Known for Acting
Toshiji Kobayashi (小林 稔侍, Kobayashi Toshiji, born on February 7, 1941), known by his stage name, Nenji Kobayashi (alternative reading of 稔侍), is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Poppoya.
Born
February 7, 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan
Filmography
193 films, 38 shows
Tokyo Taxi
2025 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
One day, taxi driver Koji Usami is tasked with driving 85-year-old Sumire Takano from Shibamata, Tokyo to a senior care facility in Hayama, Kanagawa. Sumire asks Koji to make some detours. Gradually opening up to her, Sumire begins to tell the story of her grand past...
ホリデイ～江戸の休日～
2023
country: Japan
森村誠一女のサスペンス「マリッジ」
2021
country: Japan
It's a Flickering Life
2021 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020 · 2h 59m
country: Japan
When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages and newly shot scenes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san’s nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry. The familiar faces of Kurumaya Cafe, which Tora-san’s family ran in Shibamata, also return. Catching up with old friends, it is always their dearest memories of Tora-san which everyone shares on such occasions…
Impossibility Defense
2018 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
At a certain park, there is a mysterious man, who has red eyes and a black suit, that people can go to and request him to kill someone. His assassinations can never be blamed on him because he takes no illegal action. His strength is in the power of suggestion and the arrangement of events. He accepts these requests, all the while privately mocking the foolishness of those whose unwise wishes he grants.
Hoshi Meguri no Machi
2018 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
An old widower who lives with his two daughter runs a tofu store,one day a distant relative comes to his home looking to heal his wounded heart after losing his family in the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.
Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 11 ~ Friendship Through Train Trip ~
2017
country: Japan
Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31
2016 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 10
2016
country: Japan
Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30
2016
country: Japan
A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
What a Wonderful Family!
2016 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
Saraba Abunai Deka
2016 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
Nobuko works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji appears in front of her and they reminiscence about pleasant times. These happy, but bizarre moments seem eternal.
Dr. Hikojiro
2015 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, who owns an art gallery in Tokyo, has come to Kyoto on a trip with his only daughter, high school student Nanami. Hikojiro gives him his business card, telling him to contact him if the pain comes back. However, the next day, Mori is found dead...!
Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29
2015
country: Japan
Uzumasa Limelight
2014 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 3
2014 · 1h 35m
country: Unknown
The Marutoku unit reopens a controversial past accident while probing a fresh insurance claim. As links emerge between victims and insiders, chief MINEKO Ōga and rookie IPPEI chase the truth behind staged crashes and fraud.
The Little House
2014 · 2h 16m
country: Japan
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
It All Began When I Met You
2013 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Six love stories following the love lives of ten different people.
Clock Store's Girl
2013
country: Japan
The story is about the emotional and spiritual exchange between an elderly watchmaker and a cheerful and kind young woman who lost her mother in the tsunami of the Great Tohoku Earthquake. The woman asks the watchmaker to repair a wristwatch, which is a precious memento left her by late mother.
Tokyo Family
2013 · 2h 26m
country: Japan
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.
Hanayome
2012 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Chiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her home so she is offered by her eldest son, Ryoichi to live with him and his family. But her children are disappointed to hear that Chiyo has decided to become a live-in housekeeper. Then her eldest daughter Setsuko announced that Chiyo has had an offer of marriage. It is from the widower Kurosaki who had been a friend to Chiyo's deceased husband. Kurosaki runs a small company and has no children but has enough life savings. However, second daughter Tomoe, and youngest child, Yoko, are opposed to it. The siblings begin to argue. Meanwhile, Kurosaki tells his sister Namiko that he has decided to remarry. She is furious because he refuses to tell her anything about Chiyo. Thus, she takes it upon herself to find out about Chiyo and soon has a confrontation with her. Around that time, Kurosaki’s company is about to go bankrupt...
Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File
2011 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
"Elite" members of an insurance company are gathered together to form a unit to investigate an accident and whether the company needs to pay out on the insurance policy or not.
Toire no kamisama
2011 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
Kana Uemura's song "Toilet no Kamisama" turned into a 2-hour drama special on TBS. The song, which is nearly 10 minutes in length, tells of Uemura's relationship with her grandmother, from her childhood to her grandmother's death.
樅ノ木は残った
2010 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
About Her Brother
2010 · 2h 6m
country: Japan
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.
Giwaku
2009 · 2h 21m
country: Japan
The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor
The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor
2008 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
Keinosuke (Masakazu Tamura) is a ronin (wandering samurai) who lives on the streets although he is a nobleman. There’s just one woman in this world that he loves, Shiho (Emi Wakui) but when he meets her again, she is already someone else’s wife. Her husband is a key person in the Chushingura incident. Love reignites between Keinosuke and Shiho but they get caught up in the spiral of fate of the Chushingura incident...
Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, faster, subtler sword, talking and perception. He uses them to settle the trouble and uses them good!
Love and Honor
2006 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits
2006 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
An old thief, Kuhei Sagiwara, used to visit his hometown at the foot of the Kurikara Pass in Kaga Province. Hiding from the rain, he overheard a secret conversation between three men, just like him, hiding from the rain. These three conspired to kill Heizo Hasegawa, the head of the arson and robbery police squad, and the head of these three is the outrageous villain, thief and murderer Jingoro Amikiri...
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
2005
country: Japan
Army Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (Nakamura Shido) has been fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungles of Lubang Island in the Philippines with his subordinates Corporal Shimada (Yanagiba Toshiro) and Private First Class Kozuka (Nishijima Hidetoshi) since the end of the Pacific War, without knowing the war had ended. Eventually, the two men die, unable to fulfil their duty to their homeland, and Onoda is left alone, but when a rescue team is sent out from the home country, he does not obey the order to return, believing it to be a diversion by the enemy, as the form of the return order is different. However, an encounter with adventurer Norio Suzuki (Masato Sakai), who has come from Japan to look for Onoda, leads to Onoda's return to his homeland in March 1974, 30 years after the end of the war, after completing his intelligence work on Lubang Island.
The Motive
2004 · 2h 40m
country: Japan
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
The Hidden Blade
2004 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
Café Lumière
2004 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.
Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan.
Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan.
2003 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Hiroshi Hamano, a professor at a medical university, is found dead. Going by the results of the autopsy, it appears he committed suicide by jumping off a roof, but going by eyewitness testimony and physical evidence at the scene, Detective Kamei suspects murder. A ticket for a train trip around Japan is found in the professor's pocket. However, nobody then could have known the shocking truth hidden behind the tour the dead man was supposed to attend...
Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed by Hajime Hashimoto.
The Twilight Samurai
2002 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
The Firefly
2001 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Shūji Yamaoka was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a provincial seaside city in southern Kyushu, Yamaoka remains reluctant to discuss his wartime experiences with anyone, much less an intrusive reporter looking for a feature story. Then a series of events shake Yamaoka to the core, forcing him to re-evaluate his past.
Chūshingura Urabanashi: Nakazō Kyōran
2000 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Nakazo is forced by his foster mother, Shun, to practice dance intensively. He is bullied in the Kabuki world, and worries about his future as an actor.
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000 · 2h
country: Japan
Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home
2000 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
"Home Sweet Home" deals with a family who, unable to cope with their aging grandfather's worsening dementia, abandon him at a group home for the elderly. When, racked by guilt, they return to retrieve him, they discover to their surprise. . .
The Stupid Teacher
2000 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a lot of commotion.
Railroad Man
1999 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
Asabuki Riyako, Female Lawyer: The Young Eyewitness
Asabuki Riyako, Female Lawyer: The Young Eyewitness
1999 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Attorney Asabuki Riyako goes to wine store in Ginza and meets a friend from college, Matsuura Ayano. Matsuura is the CEO of a wine company. The next morning, Asabuki learns from the news that Matsuura's father has died in one of the rooms at the inn.
Amateur Singing Contest
1999 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Traditional Japanese pop singer Reiko (Muroi) decides to enter a well-known TV program for amateur singers along with a confused teenager (Ôtomo) and a 40-year-old father of four (Bito).
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998 · 2h 13m
country: Japan
A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets others looking for a new start in life, including a former salaryman with whom she begins a furtive romance...
Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
1998 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Taka and Yuji are searching for a mercenary for the international terrorist organization "The Network" when the head of its branch arrives in Yokohama to carry out Operation Heat Storm.
Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney: The Little Accomplice
Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney: The Little Accomplice
1998 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Attorney Asabuki Riyako goes to Ginza with her husband Kunio, where she almost has her handbag taken by a young boy. The youth had been involved in a murder case six years earlier. Yabuhara, the chief counsel at the firm Asabuki works at, was in charge of the case.
Oda Nobunaga
1998 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
The show follows the early years of Japanese warlord hero Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. As a young man Oda was not seen as the right heir to the Oda clan, but through a masterful political marriage arranged by his father, Oda Nobunaga not only gained influence, he also became the Daimyo who joined the three imperial counties to unite Japan.
Free and Easy 9
1997 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible Hama-chan. The veteran employee decides to find his boss, a divorced father, a new wife. The supervisor loves a bar hostess “mama-san,” but is unable to confess his true feelings until Hama-chan comes to his rescue.
Insurance Investigator Shigarami Taro's Case Files ~Sanuki Murder Case~
1997
country: Unknown
Taro Shiraga (played by Ninomi Kobayashi), nicknamed “Shigarami Taro”, works in the insurance company’s contract management division. Officially, his role is to entertain insurance saleswomen and encourage them to improve their sales performance. Behind the scenes, however, he is a shrewd investigator of insurance pay-outs. Whenever an incident occurs, his “eyes” at the scene are sharp and discerning. Yet this hidden side of him remains unknown to his colleagues and family. One day, Taro is instructed to go to Matsue under the pretence of entertaining saleswomen from the Matsue branch. In reality, it is an assignment to investigate an insurance claim.
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.
The detective whose path was crossed by a snake
1995 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Starring Ken Takakura, this TV special depicts a detective (Akira Hayasaka) who lives in a harsh life with pride and conviction. Minoru Akiba, Chief of the Investigation Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department, is a veteran detective who has passed through the shrine in numerous incidents. His wife was killed by a criminal he caught 13 years ago as revenge. There is a report that his former subordinate, Constable Murasawa, was stabbed to death under Akiba... Suzuki Kyoka plays his daughter.
MARKS
1995 · 2h 18m
country: Japan
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...
47 Ronin
1994 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
A Desirable Marriage
1991 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A human drama on the state of marriage today, following the battle between a mother and daughter over her marriage and humorous depictions of the people around them. When Mieko's husband passes away, she hopes to arrange a good marriage for her daughter Non, but things don't go as planned when Non reveals there's already a love interest in her life.
Megumi no Sekai
1990 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A unique combination of social problem and entertainment TV movie about a female journalist who is hurt to the core when the truth of an article is questioned.
Flower Season
1990 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Kitamori Yuki was particular about her promise to her mother-in-law Hana. The promise is that, as the daughter-in-law of Koichi, the eldest son of the Kitamori family, Hana entrusts everything to Yuki, but wants her entire family to come see her on her birthday. At that time, her second son Keisuke's daughter Megumi, who is her private taxi driver, made a mistake, and she was overwhelmed and approached Yuki for advice. Eventually, her mother Kayo of Megumi learned about this, but a period was quietly struck by her women coming to a conclusion that should be the food for Megumi's growth.
Water Moon
Water Moon
1989 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
As the monk Ryuun, whose past and origin make him prone to internal and external fits, leaves the temple towards Tokyo, he gets to catch a glimpse of enlightenment resonating with the blind Kanoko.
Virgin Road
1989 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Based on the comic book by Tatsuo Kanai
Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy
1989 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
The Political Game
1989 · 2h 3m
country: Japan
This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and Kentaro Haneda was in charge of music direction. It depicts how an honest candidate aiming for a clean election campaign gradually collapses in the face of various realities. Kiyokawa, the mayor of Higurashi City, died at his lover's house. Yoshihiko announces that he will conduct a clean election campaign, but his sponsors and backers are reluctant.
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.
Stay or go?
1988 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Shohei Taguchi is a salaryman who works for a securities company and loves women like no other. One day, he plans to use the cash borrowed from the gangsters and snatch to repay his debt . However, Sayoko Mukai, who said that she used the money of the company for gambling , took over the money. Shohei and Sayoko plan a robbery and steal cash from the gallery, but another man steals it.
Umi e, See You
1988 · 2h 54m
country: Japan
Team DANKAI are set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, DANKAI leader Mizuki is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii to the roster for publicity. This exacerbates DANKAI's resentments and baggage. Needing a steady hand to mediate dispute and navigate their support vehicle, Mizuki recruits legendary retired mechanic/driver Eiji Honma to the team. Soon Honma discovers his ex-wife Kei is also participating in the rally, alongside her current husband, the bullfighter Antonio Vázquez. Honma's truck also comes to include stowaway passenger Yuko Takei, Yoshii's pop star girlfriend who is trying to salvage their relationship.
Maiko monogatari
1987 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Japanese drama film.
The Drifting Classroom
1987 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story unfolds, the diminishing student body weathers this apocalyptic crisis while searching for clues about their surroundings, and dealing with psychological breakdown and dangerous exterior forces.
Tokyo Bordello
1987 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the brothel has hopes to make her a great new addition which will attract the richest of customers. But after several months of training, she tries to flee Yoshiwara when the time has come for her to take her first customer...
Paper Lantern
1987 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".
Makeup
1987 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
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Night Train
1987 · 2h 17m
country: Japan
A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.
A Homance
1986 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
Desperate Pursuit
1986 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's lawyer, Yamamoto, receives a visit from two men that attempt to steal the deceased CEO's will. This is witnessed by two detectives, Tsuzuki and Ōnuki, but they fail to catch the perps. Yamamoto hands the detectives a set of keys before he stops breathing. Tsuzuki and Ōnuki now have to investigate Kurata's murder...
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash.
Tracked
1985 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous crimes--or the detectives hot on his trail.
Early Spring Story
1985 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A Japanese high school student passionate about photography discovers love while confronting the past choices of her deceased mother.
Demon
1985 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal fishing town where he's become an honest fisherman.
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.
Nuclear Gypsies
1985 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Barbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an area whose inhabitants are mainly from Okinawa. Upon her return, Barbara faces problems beyond her control. Her brother and two friends take one of their teachers hostage to extort money to go on a school trip. Miyazato, the man who loves Barbara is there, but not Aiko, her best friend. Miyazato, a yakuza and manager in a nuclear power plant has forced Aiko into prostitution for the workers of the plant. Barbara plans to help her escape from this hell. Aiko has been sent to Mihama. Without even thinking for a moment, Barbara decided to go see her friend.
Lonely Heart
1985 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche, or is she real?
Moment of Demon
1985 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Filled with guilt over his forbidden desires, a young man leaves home and his studies. He finds a new smaller place to stay, a low-paying but satisfying job and a girlfriend. Then his mother, unable to fight her forbidden desires, shows up.
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.
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984 · 2h 2m
country: Japan
During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers.
The Audition
1984 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Four girls and their manager aiming for stardom!
Jugyo Sankan no Onna
1984 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
One spring, Tasaka, an elementary school teacher, receives a new class of first graders. While taking the children's attendance, Tasaka is surprised to see a call girl he once had an encounter with standing among the parents in the back of the classroom. According to the school's files, her name is Yukako Sawada, and her child Eisaku has no legal father. The next day, Eisaku gives Tasaka a letter from Yukako asking to meet at the hotel where they first met, and Tasaka sets out with an uneasy feeling...
Turkish March: Castle of Dreams
1984 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
In the notorious soapland district of Ogoto—Alice, a seasoned sex worker scarred by abuse and betrayal, is ready for a new start as she marries Honjo, a driver she once served. Despite her painful past, which includes being exploited by her stepfather and betrayed by her mother, Alice has found a semblance of family among her peers in the industry. She’s particularly close to Maya, a top earner in their shared apartment building, and maintains a complicated relationship with Dera, an intellectual companion of Maya’s. When Alice and Maya are mugged, they discover that the assailant is Tamae—Alice’s own younger sister. As the web of relationships further entangles with characters like the man Ikuno who originally introduced Alice to this harsh world, and others whose lives spiral out of control, the story builds to a series of shocking events. These include violent confrontations, explosive accidents, and tragic mishaps that leave the characters emotionally and physically shattered.
Choji Snack Bar
1983 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.
Nogare no machi
1983 · 2h
country: Japan
Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.
Crimson Night Dream
1983 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
1983 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and his personal expectations.
Akuma no hitojichi
1983 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
An office lady, heartbroken after a failed romance with her boss, visits her favorite villa to try and heal her wounds, attempting suicide. Suddenly, bank robbers, escaping their pursuers, break into the villa. She is assaulted by one of the three men, but her hatred for him eventually transforms into love, and she experiences the ultimate physical pleasure.
The Ballad of Narayama
1983 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
The Yoshida School
1983 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
1983 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A gripping and entertaining historical drama that follows the actions of the thief Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi during the Edo period.
The Longest Tunnel
1982 · 2h 22m
country: Japan
After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.
Zeccho shimai ochiru
1982 · 1h 8m
country: Japan
Mika, who used to be a call girl, is being pursued by a man that brokers prostitution. Her mother Yoshimi and older sister Mayumi also sold their bodies. But now, Mayumi will marry Soejima, a trading company man. Mika is happy to have a respectable relative and starts a part-time job at a pachinko parlor...
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.
Suspicion
1982 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...
Farewell to the Land
1982 · 2h 14m
country: Japan
Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.
Gate of Youth 2
1982 · 2h 17m
country: Japan
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
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.
Love Beast: Attack!
1981 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
A high school girl gets molested by her mother’s current lover. He is a sleazy detective working on the yakuza drug trade. The girl runs away from home but returns five years later with a newspaper article describing her mother’s apparent suicide. Within the corruption of a decaying shipping port she is determined to find the truth behind her mother’s death and what happened to her younger sister who had stayed behind.
Essential Information for a College Girl
1981 · 1h 14m
country: Japan
The erotic adventures and troubles of several female college students.
Gate of Youth
1981 · 2h 20m
country: Japan
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
Eijanaika
1981 · 2h 31m
country: Japan
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society.
Momoe's Lips: Love Beast
1980 · 1h 9m
country: Japan
This year's Record Award was decided to go to popular singer Natsu Akemi. Yoshioka, the president of the production company, was using money, politicians, and women to secure his support. The remaining worry is Yoko Itsuki, who is about to marry her rival, popular actor Taura. So, in order to get rid of Yoko, he hires Mari Kusunoki, a trick girl who exposes star scandals. Set in the entertainment industry, where stars compete fiercely, the film depicts the secret actions of a "trick girl" who uncovers a scandal involving a popular singer.
The Bear Storm
1980 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in search of agricultural land to the land of the pioneers in Hokkaido led a peaceful life. One day, one of the pioneers, Mikio Shimakawa's wife Yura, and her child Taichi are attacked and killed by a bear that cannot hibernate. To resolve the situation, Shimakawa goes against all odds and turns to Ginshiro, the most hated hunter in the village, for help. While Shimakawa was away from the village, Yura and his friends were holding a funeral, the bear attacked again...
The Wicked
1980 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.
Virus
1980 · 2h 36m
country: Japan
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
Crazy Thunder Road
1980 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
When Ken, the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo, falls in love with a barmaid, he quickly loses his rebellious ideals. The rest of the gang feels betrayed, especially the reputedly troubled kid Jin who revolts against his former friend.
The Revolt
1980 · 2h 30m
country: Japan
When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.
Winter's Flower
1978 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!
Message from Space
1978 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
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.
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.
Nuns That Bite
1977 · 1h 9m
country: Japan
A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling snakes at each other, and engaging in mild flesh eating.
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs.
Japan's Don
1977 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome. Her fellow inmates torture, humiliate and try to kill her; but the Scorpion prevails long enough to get some justice.
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.
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.
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.
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
Karate Warriors
1976 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
The Ando Gang Documentary Film
1973 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.
Big Bad Wolf
1973
country: Japan
1973 Toei film.
Love Lost in Tears
1973 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
Japanese “kayo” film based on the song by "Namida koi" by Aki Yashiro.
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.
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.
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
1972 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
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
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.
Woman His Prey
1972 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Rogue of the Night
1972 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
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
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.
Delinquent Street
1972 · 1h 28m
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.
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
1971 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Detective Hayata's friend is killed by criminals. In order to find the murder, Hayata infiltrate a gang, with the aim of getting closer to the big bosses responsible for the murder
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.
Patience Has An End
1971 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.
Thugs of Shinjuku
1970 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.
Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters
1970 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
After helping a pregnant girl escape from their reform school and facing the resulting punishment, a clique of delinquent girls eventually reunites a year later in Tokyo to face different challenges in the form of yakuza and… street vendors.
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
1970 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack on the boss he is assigned to kill a rival boss.
Fear of Sex
1970
country: Japan
King of the Night Life
1970 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
1970 Toei movie.
A Kamikaze Cop
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
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.
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...
Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki family was always deserted. Ryūzaki, the boss, declared his retirement in response to the changing times. It was thought that Igarashi, who valued righteousness and principles and had the respect of others, would become the second-in-command. However, he was an annoying presence to Ryūzaki...
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.
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.
The Domain: Flower and Dragon
1969 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Girl in College
1969 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejirō must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
1968 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop. Protagonist Hishakaku murders a man in a quarrel over a barmaid and goes to jail. In his temporary absence, his girlfriend Otoyo, a former geisha, falls for Hishakaku’s brother, inciting a dangerous love triangle that, in typical yakuza fashion, ends tragically.
Night Guy
1968
country: Japan
Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-up women decorate the city at night. And then, there are men who live off of these women. This movie depicts the conflict of sex and desire between a procurer, called a "night arranger," and women who live in the neon city seeking money and pleasure.
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.
Secret Information
1968 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to find out who squealed on him.
Prison Boss
1968 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
Yanagase Blues
1967 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Gambler's World
1967 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
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
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.
Glorious Fights
1966 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.
Game of Chance
1966 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs, drifting from city to city. However, not completely losing his gambling tastes, he became a hunted man and must escape to Tokyo after he was found cheating at dice. Bungo and his son Kenichi comes upon the Kizaki Family in Asakusa, where more troubles are awaiting them...
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.
Pretty Devil Yoko
1966 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here the first boyfriend.
Gang's Upward Strategy
1965 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Secret Club 000
1965 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoin the Asahi gang family in order to pay back a past debt. Trouble brews when the rival gang that was responsible for sending him to prison learns of his return. Left with no alternative to their constant harassment and threats, Tachibana decides to take them on.
The Hoodlum Brothers
1965 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A crime film released in 1965
Color
1965 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
The Navy
1963 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his best friend Shinji to join him. As it turns out, however, Takao's poor health prevents him from entering the navy while his friend is chosen instead. As time goes by, Takao becomes a painter and changes his mind about the meaningfulness of war and fighting, while his friend goes the opposite path. Meanwhile Takao's sister falls in love with Shinji.