Known for Acting
Tamio Kawachi was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 120 feature films. He is best known for his collaborations with directors Koreyoshi Kurahara and Seijun Suzuki, starring in Kurahara's The Warped Ones (1960) and Black Sun (1964), and having a prominent role in Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter (1966).
Born
July 21, 1938
Died
February 10, 2018 (age 79)
Birthplace
Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Filmography
187 films, 6 shows
Conquest 11
2017 · 1h 14m
country: Unknown
The eleventh film in the 'Conquest' series.
Conquest 10
2017 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
The tenth film in the 'Conquest' series.
The Lion Who Conquers Shura 2
2011 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
After assuming the title of second boss of the Obara Group, Nozomi Hanada begins a counterattack against the Kanto Saiseikai Fukui Group.
The Lion Who Conquers Shura
2011 · 1h 12m
country: Japan
Nozomi Hanada, the underboss of the Kanto Saiseikai Obara Group, lives his life on the path of chivalry while protecting his happy family with his wife Komaki and son Toru. One day, a major incident that shakes the Kanto Yakuza society breaks out. Nishimatsu, the chairman of the Saiseikai, decides to have the popular Obara succeed him, instead of the powerful Fukui. However, the ambitious Fukui is not satisfied with the decision and stabs Nishimatsu to death in order to take the chairman's position. He takes the outrageous step of putting the stigma of parent murder on Obara. Nozomi and his friends decide to fight to live the path of chivalry, but an even more cruel fate befalls them.
Exiled
2010 · 1h 14m
country: Japan
In an age where the Anti-Organized Crime Law has flipped the power balance, even civilians now dare to threaten the yakuza. The Yajima Family is relentlessly harassed by the rising syndicate Shoryukai, yet making the first move would only endanger the organization under the watchful eyes of the law. Their hands are tied. However — one man refuses to abandon the path of ninkyo, the chivalrous code of the yakuza. Acting lieutenant Nagata (Hitoshi Ozawa), who has held the Yajima Family together all this time, chooses to cut ties with his own clan — declaring himself “expelled (hamon)” — in order to strike back and protect the family from the outside. A lone wolf, cast out… but his counterattack is just beginning.
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10
2009 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
The tenth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9
2009 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
The ninth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
修羅之魂 ～激動渡世編～
2008
country: Unknown
修羅之魂 ～侠客立志編～
2008
country: Unknown
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8
2008 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
The eighth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7
2008
country: Japan
The seventh 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6
2008 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
The sixth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5
2008 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
The fifth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4
2008 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
The fourth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
Road to New Don 2
2008 · 1h 31m
country: Unknown
The second 'Road to New Don' film.
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3
2007 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
The third 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2
2007 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
The second 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
Tainted Emblem: The Final Chapter
2007 · 1h 23m
country: Unknown
Yakuza no daimon
2007 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan
2007 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
Once, there was a lone yakuza feared as the “One-Eyed Dragon.” His name was Seiji Moriya (Yasukaze Motomiya)—the man who would later become the first chairman of the Great Japan Kokusui Organization. This is the story of a young Moriya, still just a street thug, who lost his left eye yet never lost his will. Through encounters with mentors, family, and comrades who shared his ideals, he rose like a dragon through the turbulent world of the yakuza—staking everything on his conviction to revive the spirit of the Great Japan Kokusui Organization.
The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War
2007 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Tainted Emblem
2007 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Road to New Don
2007 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
The first 'Road to New Don' film.
Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin
2006 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
Kidnapped in childhood. Raised as an assassin. Shiori's spent her entire life following the orders of her mysterious masters, never questioning the commands that have sentenced hundreds to die at her hands. But when a childhood memory suddenly resurfaces, the programming in her head is short circuited and her entire world is turned upside down! Now, before her masters realize she's slipped their leash, Shiori has to escape. But to do so means she must kill again... even the ones who are close to her!
Yakuza Don
2006 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Kazuki moves to Tokyo, aspiring to rise to the top in his Yakuza group. Working directly under his group's kumicho (the Yakuza don) and surviving the group in-fightings, he learns what it really takes to be Yakuza.
Waru: The End
2006 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.
Proud Ambition 2
2006 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Tatsusaburo Sunagawa, the assistant underboss of the Morita Family, ousts Yukichi Matsuura, Matsuura Family head, from his position as underboss of the main Morita Family and took his position. This was due to the incident in which Kenji Kano, the underboss of the Matsuura Family, beat to death the civilian Takatsu. At the same time, Sunagawa restarts the "Commercial Mutual Aid Association," which had stalled due to Matsuura's opposition, and intensifies efforts to recruit members. In response, Tojo, the deputy leader of the Domoto-gumi, who is Kano's sworn brother, becomes furious when he learns of the methods Sunagawa and others are using to force members into their association plans.
Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū
Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū
2005 · 1h 32m
country: Unknown
The battle for life begins now; who will survive? A clash that transcends the boundaries between police and the yakuza.
Proud Ambition 3
2005 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Cheating by Kageyama, a member of the Amagasaki Daimon-gumi, is discovered at the gambling den of the Matsuura family. The Matsuura family is subordinate to the Morita family, which is run by underboss Tatsusaburo Sunagawa. Sunagawa and his men plan to use this incident as a foothold to expand into Amagasaki, which quickly turns into an all-out war.
Isolation Letter
2005 · 1h 25m
country: Unknown
The Sannō-kai is a yakuza organisation based in Kobe. Tanooka (played by Hitoshi Ozawa) managed to quell internal power struggles and rise to the position of second-in-command, but by cutting ties with a long-standing brother-in-arms who resented this decision, he left a lingering grudge within the organisation. Amidst this, an attack is launched on Ryūzōji (played by Tamio Kawachi), the third-generation chairman of the Sannō-kai, by a group affiliated with the Umeyama-gumi!
Road to the Don 23
2004 · 1h 25m
country: Unknown
The twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film.
修羅のみち10 九州全面戦争
2004
country: Japan
修羅のみち9 北九州烈死篇
2004
country: Japan
Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
2003 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dangerous task of launching a new office in rival territory.
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
2003 · 1h 17m
country: Japan
Once again, Musashi has encounter Ultraman Cosmos. Now Ultraman Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Musashi has joined Team Sea to save the Blue Area. But there is mysterious evil monster, Sandros, who wants to destroy the Earth. Now it is up Musashi and Ultraman Cosmos to defeat Sandros and who’s the other Ultraman?
Gozu
2003 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
2003 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Ryuji Hoshikawa (played by Ken'ichi Endô), the leader of the Hoshikawa group and an executive of the Saito group, a branch of the Asahikawa Sekine Association, grew increasingly distrustful of the group's leader, Shigezo Saito (played by Johnny Okura), after being removed from his role as acting head of the Saito group. As a result, he abandoned his parent organization and his family, ultimately accepting the ceremonial sake cup from Tetsuya Kishimori (played by Kentaro Shimizu), the leader of the Kishimori group, which belongs to the massive Kinjokai organization based in the Kanto region.
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
2002 · 1h 5m
country: Unknown
Sequel of Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
Gunball
2001 · 1h 36m
country: Unknown
1990. Takizawa, the head of the Hayama group's Takizawa group, ordered the members to shoot and kill Sasamoto, who betrayed the group and tried to join the fifth Sannokai-affiliated Minamiyama group. This triggered the interruption of the "Yamaha War" by Sannokai and Hayama-gumi.
A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell
2001
country: Unknown
A unique yakuza film depicting the life of a ‘former gangster’ who has become a Christian! Starring Sho Aikawa. Directed by Keiichi Ozawa, known for the ‘Shura ga Yuku’ series. Stab someone and you go to prison; get stabbed and you go to hell. The dragon bearing the cross begins to recount the sins he has committed…
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
2001 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
An incident occurred where a member of the Sannokai who sparked a dispute at the gambling house was shot dead by a member of the Umeyama group dividing the place. This is the beginning of the "Osaka War" that shook the world of Japanese gangsters.
Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant
2001 · 45m
country: Japan
Set many years after the end of the original Ultraman Tiga series, in which Daigo Madoka (human host of Ultraman Tiga) has a son with Rena, named Tsubasa Madoka. Tsubasa is a member of a new team, Neo Super GUTS, the successor to the original Super GUTS.
Fighting Knife Yoshi
2000 · 1h 32m
country: Unknown
Kazuki spends his days training to leave his home town and become the best cook in Japan.
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey
2000 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Oddysey was sort of an epilogue of the Ultraman Tiga series. Just when we thought that the world is safe, it's under attack again! A TPC excursion (including GUTS' Captain Megumi Iruma) headed to an old ruins and unintentionally woke up three evil ancient giants whom Daigo, later on, has visions of. What's so haunting about his visions is that they're not only three but four evil giants, including Ultraman Tiga in a very dark physique and a very evil aura. After a series of visions, Daigo was able to meet the three evils who beat him up and left the Black Spark Lens to him. Later on, the ultimate battle begins in the ancient ruins. Daigo as Ultraman Tiga, who is supposed to be the warrior of light, must use his powers, however dark, in order to defeat the three evils.
Shura ga Yuku 9
2000 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
The 9th series of Violence Action that depicts the battle between this issue and Ino aiming at the top of the gangster society as a unit.
Shin Mahjong Demon 5: Shinjuku Mahjong Showdown
2000 · 1h 33m
country: Unknown
He who conquers Kabukicho conquers the nation! This thrilling mahjong film faithfully recreates the atmosphere of a mahjong tournament held in Shinjuku's Kabukicho district during the 1970s, known as the golden age of mahjong. Who will be able to stop the legendary mahjong master, Shoichi Sakurai, from achieving a third consecutive victory...? The curtain rises on a fierce battle for pride between these men!
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
1998 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Fukano, an elderly novelist who grew up in the mountains of Tokyo, met a young woman, Kana, for the first time in Fukagawa. Overcoming the age difference, they are strongly attracted to each other. However, in Fukano, in addition to the problem of downtown and uptown, there was a deep “river” that separated women and men. However, Kana, on the other hand, easily crossed that "river" due to her sexual love with Fukano. "I never thought I'd live west of the Sumida River," Kana said. However, behind this lies the conspiracy of Fukano's old lover, Junko. The two get married, but Kana's behavior is gradually haunted by a mystery, and the shadow of her detective and old man flickers. The core of the mystery involved a strange sex shop
Confinement Escape: Plundered Love
1997 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
The condemned criminal of the false accusation that I bet on a jailbreak to appeal for own innocence. It was revenge to the true criminal. The target is a fiance, beautiful office lady of the true criminal. Innocence to take her, and to appeal for by a threatening telephone call. In the escape drama, she mentions the gentleness of the man and knows the truth. The beautiful woman female office worker who I lose a heart to a man gradually and open the body by oneself, and pushes forward self-surrender. The urge to kill of the true criminal who broke into it alone takes two people then. And the truth of the case is uncovered!
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Akiko returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The town, thick with paranoia, is quick to ostracize the ailing Akiko. With only her best friend and her mom in her corner, Akiko suffers awful discrimination at school and at home.
KISS ME
1996 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A hard-boiled touch love story that depicts the momentary love between a hitman and a woman who had a dangerous escape together.
Sukiyaki
1995 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Sukiyaki can be viewed two ways, a popular Japanese cuisine or a gathering of a family. This heart-warming comedy takes place in Yokohama, where the Mihara family owns a restaurant called “Boston Grill”. Experience the ups and downs of this family and learn how they deal with the everyday problems they are faced with during difficult times.
Emperor of Upheaval
1993 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.
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.
The Gambler
1992 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Investigation of a Typical Love
1992 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
The screenplay is Haruhiko Arai of "Tragedy of W" and "Revolver". The man is a detective who doesn't take on anything other than background checks for marriage and looking for cats. One day, a request for a job that belongs to him comes in. It is from Masako, a married woman who suspects her husband of having an affair.
Gorotsuki
1992 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
This coming-of-age drama comically depicts two young men who yearn to become members of the yakuza underworld, focusing on the apprenticeship of a rookie yakuza
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992 · 4h 6m
country: Japan
The life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for almost 300 years has never been told like this before. From the early days as a supporter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, then on to his days with Oda Nobunaga, leading to his wars against and ultimate victory over the Toyotomi to become shogun is a fascinating tale of his military genius coupled with a native intelligence that allowed him to become the last of the great warlords and ultimately the leader of the nation. With great performances from an all-star cast featuring names like Kitaoji Kinya and Takahashi Hideki this is history come to life on the screen.
Heat Wave
1991 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Bad Guys Only
1990 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
A one shot game setup by lonely outlaws!
Beppin Town
1989 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
An amateur op (detective) with a career as a former legal instructor . From the search for a runaway daughter requested by Akiko "Beppin" to the murder case. A mystery drawn with a hard-boiled touch set in Kobe (some locations in Ashiya and Yokohama ). The scenery of Kobe before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is included in various background scenes, and you can see the buildings and scenery that can not be seen now.
Soul Music: Lovers Only
1988 · 51m
country: Japan
Film directed by Koyu Ohara.
The Forced Marriage with Children
The Forced Marriage with Children
1987 · 45m
country: Japan
Kumazou, a "cleaner" for hire, encounters a woman attempting to commit suicide with her two young siblings one night. Kumazou gives them all the money he has and saves them from jumping off a bridge. The next morning, he wakes up to find that the woman and her sons have invaded his home and settled in…
Osomatsu-kun: Iyami and Chibita's Cooking Showdown
1985 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
Iyami and Chibita compete to be the best chef at the Matsuno Brothers's restaurant in order to appeal to a food critique.
Break Town Story
1985 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Japanese drama film.
Kekkon Annai Mystery
1985 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A 19-year-old girl Hiroko Terasawa working in a matching agency promises her client Masakazu Sekine that she'll pose as his fiancée for a remarkable cash reward. Hiroko moves to Sekine's mansion and prepares to attend the family's meeting. However, this only turns out to be a prelude of a bloody fight over the family's legacy.
Chi-n-pi-ra
1984 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. One day, Yoichi's companion commits a crime, which leads him to become a real yakuza. In this way Yoichi wishes to put an end to his hoodlum days, but on the other hand he has to leave his brother Michio behind...
Kazoku no sentaku
1983 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.
Empress
1983 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A struggling single mother catches the eye of a rising executive and gains power and wealth as his mistress. But beware, power is fleeting.
The Imperial Japanese Empire
1982 · 3h
country: Japan
Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980 · 3h 44m
country: Japan
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics.
Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa
1979 · 45m
country: Japan
Otsuka, wife of actor Koheiji, is unfaithful and has many affairs. When Koheiji confronts her lover Takurō at Imba Swamp, Takurō pushes him into the bottomless depths. A month later, haunted by nightmares of Koheiji, Takurō mistakes Otsuka’s new lover for Koheiji’s bloody ghost and kills him. But Koheiji’s vengeful spirit continues to haunt him…
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
1977 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.
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...
The Bullet Train
1975 · 2h 32m
country: Japan
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
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?
Pimp Heaven
1975 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Class-A Kyoto, a strip joint in Kyoto, is raided by the police. Shohei, a salesman who happens to be there, gets caught in the middle of it and is fired from his job. Having nowhere else to go, Shohei reluctantly becomes the manager of the place... The film is a comedy full of pathos about the connection between strippers called "special delivery" and the "pimps" who hang on to them.
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.
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
1974 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to do the same for the Mamushi bros. but the boys don't play along, which pisses Gokudo off. Things get worse when he starts helping a young teacher and Bunta has a crush on a pretty girl... and unbeknownst to them it's the same woman! Yes, the film has not one but two romantic subplots! Of course it all ends in bloodshed.
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
1974 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Part 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Katsuji finds his long lost mother, who is a rich lady of a respectable family. Comedy and melodrama ensue. A thrilling spectacle with an overly violent ending, and a remarkable, Japan's only post-prison rape comedy, Masa is determined to have sex with the female guard, despite the fact that there is a bar between them. Michi Azuma (topless swordswoman from Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril) plays a tomboy who wants to join her brothers.
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
1973 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on a bus full of old women, Masa finds out that Katsu tried to fake a car accident and get some money for Masa to live on after prison. Together, the two decide to blackmail the woman (Yoko Horikoshi) who hit Katsu, who happens to be the daughter of a rich company president (Seizaburo Kawazu). 6th film in a series of 8.
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...
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Part 5 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. After serving four and a half years in prison, Masa and his brother Katsuji leave Kobe to go to Nagoya to help a hostess get her daughter back from her mother. As they arrive in Nagoya, they get into a scuffle with the local yakuza affiliate. Sugawara and Kawaji's chemistry is even more evident here than usual, the storyline is alright if melodramatic. Delightful start with Tatsuo Endo as a nice guy prison guard! How many times have you seen that? And we got Kyosuke Machida (henchman) with cool beard and the always good Tsunehiko Watase (young hood) on board as well. One of the best films in the series.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
Informal Dress
1972 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
1972 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Part 4 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of getting in bed blindfolded with a girl who turned out to be an old granny. Later he and Kawaji try to settle down in a neighbourhood harassed by businessman yakuza Bin Amatsu.
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves.
The Viper Brothers Rage Again
1971 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Part 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves.
The Viper Brothers
1971 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
After spending several years in prison, yakuza punk Masa (Bunta Sugawara) and his underling, Katsuji (Tamio Kawachi) are back out in the mean streets of Kobe to make a name for themselves amongst the local yakuza organization.
Night Butterflies
1971 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A 1971 crime film
The Earth is Born Again
1971 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
A dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This work deals with Kashima Rinkai industrial zone development. The men who dream of making the overlooking wasteland as a big industrial area draw the courage to realize the ideal purely with the fishy desire swirling back to the coastal industrial area of Kashima Nada in Ibaraki prefecture.
A Man's World
1971 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Tadao Konno (Yujiro Ishihara) had been staying in Canada for 5 years since his girlfriend's death. She was killed for Gang's boss, Shiraishi. Now Tadao returned from Canada and Gang member wonder if he will do revenge for her death…
Waterfront Blues
1970 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Based on Shinichi Mori song
Spartan Education
1970 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
In a match where professional baseball referee Yuzo Tagami was observing a young referee, Hara, a player who got angry at the indecisive judge, knocked the referee down. Tagami lived with his wife and five children, but when he returned home, Hara, who had been suspended for a month, wanted to receive Tagami's Subaruta training.
Fossil of Love
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Abare chōhan
1970 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
A Gangster's Morals
A Gangster's Morals
1970 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Yakuza movie directed by Yasuharu Hasebe
Biographies of Killers
1969 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
1969 Nikkatsu yakuza movie
Yoru no mesu - Hana no inochi
1969 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The film depicts the resilient life of the daughter of a Kyushu boss who becomes a Ginza hostess with Shinichi Mori singing in the background.
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino
Penitentiary Brothers
1969 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Authentic action drama of modern gangsters.
Mini-Skirt Lynchers
1969 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
The group led by Teruko was the most famous in the port city of Yokohama. One day, however, a group claiming the same name as Teruko and her group appeared and began extorting them. The group was led by Rosa, who had come from Hayama. Teruko and the others were taken in by Detective Jitsusei on suspicion of extortion, and were even doused with oil. What saved the day was a witness, a runaway daughter named Toshie. Toshie is a half-sister.
Savage Wolf Pack
1969 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
A professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a lawless slum. He is shocked to learn that his younger sister had committed suicide after being raped by unknown men. One day, he rescues a girl from being attacked by some gang, and discovers that the same gang had driven his sister to death. Using his lethal hunting skills, Tetsuya begins to take revenge…
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
A flower is a woman or a man is a butterfly... Love and melancholy bloom wildly in the nighttime garden! This is a moody entertainment work depicting the love, laughter, melancholy, and human drama of an iron-fisted daughter of a family of expositors who, after her father's death, disbanded her gang and moved to Tokyo by herself, where she becomes a hostess and demonstrates her natural chivalrous temperament, risking her life in the neon-lit Ginza district.
Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his girlfriend, Yuri. Goro had sent her to safety, but she had returned, aching to see him. Caught between Goro and his enemy knife, she reunites with her love - the price was her life.
若い川の流れ
1968
country: Japan
The story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department employee, as she grows through work, love, and friendship. For the sake of the company's managing director and his wife, Misako recommends her colleague Tensuke Sone to Fusako, the managing director's daughter and best friend. Fusako and Sone meet at the executive director's Karuizawa villa, but for some reason Kensuke becomes angry when he learns that Misako is the one who recommended him...
Retaliation
1968 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds are made to be broken, and pledges of loyalty soon give way to competition, betrayal and — naturally — retaliation.
Wind of Youth
1968 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
A romantic Nikkatsu youth film about three female friends.
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.
My Sweetheart
1967 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to star as the lead in "My Sweetheart". One day, half way through production, he meets his friends from a popular rock group, "The Spiders". Through their discussion regarding the climax scene, they criticize that the script is too grim. In a notion to protect their friend's career, they decide to pay the scriptwriter a little visit.
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
country: Japan
The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between parents and children over two generations, as well as the sisterly love between Yuriko and her sister Kaori.
A Bumpkin of Tokyo
1967 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Bonta comes to Tokyo with the determination to rule the world, gets a job at a lingerie company, and although he is ridiculed as a country bumpkin, he navigates the ups and downs of the city in this first installment of a new comedy series full of laughs and tears.
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
1967 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
The Black Sheep
1967 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Young female teacher Kyoko Miyake relocates to a small seaside town with her runaway little sister, but their new life is complicated by hoodlum-like Jiro Yamazaki (the black sheep of the title) who is related to the family hosting them and whom they keep running into, but can't help but to feel sympathy for. Of course, rumours start fast in a small town, but delightfully she doesn't really care at all. This is another very solid Shogoro Nishimura film.
Star of Destiny
1966 · 1h 24m
country: Taiwan
"She's out there somewhere, well and alive." Eiji (Teruhiko Saigo) and his sister hadn't seen their mother in almost 20 years. The war had separated them. When Eiji learns that his sister is engaged, he is determined to reunite with his mother and relay the wonderful news. With a pocket full of hopes and just one clue that may lead him to his mother, Eiji sets off for Taiwan.
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
country: Japan
Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
1966 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
In the early years of the twentieth-century a young gambler returns to his home town where he finds the gang of which he was once a member engaged in a feud with a rival gang. Though he successfully settles their differences he is turned out of the organization for the way in which accomplishes it. Upon his return he finds that the fortunes of the group have declined - there has been treachery and desertion. This time with the approval of the seniors he settles the differences with a duel. After winning, however, he declines the position of gang-boss, preferring his freedom, and once more leaves town.
Tokyo Drifter
1966 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
Cheers to the Sky
1966 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Stewardess Yuriko goes through rigorous two-month training and finishes her maiden flight safely with the help of her colleagues and instructors.
Carmen from Kawachi
1966 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.
In Tears
1965 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage. Hiroshi is baffled when his captain approaches the Daigo-Kuroshiomaru crew, a notorious group nicknamed "the hoodlums of the sea". Their offer is greeted with scoffs and quickly turned down.
The Rule for a Vagabond
1965 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.
Loss of Innocence
1965 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the journalist finally comes to the conclusion, which he publishes, that "keeping your virginity until your wedding day will never be a source of regret for either men or women."
Gambling is My Destiny
1965 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's sister from certain death. Filmed on location on the scenic Manazuru Peninsula, the action is set amidst rugged rocky terrain and raging waves!
Story of a Prostitute
1965 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
Whirlpool of Flesh
1964 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much rather be translating Shakespeare than attending to her, and she has a secret in her past - one that results in her sleeping with a great number of men.
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia organization based in Japan. To defeat the villains, Joe uses his unprecedented skills of fast shooting and karate secrets!
Ningen ni kakeruna
1964 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
1964 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
A nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of waves with her outspoken personality and behavior in this charming coming-of-age blockbuster.
Black Sun
1964 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.
Welcome, My Baby
1964 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic hours, they vie for the affections of a hotel owner's daughter but wind up with separate girl friends and attempt to bring together the parents of a baby who have separated.
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity of a worker while the young woman becomes a waitress in a restaurant.
Cruel Gun Story
1964 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
Red Handkerchief
1964 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
Jidanya
1963 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Every day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement agents (jidanya), mediators between the parts and the insurance companies to avoid time-consuming legal actions that could come when no settlement is reached (while cheating both parties out of some piece of the settlement pay). Genkichi is a well versed old-timer, that sees how his freshly out of collage son struggles to fit into the business, while at the same time facing one of his lowest rivals in a car crash incident.
Prince of Wolves
1963 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of wolves. By chance, they were found by and became a members of a yakuza family. Five years later, Take dominated the port town as a young boss.
The Hill is Full of Flowers
1963 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka. Miwako Kazuki left the English literature department and joined Toyo Critics. She was attracted by Noro, the editor-in-chief, whose wife died a few years ago and was now living with her two orphans and her old mother....
午前零時の出獄
1963 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
This movie depicts the confrontation between a man entangled in a despicable trap and the shadow of murderous intent, and the efforts of a journalist chasing after the truth. Due to the passage of time since the film's release, some scenes may be marred by visual and audio distortions. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
Youth of the Beast
1963 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
I Fly for Kicks
1963 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
A musical film with Yūjirō Ishihara and Ruriko Asaoka.
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Utau abarenbō
1962 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating mostly on the high-powered Yakuza gambling dens.
Night of Bloody Hell
1962 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
A motorcycle daredevil is murdered by a gang that wants to take over the circus to become the cover for their drug operation, but his replacement (Akira Kobayashi) has other ideas.
Youth Turned Sideways
1962 · 1h 6m
country: Japan
Orphans who transport stolen goods rebel against the yakuza organization that stole their youth through extortion and violence.
Naku n janai ze
1962 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
I Hate But Love
1962 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
Teenage Yakuza
1962 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1962 · 1h 12m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Hana no saigetsu
1962 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
A trio of the best of the best! They beat up the bad guys with no mercy! The three main drug traffickers reigning in the underworld, and once they have their routes, they call in the three gangs, causing a huge three-way war and rounding them up in a thrilling and suspenseful entertainment.
Wharf Temperament
1961 · 1h 4m
country: Japan
The story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took responsibility for the accident and went ashore from the ship, and a young docker, whom he loves like a younger brother.
Lost in the Sun
1961 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Blue Hunter
1961 · 1h 5m
country: Unknown
Kawamura, a high school student, wanted a new stimulus, and lived a life of golf, sake, women and emptiness.
Kitakami Nocturne
1961 · 1h 2m
country: Japan
Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eighteen years ago, Shizuko was left an orphan and was taken in by Keisuke's parents, who had raised her as their own child. At the riverside when the cherry blossoms are falling, Keisuke, now enrolled in university, promises Shizuko that he will tell his parents about them at the start of the summer vacation. He then sets off for Tokyo...
Aoime no Sugao
1961 · 1h 4m
country: Japan
A pure love story that depicts the joy of loving and the bitterness of being loved in a burst of youth.
Hotbed of Crime
1961 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
Released in the UK as Hotbed of Crime
Shokei zen'ya
1961 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie
Yabure Kabure
1961 · 1h 8m
country: Japan
Ambitious action drama about a young man living a carefree life of women and money, struggling to crawl out of the mire, and his lover who tries to save him at his own peril.
Shōjo
1961 · 59m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie
Flowers in the rain
1960 · 53m
country: Japan
A song-based action drama featuring hit songs by Hiroshi Inoue about a daughter who cries over an innocent crime and a young man who bravely stands up for the truth to help her.
The Angry Rambler
1960 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.
Everything Goes Wrong
1960 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.
The Warped Ones
1960 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger, most of it directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.
Boku wa naichicchi
1960 · 46m
country: Japan
Ichiro, who works for a shipping company, causes an accident while driving drunk. His younger brother Jiro questions his brother's drinking habits. Upon investigation, Ichiro discovers that his brother is involved in drug trafficking.
Return of the Vagabond
1960 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives in Sadogashima Island, Niigata, Japan. Of course, Shinji meets yet another beautiful girl named Noriko, who closely resembles the famous actress Ruriko Asaoka again. Of course, Noriko is in trouble. Of course, Shinji's yet another skilled rival named "Tetsu, the Gunman" comes to Sado shortly. Of course, the villain tries to kill Shinji and Tetsu. Of course, Shinji solves the problem and leaves Sado suddenly.
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base for drug smuggling.
When a Man Risks His Life
1959
country: Japan
Mighty Rules
1959 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
The Sky Is Mine
1959 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Woman from the Sea
1959 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
While in vacation in a sea side house, a young man fall in love with a beautiful woman who pretends to live by herself in the sea. The fishermen of a nearby village think she is a monster, the female of a shark killed many years before, responsible for many disappearances.
Dream Young Man's Dream
1959 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
An early contemporary yakuza action drama.
Downhill Youth
1959 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Gun Number Zero
1959 · 53m
country: Japan
Eric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was Kudaira, a beggar, who discovered it, and immediately sold it to Matsuko - another pauper. Soon, the weapon that moves from hand to hand, becomes a tool of many crimes.
Wounded Beast
1959 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
A tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and his lover, and the desperate pursuit of a detective who is trying to catch a fleeing young criminal.
Hijo tehai
1959 · 54m
country: Japan
Unripe Fruit
1959 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
A youth lyrical painting depicting a sensitive young man with rich poetic feelings focused on the concerns and aspirations of a high school student.
The Stream of Youth
1959 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Friendship of Jazz
1959 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion of murder.
Osaka no kaze
1958 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958 · 1h 5m
country: Japan
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
1958 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his relative Morihiko. He said he forgot the winning lottery ticket of 2 million yen at the hotel, so he wants Daishiro to go and pick it up. Morihiko used the hotel for secret meetings, so he said he couldn't go there himself because he was afraid it would become public. When Daishiro entered the hotel, the Yakuza, who learned about the lottery from the newspaper, threaten the hotel maid Noriko, and want to rob her. Daishiro helps Noriko and safely picks up the lottery, but a message arrives from his relative Seikichi from Osaka. His missing son Kaoru is said to be a boxer in Osaka. "My son... He has the blood of a boxer in him..." Daishiro is heading to Osaka in a hurry...
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
This typhoon spectacle is bursting with the charm of tough guy Yujiro, a student of architecture at Hokkaido University, who takes on a conspiracy involving a mysterious accidental death at a construction site.
The Coming of Age
1958 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A Slope in the Sun
1958 · 3h 29m
country: Japan
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.