokuraku Tonbo
1994 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A college graduate, a gutless office worker and a crunchy yakuza live together from a slight misunderstanding.
A Night in Nude
1993 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the sights. What Jiro doesn't know is that this woman isn't who she says she is. She's on the run from her Yakuza boyfriend, and Jiro is going to be unwittingly entwined in the situation.
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Original Sin
1992 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.
The Setting Sun
1992 · 2h 32m
country: China
A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.
Nanmin Road
1992 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
The story of four Vietnamese people moving to Japan.
Passion
1992 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
A Legend of Turmoil
1992 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.
Jingi
1991 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Based on the comic by Ayumi Tachihara
Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Killers Ken and Joji undertake the killing of a man named Sakai. He utters some interesting last words before being shot dead, leading Ken and Joji on a trail of death and destruction.
Hey Oilers the Legend of Skyline
1991 · 1h 33m
country: Unknown
The legendary sleeping lion is back in the modern era! Skyline GTR (BNR32) VS GTR (KPGC10) With Keiichi Tsuchiya of the "Megalopolis Expressway Trial" series.
The Man Who Became The Don
1991
country: Japan
Hiruko the Goblin
1991 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths.
48 Hours of Prisoner Op Tracking
1991 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Dirty Hero Takuro Kanzaki appears in a life and death murder game!
Scratched License
1991 · 1h 35m
country: Unknown
A former safe-breaker, a former yakuza , and another young "Toshiro" Ryo (Aikawa) are planning to attack a casino run by a large organization. The three get a lot of money , but Ryo betrays his companions because he wants a runaway fund with the mistress of the group leader .
Killing Melody Lady Smith
1990 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A painfully splendid adventure has begun!
Heaven and Earth
1990 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?
Ready to Shoot
1990 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza.
Beretta M92F Bombshell
1990 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Koichi Iwaki plays a cool hitman!
What's Up Connection
1990 · 2h 2m
country: Hong Kong
When a Hong Kong teenager from a poor family wins a trip to Japan, he unleashes a chain of events that will soon bring him from his secluded fishing village to Tokyo. On the way, he connects with a barely competent tour guide and a gender-fluid pickpocket. Upon returning home with this merry band of schemers, he and his family of counterfeiters discover that a multinational conglomerate led by a ruthless Japanese developer has found the village, and is determined to raze it to build the new center of world trade.
Harimao
1989 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
A movie about Yutaka Tani, also known as " Malay Tiger Harimao, " who was active on the Malay Peninsula during the Pacific War
Confinement Naburu
1989 · 1h
country: Japan
Pinku distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu.
Fuyu Monogatari
1989 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Based on the comic by Hidenori Hara.
Sensei
1989 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
In one of the districts of Tokyo, an old school is planned to be torn down after the summer holidays. The only person who is seriously worried about this is the Japanese language teacher Nakajima. He decides to hold special additional classes for the lagging students during the summer holidays, which they will keep as a memento of the old school.
It's Easier Than Kissing
1989 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father
Love on a Daily Basis
1988 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend.
Dogra Magra
1988 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious doctors who relate his condition with his biological identity.
This Heartbeat
1988 · 1h 42m
country: Unknown
The love and friendships of high school students
Seven Days War
1988 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers. They're sick of heavy-handed teachers and iron-fisted parents. And now they're going to do something about it.
Those Swell Yakuza
1988 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.
Bu-ra-i no onna
1988 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A group of friends get together to remember a decessed classmate. One of them is a detective who loves one of the women. But the woman is in love the delinquent of the group. And the delinquent has been ordered to do a hit...
Dangerous Cops
1987 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
When a doctor is found dead and the company's exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing, detective Takayama and Oshita are called to the Nakamitsu pharmaceutical laboratory. However, a bungled attempt to catch the murderer leave Takayama and Oshita reassigned to the lackluster task of patrolling public bathrooms to keep them out of trouble.
Sure Death 4
1987 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a shoji. Tamura who lives on the second floor of the store for the time being the son who wants to work here. A few days later, Tamura finds a handgun from Yuko's baggage and holds a suspicion.
A Taxing Woman
1987 · 2h 8m
country: Japan
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.
Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
1986 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
Ayumi Ishida won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress.
South to the Horizon
1986 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Tetsu gets into an argument with some Okinawa yakuza and is murdered by them. His brother Ryo comes to Okinawa shortly thereafter and teams up with Tetsu's girlfriend and Max an ex US soldier to extract revenge.
Cabaret
1986 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
The Sound of the Waves
1985 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
The Second Is a Christian
1985 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa.
Let Him Rest in Peace
1985 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman and busts a few heads.
The Seburi Story
1985 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world. The setting is World War II, and conflicts have already arisen when the military police come to take Seburi men away into the army. Still following their own customs that can be harsh at times, and are particularly cruel to women (women must give birth alone and unaided, a woman's adultery is punished by burying her up to her neck in the earth and then leaving her for days), the Seburi are mainly treated with fear and animosity by the non-Seburi townspeople of the region. Along with the hardships arising from cultural clashes, nature's own vagaries present other challenges to the Seburi -- who still lived in tents until the 1950s. Winter avalanches and snowstorms cause as much havoc as the tensions engendered by the slow encroachment of the modern world.
The Island Closest to Heaven
1984 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta
1984 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
At a certain high school in Karuizawa, students relied on ordinary local trains for their commute, but with only seven trains running per day, missing one meant spending two or three hours killing time in town. This sparse train schedule on the Shinetsu Main Line
Curtain Call
1984 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised Miho that she could go on a journey to find her real father, "Daddy-Long-Legs", who sends a bouquet of flowers every birthday, once she can wear a special pair of pointe shoes. The day finally arrives and Miho's small adventure begins.
Kukai
1984 · 2h 59m
country: Japan
The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined influence to establish the Shingon school during the Heian period in early 9th Century AD.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
Theater Of Life
1983 · 2h 18m
country: Japan
Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.
Kidnapping Blues
1982 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.
Lullaby of Death
1982 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist known as the “blue moth”, and political corruption.
Lake of Illusions
1982 · 2h 44m
country: Japan
A free-spirited girl living in a Japanese province spends her time working in a brothel and running with her dog. When her routine is shattered she gets on a path of hate and self discovery.
The Law of Hell
1982 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
At a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The owner Ikuzo manages the restaurant with his daughter. It’s customers who have a dark past have utmost respect for Ikuzo. One day, a half-dead man Tomijiro comes to the restaurant. This is the beginning of Ikuzo’s terrible fight.
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982 · 2h 26m
country: Japan
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.
The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September
1982 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Ryo once rode with a biker gang; ever since his friend Tetsuji died riding in September, he's retired from biking, trying to forget the past.
Fossilized Wilderness
1982 · 2h 3m
country: Japan
Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his apartment at midnight. When he regains consciousness, the corpse of a foreigner shot with his pistol lies in front of him. Nishina, with the help of his friend and newspaper reporter Mineshima, who believes in his innocence and vows to cooperate, pursues the incident and reveals a conspiracy related with 5,000 kilograms of gold that disappeared at the end of the WW2.
On the Road
On the Road
1982 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Model Reiko Higa is injured after being hit by a car pursued by motorcycle cop Tomishima. Tomishima's supervisor refuses his request to apologize to Reiko, as it would be an admission of police responsibility. Forced to give up her career, Reiko leaves Tokyo to return to her hometown on Okinawa, travelling by road up to Kagoshima, and Tomishima pursues her in order to apologize.
Station
1981 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.
Samurai Reincarnation
1981 · 2h 2m
country: Japan
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic relationships.
The Beast to Die
1980 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings "walks like a dead man".
Kagemusha
1980 · 3h
country: Japan
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
Dead Angle
1979 · 2h 34m
country: Japan
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Hunter in the Dark
1979 · 2h 17m
country: Japan
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
Goodbye, Flickmania
1979 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film maniac who spends nearly all his time at the movies and a 19-year-old going through the final rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood.
The Fighting Rascal
1979 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
Rape and Death of a Housewife
1978 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of dealing with her death tends to her corpse as though it were still alive completely unable to accept her demise.
Shag
1978 · 2h 19m
country: Japan
Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.
Shogun's Samurai
1978 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
Proof of the Man
1977 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
The Story of a Geisha
1977 · 1h 14m
country: Japan
In the year 1873, a Japanese woman is sold as a mistress to an American diplomat stationed in Japan.
Doberman Cop
1977 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grisly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into the sleazy world of flesh-peddling, talent agency corruption and mob influence, Kano uncovers the shocking truth.
Curse of the Dog God
1977 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals.
Karate for Life
1977 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a dive, he quits in disgust. However, when a friend finds herself in desperate need of medical supplies, Oyama steps back in the ring to raise the money—but will he be able to follow the script this time?
The Young
1977 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Drama starring Sakurada Junko
The Smart Aleck Ten
1977 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Based on the comic by Toshiya Masaoka.
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1976 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
A Kawachi Rascal's Song
1976 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Even after turning 30, Matsutaro Tokuda is still single and spends his days driving a white taxi. He likes to gamble, although he doesn't have a talent for it. However, there was a woman that fell in love with such a man...
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
The Classroom of Terror
1976 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by Hiroshi Tachi.
The Most Perverted Post War Crimes
1976 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.
Festival Champ
1976 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in love with a stripper while delivering his colleague's love letter to her but forgetting to mention it's from another man.
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
1976 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.
Karate Warriors
1976 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia.
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's brother, a corrupt cop, a motorcycle gang and every police officer in the Kanto region.
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
Karate Bear Fighter
1975 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oyama flees away to a small town where he both learns lessons in martial arts philosophy from a wandering master and helps a young boy take on a challenge to fight a ferocious captured bear to win money for the boy's injured father.
Deep Throat in Tokyo
1975 · 1h 17m
country: Japan
Kumi Taguchi is a model who leaves her boxer boyfriend after he sustains an injury. She meets and quickly marries Hideo, the heir to a corporate empire. Hideo's father, Takehiko, lusts after Kumi. Takehiko sends his son away, ostensibly on a business trip, but actually so that he can be murdered by Takehiko's henchmen. Takehiko seduces Kumi, but is frustrated when she refuses to perform oral sex on him. Angered, Takehiko forces Kumi to undergo surgery in which her clitoris is transferred to her throat, thereby requiring that she engage in oral sex in order to have an orgasm. Hideo, the supposedly murdered son, returns having paid off his assassins. Hideo shoots and kills his father, but Kumi grabs the gun and kills Hideo so that she can inherit the family's fortune
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
Scoundrel Boss
1975 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Daigoro Koiwa and Katsuo Rokujo, who met by chance, open a recession-resistant funeral business and a urinary treatment business, and put it on track, but each time, they are caught in the ploy of a money lender, Sumitomo Mitsui, who works a scam, and take over the management rights, and they are taken away, and they are satisfied with the employees of Toyo Kogyo led by Mitsui. Mitsui, who embarked on a multi-corner management, acquired the rights to the long-awaited cabaret "Ryokumiya" and led the store to a great prosperity by introducing the limited service "Jungle Bump". However, due to the informant of Yamawaki Kogyo, which runs a rival store, 'Ryokumiya' was suspended from business, and hostesses and boys were pulled out one after another.
Story of a Nymphomaniac
1975 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of the Buddhist monastery she is working at...
The Man Gang
1975 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Based on the comic by Tetsu Kariya.
Karate Bullfighter
1975 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After turning down the chance to fight at future tournaments he returns to his simple village life. He reluctantly returns to karate for a final showdown against the students of a rival school.
Company Buggers
1975 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.
Green Lovers
Green Lovers
1975 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
Pinku from 1975.
Gambling Den Heist
1975 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.
Shimane Prison Riot
1975 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever attempted?
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan.
Cops vs. Thugs
1975 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
Great Jailbreak
1975 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a traveling dancer and a deadly battle with the real culprit who has hunted him down filmed over a long period of time on location in Hokkaido.
Wolf Guy
1975 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
1975 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Maki is the leader of a female gang who fights for justice, but she ends up being framed and sent to a sadistic woman's prison. Will Maki be able to escape and take revenge?
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in need as his naivety prevents him from seeing their true nature.
Graveyard of Honor
1975 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner’s wife.
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
1974 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
When both a priceless jewel and the daughter of a rich heiress are stolen by a master criminal, Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. But a double-cross leads to a risky high-security bank heist and loads of martial arts mayhem.
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
1974 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.
Bye Bye Love
1974 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Two young people undertake a doomed summer road trip through Japan, which in turn reflects on the dissipating promise of 1960s counterculture and free love.
Violent Fraternity
1974 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.
Code of Wolves
1974 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Father of the Kamikaze
1974 · 3h 19m
country: Japan
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.
The Executioner
1974 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer.
Third Generation Boss
1974 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.
Military Comfort Woman
1974 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army during WW2.
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
1974 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.
The Tattooed Hitman
1974 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?
Violent Streets
1974 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
Reformatory Buddies
1974 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Third film in the series.
Jeans Blues: No Future
1974 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting after a car crash and soon end up on the road together in (another) stolen car. It's not long before the police take an interest in the crimes, and of course the gangsters are hot on Jiri's heels; meaning the two must scarper across Japan by any means necessary.
Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
1974 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Keiko Aizawa a vengeance-crazed vixen sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her older sister.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
Yokosuka Navy Prison
1973 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.
Bodyguard Kiba 2
1973 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
Farewell to Rock'n Roll
1973 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
There is an ongoing war between two Girl Gangs, the Akabane 100 Club and the Ikebukuro Cavalry. Yukiko, the "Bankaku," or chief bodyguard of the Akabane, is released from reform school and sets about to finish an ongoing one-on-one grudge match with the Arab Falcon and the whole Cavalry gang. With a theme song by 1970s Japanese "Group Sounds" band Carol, and live performance. Rock and Sukeban unite for an extraordinary and cool piece of filmmaking.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated streets of Tokyo, a desperate and ambitious group of war veterans and gamblers struggle to take control of the Ginza district's underworld with the help of a deranged soldier.
The Bodyguard
1973 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
Professional Killers
1973 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their separate ways. With the help of a young mechanic, who's also on the lam, Ruriko tries to realize her dream of leaving the island of Japan behind. But the authorities are always one step behind her...
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
Quarreling with Yakuza
1973 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most powerful gang in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya ward.
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
1972 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t seem to escape old affiliations
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
1972 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor -- martial arts legend Sonny Chiba -- in the role of Nami's loyal friend Ryuji. This time around, Nami is looking for Hoshiden, the man who murdered her father and shattered her once-hopeful childhood. But living under an assumed name, Hoshiden could stay hidden forever.
Yakuza Skirmishes
1972 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
In the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively with prostitutes, politicians and the police.
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Rogue Of The Night
1972 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After buying his sister a washing machine for her wedding, he travels to Tokyo, where he must help his friend Masa out of a half-million yen debt. Among other hijinks, he becomes a penis god in the process.
Street Mobster
1972 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.
Gang Warfare
1972 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
1972 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
1971 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Exciting fight of a secret police detective over secret of a diamond.
The Armed Organization
1971 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsuruta as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
The Gambler's Counterattack
1971 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting
1971 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
This is the Twelfth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…
The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
1971 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
This is the thirteenth film in the series.
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.
The Big Chase
1971 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
1971 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Exciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
The Last Kamikaze
1970 · 2h 2m
country: Japan
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.
Postwar Secrets
1970 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by Tsusai Sugawara, who was a Japanese writer and political figure campaigning against drugs, prostitution and sexually transmitted diseases.
If You Were Young: Rage
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plan - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another, and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels.
The Drifting Gambler
1970 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
Code Between Brothers: All New
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family. Sides are taken and lines are drawn. Meanwhile, a rival family with a land dispute with the Nakano starts pulling strings behind the scenes...
Rise and Fall of Chivalry
1970 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created the black market and lubricated illegal business opportunities was giving way to Japan Inc. A young Bunta Sugawara takes over as the oyabun of a crime syndicate in Yokohama, where he is struggling to keep operations at the port there alive. As his syndicate is eroding quickly, a major heavy industries company offers his gang the chance to chase some vagrants out of a shantytown where they are squatting on land where a factory is to be built. The job would secure steady profits for Bunta's crime ring for years to come. However, Bunta and other members of his outfit grew up in the shanty, and they would be muscling their friends and neighbors. This sets the stage for an internal struggle that complicates the violent struggle with a rival mafia organization in Tokyo.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · 2h 24m
country: Japan
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
The Private Police
1969 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans to join their group. In Ginza, the Togawa gang have taken over Sakurada's territory. After several fights Kijima and Ôba gain control of the territory by chasing out the notorious Togawa Group in the name of Sakurada. But Kijima is arrested for assaulting an American soldier. A few years pass. Kijima has served his prison term and the sears of war have been erased from Ginza. Ôba is now president of a company specializing in collection of bad debts, cheque frauds and everything that means money. People call their organization the “Private Police,” and Kijima begins to work for Ôba. Now the Takegami gang waits a chance to seize the Ginza territory.
Black Rose Mansion
1969 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The film takes a bizarre twist when Kyohei's son falls victim to the femme fatale's unique charm.
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
1969 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes.
The Cheating Underworld
1968 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yen.
Snake Woman's Curse
1968 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
The Bad Boss
1968 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
The first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.
Henchmen
1968 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Izu in Shizuoka during the early Showa period. Representatives of three different yakuza gangs - Tatsuo Umemiya, Tomisaburo Wakayama and Koji Tsuruta celebrate male friendship and male chivalry in action.
Prison Boss
1968 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
Blackmail Is My Life
1968 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his sights on the business partners of a powerful gang boss.
Army Intelligence
1968 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.
Gambler's Farewell
1968 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
1967 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a daughter of a Japanese restaurant’s owner. His father is not happy because Komakichi has no intention to become a rickshaw man to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Parole
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.
Captain Ultra: The Movie
1967 · 50m
country: Japan
In the latter half of the 21st century, Captain Ultra and the crew of his ship the Mighty Spiegel oppose the Vandel aliens. Re-edited from episodes 2 and 5 of the TV series and released theatrically as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri.
Organized Violence II
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
The Chivalrous Life
1967 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against other yakuza gangs.
Dissolution Rites
1967 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.
Organized Violence
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.
Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader. He sets out to avenge his father, keeping his plans secret from his mother who is cold to him since his perceived abandonment of the family. This wonderful, if little-seen, Fukasaku gem deals with family, community and what it means to do right by both.
Nerves for Victory
1966 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.
Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
1966 · 46m
country: Japan
TULIP (The Undercover Line of International Police) is a New York-based international police force in direct opposition to the criminal organization TIGER (The International Group of Espionage and Revolt). Shunsuke Dan is agent Spycatcher J3 of the TULIP Japan Branch. Spycatcher J3 stands against TIGER's machinations.
Terror Beneath the Sea
1966 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair and keep them prisoner in their underwater city.
The Kamikaze Guy
1966 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
1966 Toei Comedy
The Threat
1966 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro seeks brutal retribution.
Gang's Upward Strategy
1965 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
1965 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.
The Hoodlum Brothers
1965 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A crime film released in 1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.
A Charming Devil
1965 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Movie adaptation of the TV series.
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
A Fugitive from the Past
1965 · 3h 3m
country: Japan
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
The Desperate
1964 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai pursues Chiyo, the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi and others regard him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
1964 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Asakusa no kyōkaku
1963 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by an honorable Yakuza in Tokyo's Asakusa district.
Duel of the Underworld
1963 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Police Precinct Part 21
1963 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But the investigation establishes that the victim is a former criminal named Hisashi Sayama. According to Sayama's daughter-in-law, a man named Kitamura got him a job, so he left home with a copy of the family register. Trying to find the killer, the First Investigation Department is investigating all over the country, including Akita, Yokkaichi and Okinawa.
Judo Life
1963 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura). Akira Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata is based on the same character and shares some scenes, but Judo for Life focuses more on the martial arts philosophy and training, including scenes depicting how the protagonist learned his famous cat-like landing, coined the term judo, and trained with Tsunejiro Tomita (Hideo Murata). There’s also a slight yakuza film influence. The port street ambush scene is found in both films, but in Judo for Life it’s not Kano but a travelling yakuza that jumps out of the rickshaw. Entertaining and beautifully old fashioned, one does however with there were more shades of gray between good and evil, and a stronger ninkyo-like moral / honour conflict.
Nerai uchi buraikan
1962 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
1962 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Zankokuna tsuki
1962 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
G-Men in the Pacific
1962 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
The Eighth Enemy
1961 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Futaridake no taiyō
1961 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie
G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves
1960 · 1h 14m
country: Japan
G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels all the way from Kyushu to Tokyo. Disguising himself as a yakuza member, he intends to root out the underworld's base of operations, weaving together love, guns, and violence to unravel the mystery behind the enigmatic incident and the true nature of evil. This thrilling action drama combines suspense with excitement, depicting a tale filled with love, fists, and firearms.
The Second Bullet is Marked
1960 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
Midair Circus
1958 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
1958 Toei movie.
Monsoon Son Pt.2
1958 · 51m
country: Japan
1958 Toei movie
Monsoon Son
1958 · 56m
country: Japan
1958 Toei movie.
Merciless Blade Part 2
1953 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.