Takuzō Kawatani
Biography: Takuzo Kawatani was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1967 and 1995. He was most famous for playing villains.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 21, 1941
Deathday: December 22, 1995
Popularity:
Known For
Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage
1969-02-21
Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage
Overview: The third film in the Zenka-mono series.At the beginning of the Showa period, Matsukichi Iwaki was released from prison after 10 years in prison. Matsukichi came to Yokosuka relying on his old friend Mitsuo Nakai from the Nakai gang, but Nakai was killed and the gang disbanded. Matsukichi discovers that the Shimanaka gang is behind everything, and from her the thread reaches the Navy. With the help of grenades and sword, Matsukichi, nicknamed "Bomb Man", sets off a disorderly rampage.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-21
Popularity:
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
1969-10-01
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Overview: Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebed to their generosity, she stays to work for the village and promises to leave her yakuza ways behind. When a dispute breaks out for the gambling rights to a local festival, the villagers are harrassed by a gang of thugs. When the harrassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-01
Popularity:
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967-11-01
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Overview: In the year 1786, Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa selected beautiful Ochisa to be his concubine. It causes other concubines to become very jealous and mean. When the Shogun passes away, his concubines are forced to become nuns, which they are not happy to be. The subject is life inside a shogun's harem, and the treatment is again more restrained than in most of the historical pinku eiga films being produced by independents at the time, but the tone of this middle installment in the trilogy is decidedly more grim than that of its predecessor. There's a good deal of abuse and violence on display, as the shogun dies and his concubines are sent to a remote convent to become buddhist nuns. the hysterical nuns are being punished for their transgressions and committing suicide in grand exploitation fashion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-01
Popularity:
Red Peony Gambler
1968-09-14
Red Peony Gambler
Overview: Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father's death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-14
Popularity:
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
1970-03-05
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
Overview: Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-03-05
Popularity:
Student Yakuza
1974-02-16
Student Yakuza
Overview: A youth action movie in which a student lone wolf who burns with unstoppable strength, courage, and a sense of justice rampages against a gangster.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-02-16
Popularity:
Osomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu!
1989-03-18
Osomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu!
Overview: Episode-length Osomatsu-kun film, released as a feature of the Toei Manga Movie Festival. Loosely based on a manga chapter, the film revolves around an alien plot to take over the world.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-03-18
Popularity:
Eight Men to Kill
1972-12-16
Eight Men to Kill
Overview: The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-16
Popularity:
A Scarred Life
1971-07-17
A Scarred Life
Overview: Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set about rebuilding after the death of their Oyabun (big boss). Battles erupt as tempers explode as someone seeks to fill the seat of power.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-07-17
Popularity:
Gambler's Legacy
1969-12-27
Gambler's Legacy
Overview: A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mita Family, searches for the man bearing a tattoo of a dragon who is said to be responsible for the death of their former leader.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-27
Popularity:
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
1973-09-15
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Overview: A truck driver arrives in Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and has something to do with international drug smuggling.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-15
Popularity:
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
1974-08-31
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-31
Popularity:
A Kawachi Rascal's Song
1976-11-17
A Kawachi Rascal's Song
Overview: 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...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-11-17
Popularity:
Pimp Heaven
1975-05-24
Pimp Heaven
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-05-24
Popularity:
Yakuza Graveyard
1976-10-30
Yakuza Graveyard
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-30
Popularity:
Jeans Blues: No Future
1974-03-30
Jeans Blues: No Future
Overview: Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting after a car crash and soon end up on the road together in (another) stolen car. It's not long before the police take an interest in the crimes, and of course the gangsters are hot on Jiri's heels; meaning the two must scarper across Japan by any means necessary.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-03-30
Popularity:
Empire of Passion
1978-09-06
Empire of Passion
Overview: In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-09-06
Popularity:
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972-03-04
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Overview: The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-03-04
Popularity:
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
1970-02-21
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
Overview: In Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords had been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest carries his sword disguised as a Priest?s staff. One of the strongest entries in the series, Shinkai is badly injured, and must face his worst enemy in what could be their final showdown.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
Popularity:
The Kyoto Connection
1973-03-03
The Kyoto Connection
Overview: Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He takes her to his apartment where he brutally rapes her and keeps her hostage and bound in chains. Christina's alluring beauty eventually enchants the rapist and he is soon consulting his 'How to Stimulate a Woman' sex book in an effort to please her...
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-03-03
Popularity:
Three Gamblers
1967-01-12
Three Gamblers
Overview: Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-12
Popularity:
Death Shadows
1986-09-20
Death Shadows
Overview: Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his abandoned daughter, Ocho, who has now become a mistress of Denzo, a smuggler. After Yazuke’s death, Ocho is also recruited as a “shadows executioner”, with the task of completing her father’s mission.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-09-20
Popularity:
Kanto Street Peddlers
1969-11-08
Kanto Street Peddlers
Overview: Kokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run by an elderly boss (Kanjuro Arashi). They come into conflict with an unholy alliance of evil Yakuza bosses (Watanabe, Amatsu and Kawazu).
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-08
Popularity:
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978-07-01
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Overview: Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-07-01
Popularity:
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
1971-02-13
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
Overview: The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil Hiroshi Nawa, who at one point employs rebellious young hood Tsunehiko Watase and Kagawa. Tatsuo Umemiya also shows up as a cool, leather jacket gunman who gains Sugawara’s respect despite playing for the opposing team. What eventually keeps this film from being as good as the first is the loose script that doesn’t really tie all the fun stuff into a coherent package. Much is forgiven however when the last 20 minutes arrives with several visually striking set pieces (including one death scene stylized to the point of ridiculousness) and a terrific final massacre. This was Suzuki’s last contribution to the series; the fifth and final picture would be helmed by Takashi Harada.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-02-13
Popularity:
Tracked
1985-10-26
Tracked
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-10-26
Popularity:
Heat Wave
1991-02-09
Heat Wave
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-02-09
Popularity:
Virgin Breaker Yuki
1975-05-14
Virgin Breaker Yuki
Overview: Based on a manga by Kosuke Miki and Tadashi Matsumori, this film follows the adventures of Yuki, who works in a Kyoto red-light district house of ill repute as a "tamawari," or "virgin-breaker." She's the gal who gets first dibs on the new recruits to the brothel (some willing, some not), and it's her job to break them in for future clients. The film finds Yuki involved with a group of political rebels and anarchists after the Peace Preservation Law was passed in 1925 and walks a fine line between black humor and severe cruelty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-05-14
Popularity:
Decapitation of an Evil Woman
1977-01-22
Decapitation of an Evil Woman
Overview: An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-01-22
Popularity:
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987-12-26
The Great Department Store Robbery
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-26
Popularity:
Kidnapping Blues
1982-10-09
Kidnapping Blues
Overview: A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-09
Popularity:
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974-12-07
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Overview: Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-07
Popularity:
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973-05-24
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Overview: Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their separate ways. With the help of a young mechanic, who's also on the lam, Ruriko tries to realize her dream of leaving the island of Japan behind. But the authorities are always one step behind her...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-05-24
Popularity:
For Kayako
1984-11-10
For Kayako
Overview: A film about the substantial population of Koreans living in Japan, and the love affair between Kayako, a Japanese girl, and Im, a Korean.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-11-10
Popularity:
Story of a Nymphomaniac
1975-10-14
Story of a Nymphomaniac
Overview: Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of the Buddhist monastery she is working at...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-10-14
Popularity:
Blood of Revenge
1965-09-18
Blood of Revenge
Overview: Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-18
Popularity:
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976-08-07
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
Overview: Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-08-07
Popularity:
Hikage-Mono
1972-11-22
Hikage-Mono
Overview: A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-11-22
Popularity:
House of Gamblers
1970-03-29
House of Gamblers
Overview: Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of his family being insulted by the Tanuma's family goons, by retaliating on his own. After injuring the head of Tanuma's family, and slaying others along the way, he then surrenders to the law and serves time. Before his last year to serve, the head of the Aramasa family falls ill and decides to retire, Ryoji miss chance to be successor, his old friend is reluctant but accepts. Now this gives the Tanuma family a chance for revenge! But with Tomisaburo Wakayama (Sekine) always having your back, how can you go wrong?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-03-29
Popularity:
Woman Mobsters
1974-03-01
Woman Mobsters
Overview: Bank robbers steal 30 million yen and try to elude the cops and escape with the cash. Of the three, only one manages to avoid capture. Yoko, a female accomplice, is tossed in a women's prison where she meets Yuki, and the two of them manage to escape. Their plan is meet up with the robber who avoided capture, get ahold of the cash, and get for away from the big city.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-03-01
Popularity:
The Man Who Shot the Don
1994-05-14
The Man Who Shot the Don
Overview: Horai serves an 18 year sentence for killing a rival boss, but right before his release he is attacked.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-05-14
Popularity:
The Dream of Russia
1992-06-25
The Dream of Russia
Overview: Sumptuous filming of the journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great of Russia. A Russo-Japanese co-production of a unique event in history which was the hit of Cannes and other film festivals but did not receive wide distribution despite its huge scope, high production values, and very human story of culture clash.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-25
Popularity:
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974-06-29
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Overview: While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-06-29
Popularity:
Hokui 15° no duo
1991-03-23
Hokui 15° no duo
Overview:
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-03-23
Popularity:
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976-02-28
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-02-28
Popularity:
The Karate 3
1975-01-15
The Karate 3
Overview: This is the third and final film of the ZA KARATE trilogy. Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion. Local Japanese karate schools are not happy that a Chinese master will take over the Japanese karate organization and will do everything they can to prevent it.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-01-15
Popularity:
Return of the Outlaw
1968-06-28
Return of the Outlaw
Overview: Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-28
Popularity:
Modern Lady Gambler
1972-05-26
Modern Lady Gambler
Overview: Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betrayed her, and destroying her family and her life. When she discovers that man had already died, she loses her will to live. But in a twist of fate, she meets Tatsumi, a raising star in the Horikawa Family. She quickly falls in love with him and his yakuza lifstyle. But when Tatsumi is chosen to but the next Boss of the family, his jealous sworn brother Morito kills him with the help of a mysterious man behind the scenes. Now Fujiko becomes a Bakuto, a wandering yakuza gambler, and once again, walks the bloody path of vengence...
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-05-26
Popularity:
A Wad of Notes
1970-09-09
A Wad of Notes
Overview: A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza’s ill deeds.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-09
Popularity:
人妻セックス地獄
1974-03-16
人妻セックス地獄
Overview: 1974 Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-03-16
Popularity:
Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group
1973-09-01
Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group
Overview: A nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is determined and tough enough to contest the girl's gang in a democratic vote - and win. That causes her trouble in school, just when her own father, who owns a truck transport company, is murdered in a fake car accident by an American mobster. Before the girl can react, her naive mother has signed over the company to the mobster, and accepted him as her lover. Repentant, the mother starts drinking, and the good schoolgirl ties up with a halfbreed young man, who also has a grudge against Americans. He starts spying on the gangsters, discovers they are dealing in drugs, but is killed before he can report it. The good girl will lead her team in a desperation assault on the mobsters - and the police will eventually arrive just in time for the showdown.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-01
Popularity:
Yakuza Law
1969-06-27
Yakuza Law
Overview: A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-27
Popularity:
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968-11-30
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
Overview: The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th century. Shinkai then runs afoul of a gangster group using strong-arm tactics to take over the profits from local gambling. When he proves to be more than they can handle, they hire the one man who has the ability to kill Shinkai and exact revenge, Ryotatsu, the karate priest whom Shinkai blinded in the first film. This ultra-violent entry has long been considered the best movie in the series and never made its way to home video before. See a spectacular display of Wakayama Tomisaburo’s martial art expertise in this action packed film. The Holy Grail of sword movies has arrived at last! /Winterheart of CG
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-30
Popularity:
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965-08-12
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Overview: Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-08-12
Popularity:
Third Generation Boss
1974-08-10
Third Generation Boss
Overview: Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-10
Popularity:
Code of Ruffians
1965-12-04
Code of Ruffians
Overview: Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-12-04
Popularity:
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
1991-03-29
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
Overview: When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in order to obtain a huge sum of money to enable his many subordinates scattered all over the country to live out the rest of their lives. First, he targets Matsuya, a medicine wholesaler in Nagoya and seduces the master of the shop by using his female subordinate, Nanakake. He then calls upon Sanji, a skilled locksmith to Nagoya, but the bandit Yagura no Fukuemon who is plotting to intercept the thief plots to extract Sanji for a large sum of money. Furthermore, Abe Shikibu, the chief of the firebrand bandit reformatory who is obsessed with Nizaemon's arrest, sends his men to Nagoya.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-03-29
Popularity:
Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
1968-01-27
Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
Overview: Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A railroad line brings changing times to a community. Because Tetsu can't stand by and allow a bunch of yakuza men to molest women, it forces him to battle it out with a knife wielding rival, the unfortunate incident leads to his boss losing face and him having to leave the family to protect it. But the rival family won't stop until they destroy Tetsu who will risk life and love for his brothers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-27
Popularity:
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
1969-04-10
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
Overview: The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-04-10
Popularity:
The High Cost of Virginity
1973-06-20
The High Cost of Virginity
Overview: 1973 Toei movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-20
Popularity:
Mother
1988-04-29
Mother
Overview: From the point-of-view of the children, "Mother" tells the story of the most unappreciated, loving and giving mother, who would sacrifice her own life, and sometimes the life of others, for her loved ones. In the autumn of 1955, a family of five children is living in the Tohoku area. In order to take care of her paralysed husband, the mother has to sacrifice her five children by giving them away. The children has to suffer all the loneliness and hardships that this decision has brought them. 15 years have passed, all five of them have got married. Now, they come to understand that their mother's love for them was the greatest love of all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-04-29
Popularity:
Short and Fat
1977-04-29
Short and Fat
Overview: A high-school student rescues his baseball team. Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga "Dokaben".
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-04-29
Popularity:
Ronin on a Mission
1987-09-17
Ronin on a Mission
Overview: Mori Kojiro, a member of the Akō Ronin, fails to identify Kira Kozukenosuke before their attack and is publicly banished by Ōishi Kuranosuke. Ōishi later apologizes privately, revealing that Kira has a decoy and assigning Mori a secret mission to kill the real Kira if necessary. Devastated, Mori finds solace with Okame, a local bar owner. After the ronin avenge their master, Mori, believing their mission complete, plans to leave his samurai life for Okame. However, Terazaka Kichiemon reveals that Kira was not killed but fled, and the decapitated man was a decoy. Mori decides to complete his mission and hunt down the real Kira.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-09-17
Popularity:
The King of Minami: Sweet Trap
1995-02-04
The King of Minami: Sweet Trap
Overview: #10 in the series, after "Bankruptcy Takeover."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-02-04
Popularity:
The Buddy: Yaji and Kita
1982-03-12
The Buddy: Yaji and Kita
Overview: Tajibee, a cockfighting expert from Kawachi, and Kitahachi, a carpenter from Edo, survive a shipwreck near Beppu. They rescue Sakamoto Ryoma from masked samurai, and he entrusts them with a secret letter for Saigo Takamori of Satsuma. A shogunate spy, Chizou, overhears and pursues them. Along the way, a pickpocket named Okoma steals their wallet and the letter. When they finally deliver the letter in Satsuma, they realize it was a decoy to mislead the enemy.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-03-12
Popularity:
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
1972-06-21
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
Overview: Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend will confess and get him pardoned once she dies. Monjiro is sentenced to an island for prisoners. When he discovers that his friend's mother has died over a year ago, Monjiro seeks to escape with a group of prisoners in order to get his revenge.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-21
Popularity:
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985-12-28
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Overview: Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work. Tora-san follows her to Shikinejima, and attempts to bring her back to her home. In doing so he encounters a school-reunion group who are traveling to meet their elementary school teacher, which is a reference to the film Twenty-Four Eyes by Keisuke Kinoshita. Tora-san joins them and falls in love with the teacher.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-12-28
Popularity:
River of Fireflies
1987-02-21
River of Fireflies
Overview: During the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his classmate Eiko Tsujisawa while agonizing about his upcoming high school examinations. When he was little, he and Eiko had heard that in April of a year when the winter has been very harsh, any couple finding fireflies together needs to get married. However, his family's situation does not allow Tatsuo to continue his worrying about such things for very much longer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-02-21
Popularity:
Goodbye, Flickmania
1979-05-26
Goodbye, Flickmania
Overview: Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film maniac who spends nearly all his time at the movies and a 19-year-old going through the final rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-05-26
Popularity:
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969-10-16
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Overview: This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-16
Popularity:
Harimao
1989-06-03
Harimao
Overview: A movie about Yutaka Tani, also known as " Malay Tiger Harimao, " who was active on the Malay Peninsula during the Pacific War
Genres: War Adventure History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-03
Popularity:
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973-04-28
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Overview: Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-04-28
Popularity:
Guys Who Never Learn
1987-08-15
Guys Who Never Learn
Overview: Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-08-15
Popularity:
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
1970-11-11
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Overview: Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji Reconstruction. When a woman leaves her blind son at the Monastery, Ryotatsu is forced to teach the boy how to cope as a blind person in old Japan. When he takes the child with him on the road to find the boy's mother, they run afoul of not only yakuza gangsters, but some corrupt army officers have been trying to sway public opinion against the Satsuma rebels by posing as members of Saigo Takamori's group. It's a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest, and he'll make them pay with their lives!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-11-11
Popularity:
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
1976-05-15
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
Overview: Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-05-15
Popularity:
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978-08-12
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
Overview: Hoping to romance an alien, Momojiro meets beautiful animal trainer Eriko instead. Then he and Jonathan get drawn into her old friend's fraud.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-12
Popularity:
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976-04-24
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-04-24
Popularity:
The Most Perverted Post War Crimes
1976-06-19
The Most Perverted Post War Crimes
Overview: Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-06-19
Popularity:
The Fancy Man
1974-12-21
The Fancy Man
Overview: A first-class heel exploits a spinster's hunger for love. She is a trusted employee in a bank and embezzles money to secure his love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-21
Popularity:
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989-06-17
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Overview: Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-17
Popularity:
The Burmese Harp
1985-07-20
The Burmese Harp
Overview: In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-07-20
Popularity:
Gambling Den Heist
1975-06-21
Gambling Den Heist
Overview: After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-06-21
Popularity:
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1976-12-04
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
Overview: After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-12-04
Popularity:
Doberman Cop
1977-07-02
Doberman Cop
Overview: Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly 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.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-07-02
Popularity:
Cops vs. Thugs
1975-04-26
Cops vs. Thugs
Overview: When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-26
Popularity:
Yakuza of the Present
1973-10-27
Yakuza of the Present
Overview:
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-10-27
Popularity:
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974-12-28
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Overview: Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-28
Popularity:
Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage
1969-06-14
Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage
Overview: Shinkai comes to the aid of a coastal village being held hostage by a group of political revolutionaries.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-14
Popularity:
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974-06-01
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
Overview: With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-06-01
Popularity:
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973-01-13
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Overview: In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-01-13
Popularity:
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973-09-25
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Overview: Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-25
Popularity:
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974-01-15
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-01-15
Popularity:
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975-11-01
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Overview: 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...
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-11-01
Popularity:
Shimane Prison Riot
1975-06-07
Shimane Prison Riot
Overview: 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?
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-06-07
Popularity:
The Smart Aleck Ten
1977-02-26
The Smart Aleck Ten
Overview: Based on the comic by Toshiya Masaoka.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-26
Popularity:
Code of Wolves
1974-10-05
Code of Wolves
Overview: In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-05
Popularity:
Maji!
1991-04-13
Maji!
Overview: Based on the comic book by Ayumi Tachihara.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-13
Popularity:
Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District
1976-02-14
Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District
Overview: The sequel depicts Yuki's love affair with a young brothel owner who was once a Noh singer, and his complicated relationship with a woman who follows him around. Their love triangle nearly dissolves in Yuki's favour, but takes a sudden turn after an intervention of a perverted painter who believes in fatalism.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-02-14
Popularity:
Eien no 1/2
1987-11-21
Eien no 1/2
Overview: An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things then begin to happen to him, including a beating from the local yakuza. - Wikipedia
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-11-21
Popularity:
Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses
1972-12-02
Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses
Overview: The Tokugawa new Shogun is not interested in women. A nobleman with the help of a lady thief replaces the Shogun with a double, while he learns about love. But the double finds pleasure not only in women, but in his new status.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-02
Popularity:
The Red Silk Gambler
1972-11-21
The Red Silk Gambler
Overview: With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-11-21
Popularity:
Yakuza on Foot
1969-03-30
Yakuza on Foot
Overview: An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-30
Popularity:
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989-02-04
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Overview: Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-02-04
Popularity:
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
1971-01-23
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
Overview: Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and comes into conflict with gamblers plotting to take over a rustic hot-spring town. Handling a gun and sword as skillfully as a man, Fuji Junko portrays an appealing personality that differs from Oryu in the Red Peony Gambler series. Tsuruta Koji stars as the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji that tops the list of an impressive all-star cast that includes Endo Tatsuo, Kogure Michiyo, Ashiya Gannosuke, Kitamura Eizo, and many others. This film is an authentic yakuza movie that conveys the true "Matatabi" (wandering gambler) feeling.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-23
Popularity:
Girl Boss Guerilla
1972-08-12
Girl Boss Guerilla
Overview: Miko Sugimoto is the leader of the Red Helmet Gang, a biker girl gang from Shinjuku who wind up in Kyoto and make a bid to take over the local girl gangs there. Successful for a short time in ruling the streets it isn't long before Miko and her crew run afoul of the local Yakuza, and are forced to turn to Reiko Ike, a ronin Yakuza girl, and sister to one of the top Yakuza in Kyoto, for help, leading to a murderous showdown at a small coastal resort.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-08-12
Popularity:
Code Between Brothers 5
1967-08-12
Code Between Brothers 5
Overview: Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro, the head of the rival family, Ryuji takes a liking to him. He ends up leaving his current family, and becomes close to Shiotaro like brothers swearing to become a full-fledged yakuza.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-12
Popularity:
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
1971-06-01
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
Overview: The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution from a local factory. They seem to work out an agreement, but Oryu must help the poor villagers when the greedy factory owner and corrupt politicians betray them…
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-01
Popularity:
Return of the Street Fighter
1974-04-27
Return of the Street Fighter
Overview: Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Tsurugi, but Tsurugi's fight ultimately is with the mob, and he concentrates on them.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-04-27
Popularity:
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
1972-01-11
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
Overview: The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-11
Popularity:
Wicked Priest
1968-08-14
Wicked Priest
Overview: During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two factions. One of these factions was led by the Chief Abbot and his protege, Shinkai. When Shinkai intercedes in a fight between a rival priest and some ruffians it leads to his expulsion from the order. This story introduced us to the character of Shinkai, a "Karate Priest" and his long running feud with Ryotatsu, his greatest rival. There are touches of humor as Shinkai breaks all the commandments of a priest, including fighting, gambling, and running after women. All this leads to an awesome conclusion as he must destroy a gang of yakuza aided by corrupt priests. The fighting is fast and furious as Ryotatsu waits to see if Shinkai can live long enough to face him in the ultimate test! /Winterheart of CG
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-14
Popularity:
The Life of Chikuzan
1977-03-17
The Life of Chikuzan
Overview: A 1977 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindo based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-17
Popularity:
Aesthetics of a Bullet
1973-02-10
Aesthetics of a Bullet
Overview: A small time crook, who sells rabbits for a living frequently gets him into trouble with loan sharks and the yakuza. He dreams of becoming a successful big-shot and embarks the life of a yakuza hitman.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-02-10
Popularity:
Evil Doers
1975-12-06
Evil Doers
Overview: Hiroki Matsukata plays Ogata, an Osakan restaurant worker that gets sent to prison for murder. The film details his subsequent attempts to escape. It's the third and final entry in the "Hiroki Matsukata Toei Jailbreak Trilogy" following Escaped Murderer from Hiroshima Prison (1974) and Riot in Shimane Prison (1975), both directed by Sadao Nakajima.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-12-06
Popularity:
Turtle Geisha
1972-07-03
Turtle Geisha
Overview: Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In the end, she’s pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There’s also a subplot about a mad scientist type who needs vaginal juices to create a potion designed to turn Japanese girls black.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-07-03
Popularity:
The Three Ginza Rascals
1976-10-01
The Three Ginza Rascals
Overview: Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-01
Popularity:
Silk Hat Boss
1970-02-21
Silk Hat Boss
Overview: In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
Popularity:
The Silk Hat Boss 2
1970-11-21
The Silk Hat Boss 2
Overview: The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-11-21
Popularity:
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
1974-11-22
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
Overview: Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-11-22
Popularity:
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976-01-31
Operation Plazma in Osaka
Overview: Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-01-31
Popularity:
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976-12-25
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-12-25
Popularity:
Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
1972-05-27
Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
Overview: A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-05-27
Popularity:
The Street Fighter
1974-02-02
The Street Fighter
Overview: Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-02-02
Popularity:
The Pledge
1972-07-30
The Pledge
Overview: When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-07-30
Popularity:
Eleven Samurai
1967-12-16
Eleven Samurai
Overview: The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their life for justice.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-12-16
Popularity:
A Lively Geisha
1970-08-01
A Lively Geisha
Overview: Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-01
Popularity:
Heiji, the Detective
1967-10-10
Heiji, the Detective
Overview: Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seigoro.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-10-10
Popularity:
The Biggest Gamble
1969-09-14
The Biggest Gamble
Overview: When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-09-14
Popularity:
Crane
1988-05-21
Crane
Overview: Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...
Genres: Fantasy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-05-21
Popularity:
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
1974-02-02
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
Overview: The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Blood gushes and limbs fly for anyone who stands against Saburai as he instills the Way of the Bohachi.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-02-02
Popularity:
Momotarō Zamurai III
1994-03-31
Momotarō Zamurai III
Overview: Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must now wage a furious battle against the terrible “Ran” clan, villains in league with Ohara Ukon, a bitter samurai nursing a grudge against the shogunate. Together the ruthless conspirators will threaten the foundations of shogunate rule over Japan. Only the relentless slashing sword of Momotaro may save the nation from the Ran clan's army of killers.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-03-31
Popularity:
Company Buggers
1975-08-09
Company Buggers
Overview: Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-08-09
Popularity:
A Yakuza Goes Home
1970-01-20
A Yakuza Goes Home
Overview: Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds himself defending a lady in distress. During the skirmish he bumps into his old buddies who turns him on to the "new" goings on in town, Shimamura is angered to discover a Chinese triad organization has overthrown their gang, a situation they must reverse. Now he and the old gang finds themselves putting their lives on the line defending the honor of the "Yakuza Way", the locals of Osaka, even Japan!!
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-20
Popularity:
Sure Death! 3
1986-05-24
Sure Death! 3
Overview: Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-05-24
Popularity:
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
1973-09-01
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-01
Popularity:
Succession
1992-08-29
Succession
Overview: A former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of swearing in the next leader of their syndicate.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-08-29
Popularity:
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
1971-02-25
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
Overview: As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era, he comes to the aid of a village headman fighting corruption from up above. Before he can do anything for the townspeople, he must first face his nemesis, Whipmaster, the blind Priest, a master killer thirsting for revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-02-25
Popularity:
Gamblers: The Raid
1968-03-30
Gamblers: The Raid
Overview: 5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-03-30
Popularity:
Scoundrel Boss
1975-10-18
Scoundrel Boss
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-10-18
Popularity:
The Third Gangster
1995-01-17
The Third Gangster
Overview: A small yakuza gang is taken to war by a more powerful rival after a violent bar brawl involving members of both gangs. Young boss, Masaki, must decide whether to disband his dwindling gang or fight.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-17
Popularity:
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975-03-01
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-03-01
Popularity:
The Tattooed Hitman
1974-04-27
The Tattooed Hitman
Overview: The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-04-27
Popularity:
The Silk Hat Boss 2
1970-11-21
The Silk Hat Boss 2
Overview: The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-11-21
Popularity:
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968-11-22
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
Overview: A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-22
Popularity:
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993-10-06
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Overview: Fujieda Baian is admired during the day as a skilled acupuncturist. However, at night, he is a highly skilled assassin, taking on contracts to quietly eliminate those whose existence is deemed toxic to society. Baian's latest target, assigned by his boss Otowa, is Shirakoya Kikuemon, the head of a powerful organization in Osaka. In the past, Baian had been indebted to Shirakoya, but due to a conflict involving the swordsman Kosugi Jūgorō, their relationship has turned adversarial. After his lover is abducted, Shirakoya storms into Edo. With his life now targeted, Baian resolves to confront Shirakoya in a desperate final showdown.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-06
Popularity:
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973-06-07
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
Overview: Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-07
Popularity:
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
1986-01-25
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Overview:
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-01-25
Popularity:
Deer Friend
1991-04-20
Deer Friend
Overview:
Genres: Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-20
Popularity:
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1985-10-10
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
Overview: A one armed boy wants to become a football (soccer) player.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-10-10
Popularity:
Oxen Split Torturing
1976-09-04
Oxen Split Torturing
Overview: Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back no matter what it takes. 2 - When Sutezo is forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, he becomes friends with a young girl named Sato in process. Together, they both escape and try to get by on scams and petty theft.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-09-04
Popularity:
Samurai Geisha
1969-07-31
Samurai Geisha
Overview: Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era. With a stellar all-star cast, thrilling story and Takakura Ken's violent swordplay, makes this into a classic Yakuza movie!
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-31
Popularity:
Killer's Mission
1969-08-13
Killer's Mission
Overview: Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-13
Popularity:
Fate Deals the Card of Death
1971-02-13
Fate Deals the Card of Death
Overview: Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after, and they promise each other to meet again a year later. However, Seijiro gets jailed for five years. Unable to find him, Shizue gets married to a yakuza boss who can help her family business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-02-13
Popularity:
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
1972-01-22
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Overview: President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to the Onishi group of the branch to expand the territory. Now members of the same yakuza gang are forced to fight each other over territory and honor.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-22
Popularity:
Let's Shoot Ridiculously
1991-05-10
Let's Shoot Ridiculously
Overview: Takashi Kashiwagi, who once participated in Koshien as a high school baseball player, is now a member of the Mutsumi Imai Federation
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-10
Popularity:
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993-02-20
Haruka, Nostalgia
Overview: Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author's real name.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-02-20
Popularity:
The Viper Brothers
1971-06-01
The Viper Brothers
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-01
Popularity:
The Man Who Became The Don
1991-05-11
The Man Who Became The Don
Overview:
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-11
Popularity: