Biography: Hiroyuki Watanabe was a Japanese actor. He primarily acted in dramas, of which a handful are tokusatsu series. One of his latest roles was as Taiga Saejima in the tokusatsu series GARO. He also played Kamen Rider Gaoh in the Kamen Rider Den-O movie, Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 08, 1955
Deathday: May 03, 2022
Popularity:
2017-06-16
Overview: Sakamoto Toshiya (Kawahara Hideyuki), a young assistant head of the Yamashinkai, is imprisoned himself after his partner is killed in a feud with the Takahara family. When Sakamoto was released from prison eight years later and returned to the Yamashinkai, the organization was already under the control of the Takahara family and was involved in the sale of shabu, which was a taboo practice. Sakamoto tries to rebuild the organization with Yamahashi and his subordinate, Asada, but the Takahara family spots him and the chairman, Hirano, excommunicates him.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-06-16
Popularity:
2000-12-01
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-01
Popularity:
2020-10-23
Overview: A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). Becoming a goze due to her blindness at seven-years-old, Haru was strictly trained with a parent's affection by her once kind mother, Tome.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-23
Popularity:
2003-11-29
Overview: Kiryu Mamoru, a subordinate boss of the Tomogashira Group, earns a living through the shady business of "yamikin" or underground lending. He preys on desperate customers who cannot get loans from legitimate lenders, charging exorbitant interest rates of 30% in 10 days or even 90% in some cases, in violation of the law. With the backing of his yakuza group, he employs extremely vicious and unethical methods...
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-29
Popularity:
2022-01-14
Overview: Tagami, a once successful manager of a manga distribution has run out of luck and now he must catch a mysterious high-speed fly within 6 days to regain it back.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-14
Popularity:
2001-12-15
Overview: Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
Genres: Action Adventure Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-15
Popularity:
2017-01-31
Overview: Yakuza original video
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-31
Popularity:
2018-07-10
Overview: Third film in the 'Elegy' trilogy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-10
Popularity:
2018-03-06
Overview: First film in the 'Elegy' trilogy
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-06
Popularity:
2018-05-25
Overview: Second film in the 'Elegy' trilogy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-25
Popularity:
2017-07-09
Overview: Sorrowful Conflict sequel
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-09
Popularity:
2009-04-28
Overview: Baton is a collection of three 20-minute Sci-fi anime films dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yokohama city. On Planet Abel, human-like robot Apollo (Ichihara Hayato, Rookies) and robot-like human Mikaru (Ueto Aya, Azumi) come upon a stowaway robot with a mysterious "Cipher" chip. Not knowing Cipher's powers, Apollo takes the chip for fun, throwing both him and Mikaru headfirst into a mind-boggling mystery that affects the past, present, and future.
Genres: Action Animation Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-04-28
Popularity:
2000-06-21
Overview: Mitsuru Ando is a professional mahjong player who makes his living by betting on mahjong. The film depicts how he developed his special technique, the "Subspace Killing Technique," while battling with a number of skilled mahjong players.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-21
Popularity:
2000-10-21
Overview: The second full-fledged mahjong drama presented with the full cooperation of the Japan Professional Mahjong Federation! The strongest rival appears. The most formidable rival appears. What will Ando Mitsuru do? Will the subspace killing method be defeated?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-10-21
Popularity:
2001-01-21
Overview: The third full-fledged mahjong drama presented with the full cooperation of the Japan Professional Mahjong Federation! Will Gan defeat him, Ando! Is this the last of the subspace killing techniques? After winning the 20th Meisei Sen and the 9th Tairyu Sen in quick succession, Mitsuru Ando decides to form the Mahjong Battle Squad again. Ando challenges the professional league with great vigor, but... (C) Museum
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-21
Popularity:
2017-01-18
Overview: The Ninth film in the 'Conquest' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-18
Popularity:
2017-02-17
Overview: The tenth film in the 'Conquest' series.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-02-17
Popularity:
2017-05-16
Overview: The thirteenth film in the 'Conquest' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-16
Popularity:
2017-03-30
Overview: The eleventh film in the 'Conquest' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-30
Popularity:
2017-05-25
Overview: The twelfth film in the 'Conquest' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-25
Popularity:
1993-03-12
Overview: Kojiro Shimizu challenges the work of Kenzo Kitakata, a popular writer who depicts romance, violence and friendships between men! Hard Boiled action with all the famous Jazz songs!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-03-12
Popularity:
2000-03-31
Overview: The twelfth 'Road to the Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-31
Popularity:
1999-04-30
Overview: The ninth 'Road to the Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-04-30
Popularity:
2000-02-26
Overview: The eleventh 'Road to the Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-26
Popularity:
1991-07-12
Overview: A former detective stands up and gets revenge for his murdered wife!
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-12
Popularity:
1992-04-10
Overview: A big battle between world class phantom thieves unfolds over the worlds largest diamond!
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-10
Popularity:
2003-06-18
Overview: A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-18
Popularity:
1999-01-08
Overview: The third film in the 'Rough Knight' series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-01-08
Popularity:
1992-07-10
Overview: An investigation into the obsession of a former detective the loser of life!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-07-10
Popularity:
2016-07-13
Overview: 'Laws of Yakuza' sequel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-13
Popularity:
2016-01-13
Overview: Straight to video Yakuza film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-13
Popularity:
2017-10-18
Overview: The fourteenth 'Conquest' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-18
Popularity:
2018-01-18
Overview: The fifteenth 'Conquest' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-18
Popularity:
2019-10-24
Overview: The final film in the 'Conquest' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-24
Popularity:
2018-02-21
Overview: The sixteenth 'Conquest' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-21
Popularity:
2018-03-23
Overview: The Seventeenth 'Conquest' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-23
Popularity:
2019-01-24
Overview: The eighteenth 'Conquest' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-24
Popularity:
2019-07-17
Overview: The nineteenth 'Conquest' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-17
Popularity:
1996-04-25
Overview: An evil sorcerer summons seven legendary Samurai warriors to aid him in his conquest of the world. One valiant warrior stands against them.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-04-25
Popularity:
2002-07-10
Overview: It's 'Don Woman 3'... Are you ready to see?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-10
Popularity:
2001-02-15
Overview: Yakuza Girl Boss film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-02-15
Popularity:
2001-10-31
Overview: It's 'Don Woman 2'... you already knew!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-31
Popularity:
1998-03-25
Overview: The third 'Kizu' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-03-25
Popularity:
1990-09-21
Overview: 1990 Original Video.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-09-21
Popularity:
1990-01-01
Overview: 1990 Original Video.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-01
Popularity:
1997-09-19
Overview: Set in Aizuwakamatsu, where resort development is progressing, the sixth installment of the gangster action series that depicts the battle between the eastern and western gangsters aiming for national domination.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-09-19
Popularity:
2011-10-15
Overview: An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-15
Popularity:
2001-03-25
Overview: An incident occurred where a member of the Sannokai who sparked a dispute at the gambling house was shot dead by a member of the Umeyama group dividing the place. This is the beginning of the "Osaka War" that shook the world of Japanese gangsters.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-25
Popularity:
2002-04-25
Overview: Sequel of Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-04-25
Popularity:
2017-01-27
Overview: A yakuza society that has turned into a world of warring states, a story of inferiority unfolded by men who aim to unify the world with force. Conquer this turbulent world and win the unification of Japan...!!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-27
Popularity:
2017-11-23
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-23
Popularity:
2022-03-25
Overview: A year later, Mouri was demoted, and Saiga was expelled from the gang. Engetsu suddenly fell ill, and in Yokohama, where Engetsu's influence waned, drugs began to spread. Amid the unrest, Mouri and Saiga begin to confront each other.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-25
Popularity:
1995-04-01
Overview: Low-caste former samurai Hanayama Daikichi and his gambler friend Hanji of Yaizu, come to a once peaceful post town of Kofu. A town now filled with gamblers, prostitutes, and unscrupulous opportunists, all drawn by the smell of blood and the scent of newly-mined gold. Daikichi brings a little girl whose father has been butchered by yakuza assassins, hoping to find her family. Intrigue and violence follow the group as they must ward off a deadly female spy and a mysterious ronin with a violent past. Tension mounts as all these forces come together to unravel a secret which will unleash a wave of violence that could destroy them all.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-04-01
Popularity:
2002-03-01
Overview: A Yakuza war breaks out to control the Tohoku region.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-03-01
Popularity:
2021-11-12
Overview: Based on the historical figure of Nobutora, the father of the famous Warring States period general Takeda Shingen. Takeda Shingen has proven himself in battle but there’s an even more capable person in his family, his father Nobutora (lit. Samurai Tiger). The son exiles the father and so the old patriarch goes to Suruga to serve the Ashikaga shogun in Kyoto. Decades later, Nobutora, now 80 years old, learns that Shingen is in trouble and the old man returns home to keep the Takeda family alive as a new leader seeks to usurp leadership of the Takeda’s and starts a fight with the great warlord, Oda Nobunaga.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-11-12
Popularity:
2022-02-06
Overview: A Japanese/English crime drama set in a near-future Japan where diversity is already a norm. It is made to advocate diversity in the Japanese film/TV industries where minority actors have virtually no representation. Starring openly transgender actress Kota Ishijima, openly lesbian actress Ami Ide, and Afro-Japanese actress Ema Grace.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-02-06
Popularity:
1997-03-14
Overview: During the Edo period of Japan, out of the fear of losing authority, the Tokugawa shogunate hires the Shinsengumi to bring down the Imperial Court. However, the Satsuma Clan finds out about the Tokugawa's scheme and sends the last five Kunoichi (female ninjas) of Hiryu Ninja Clan, to spy on the Shinsengumi. Meanwhile, an evil skeletal demon is brought to life to murder the Kunoichi ninjas and destroy the world.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-03-14
Popularity:
1998-01-31
Overview: A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-31
Popularity:
2014-03-19
Overview: Ninth theatrical play based on a hit novel "Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Ginga Eiyu Densetsu)." This time, Ryuichi Kawamura (LUNA SEA) stars in the play.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-19
Popularity:
1983-04-15
Overview: An alien with super powers fallen from the sky is befriended by some people who help him stop an evil group out to get him.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-15
Popularity:
2013-03-08
Overview: A sarcastic and self-deprecating Asian-American must take his naive Japanese cousin on a road trip along the California coast to find his ex-girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-08
Popularity:
1996-10-03
Overview: Legendary samurai Jubei Yagyu must face off against a necromancer and his army of the undead in order to rescue Ohiro the young ninja girl from the clutches of Inshun Hozoin, the evil man slated to become lord of darkness on the eve of Armageddon. No living man is a match for Jubei's sword, but what skill can this mythic swordsman employ to defeat an army of the undead?
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-03
Popularity:
2022-10-28
Overview: Ayaka Ichijo is a graduate student with an IQ of 200 who tries to investigate the strange deaths happening nationwide after people supposedly watched a cursed video and her younger sister also did the same out of curiosity.
Genres: Horror Mystery Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-28
Popularity:
1997-12-02
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-12-02
Popularity:
1997-04-25
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-25
Popularity:
1996-09-06
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-06
Popularity:
1998-03-03
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-03-03
Popularity:
1997-08-02
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-08-02
Popularity:
1996-11-29
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-11-29
Popularity:
2001-09-01
Overview: A warring Yakuza awakens to Christianity and becomes an evangelist. The film is modelled on the real-life "Mission Barabbas," a Christian evangelistic group of ex-Yakuza.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-01
Popularity:
2023-09-15
Overview: Tsubaki, a high school senior, was at a point in her life where she needed to think about her future. However, her circumstances were far from ordinary. 4 years prior, her father, Hideaki, had committed a murder, taking the life of an elementary school boy. Since then, Hideaki had disappeared and was presumed dead.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-15
Popularity:
2018-12-25
Overview: Yasuda (Kazumi Matsuda), the Wakagashira of the Takemiya Union Tōjō-gumi, infiltrates the hideout of the Yamashina-gumi's Sakazaki (Junichi Kawamoto), who had been secretly engaged in organ trafficking. Yasuda tries to extract the truth from Sakazaki, but is killed by Detective Hyūga from the Organized Crime Division (Marubō). The blame is pinned on Yasuda, leading to his arrest. Two years later... In Yasuda's absence, the boss of the Tōjō-gumi, Tōjō (Hiroyuki Watanabe), is assassinated by a hitman from the Myōjin-kai. The situation changes drastically. Nikaidō (Tarō Kawano) pressures Yasuda to reestablish his oath of allegiance, but Yasuda firmly refuses. Frustrated by Yasuda's response, Nikaidō makes a certain proposal to the union's chairman, Shimamura (Shunsuke Kariya).
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-12-25
Popularity:
2018-11-25
Overview: Takemiya Union Tōjō-gumi Wakagashira Yasuda (Kazumi Matsuda) retaliates against the Kansai-based Myōjin-kai by attacking their office after an assassination attempt on Union chairman Shimamura (Shunsuke Kariya). Joined by Yamashina-gumi Wakagashira Kiryu (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), the two succeed and pledge to work as brothers without an official oath, dedicating themselves to their organizations and the Union. The Union faces upheaval with Shimamura's retirement announcement and the loss of his son, Katsuto (Hitoshi Ozawa). The leadership race narrows to Tōjō (Hiroyuki Watanabe), Yasuda's boss, and Yamashina (Masahiro Noguchi), Kiryu's boss. Just as Yasuda’s casino operation thrives, a police raid confiscates all earnings and forces its closure. In desperation, Yasuda turns to a certain man (Naoto Takenaka) for help.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-25
Popularity:
2019-01-26
Overview: A man suicides causing ruin for his family, reasons are unknown, but his son will decide to take revenge after a succesion of events.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-26
Popularity:
2022-03-31
Overview: Takashi Morishita, a temporary worker at an automobile factory, lives a happy life with his wife, Akiko, and their daughter, Sakura. However, COVID-19 causes an unprecedented economic crisis in Japan. Takashi loses his job. Unable to find new employment, he is forced to move out of his company housing, and his wife finally asks him for a divorce. Having lost his house, his job, and his family, Takashi has no choice but to take up residence in a rental storage room.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-31
Popularity:
2013-02-23
Overview: Garo: Soukoku no Maryu (lit. Blue Cries of the Demon Dragon) is the second film to the Garo series. The film serves as an epilogue after Makai Senki and leads up to The One Who Shines in the Darkness. The story continues after the events of Makai Senki. Having made a contract with Gajari, Kouga Saejima honors his end of the deal by traveling to the Promised Land to retrieve a part of Gajari: the Fang of Sorrow. After Kouga defeated Sigma, Gajari transported him to the Promised Land, however, his quest had unexpected results.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-23
Popularity:
2017-10-01
Overview: The urban legend that "Scissors-san", who cuts elementary school students with scissors, appears in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, has become a hot topic. Around the same time, fellow junior high school students, Chiba Akira and Minamiki Shuhei of the good friend group "Lemmings", have a plan to regain the days lost by the events that occurred in the summer of the second grade of elementary school six years ago.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-01
Popularity:
2002-04-13
Overview: Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.
Genres: Crime Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-04-13
Popularity:
2005-02-25
Overview: When a good student named Kamiyama gets placed in a high school filled with disobedient kids, he steps up to the plate and takes a position of leadership. Urging the young slackers and rebels to clean up their act, Kamiyama is in store for a lot of resistance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-25
Popularity:
2006-12-15
Overview: In the aftermath events of GARO: Chapter of the Black Wolf, Saejima Kouga sets out to the northern district upon reassignment. While hunting down Horrors, a young priestess named Rin informs Kouga that she's been sent by Priest Amon to save a presumed dead friend in the Makai realm within Kantai, Jabi. Kouga teams up with Rin in a quest to save Jabi as they are hindered by supernatural and Makai forces alike. Meanwhile somewhere in Japan the dark Horror lord Legules was resurrected and plots a means to alter a supernatural event called White Night within Kantai to plunge the world into darkness with his "family." It's the final chapter of GARO as Kouga puts his life on the line to save Jabi and defeat Legules before the world is ruined.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-15
Popularity:
2020-02-14
Overview: Vampires have lived and coexisted with humans since medieval Romania. They set their sights on Nobara High School, a private school in Ibaraki Prefecture, as a place of prosperity. One day, Goro, a second-year high school student who likes women, is attacked by someone. The next day, he went to school dressed as a woman and became gay. His classmate Kyohei Kohinata predicts that if he is bitten by a vampire, he will become homosexual.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-02-14
Popularity:
2014-09-20
Overview: After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-20
Popularity:
2020-07-03
Overview: Rina Ichinose starts a busy work life at an advertising agency right after graduation. But the job doesn't go well and she has to work overtime every day. The nagging from her father after she goes back home drains her physically and mentally. So she resigns from the agency. Rina meets a charismatic therapist Karen at a job fair. Attracted by her vigor, Rina decides to become a therapist. But things do not go well at the beginning and she even infuriates a male customer, the former professional baseball player Usui. Usui was a preeminent professional baseball player but his contract was terminated by the club due to the sequela caused by a dead ball hit. Rina tries every means to help him come back to the field as a baseball player.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-03
Popularity:
2006-02-24
Overview: A man and a woman are together on the 'Chrysalis Day', the fatal day everything in your life will be decided depends on how you spend the day. A violent man holding pure love, Sai and a stunningly beautiful playgirl, Sheila. While Sheila flees with a large sum of money, she is chased by a cool but violent gang, crazy killers and an out of control cop. No one can stop Sai and Sheila's love runaway.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-24
Popularity:
2000-08-21
Overview: After World War II, in Hiroshima, the Yakuza clans start a war for control of the city.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-21
Popularity:
2001-10-06
Overview: 17 year old Tokyo pizza delivery boy Kosuke crashes his bike into photographer Reiko and breaks her expensive camera. He promises to deliver homemade pizza to make up for her broken camera. After discovering that Reiko has moved 1,200 km away to her hometown of Nagasaki things become trickier, but Kosuke decides to fulfill his promise anyways by borrowing a moped from his workplace.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-06
Popularity:
2001-10-11
Overview: A new yakuza war erupts in Hiroshima
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-11
Popularity:
2002-02-16
Overview: Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-16
Popularity:
2021-11-26
Overview: Futa (Watanabe Shu) relocates from the city to the countryside and is being hassled for loan payments for the farmland and house that he bought. His partner Minori (Goriki Ayame) sees what is going on and pulls out a mysterious ring to use for the repayments. But from there, the two get pulled into a world where fantasy and reality are blurred. Tale of love with a dose of fantasy and mystery from Mystic Shrine Maiden producer Genda Yasuaki and Isobe Teppei, who grabbed the spotlight with F is for Future. Shot by Sone Takeshi of One Cut of the Dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-11-26
Popularity:
2022-01-29
Overview: A yakuza movie starring Koji Matoba, depicting the lives of men left behind in the times. In the Ryuan-gumi, which is based in Yokohama, drug business was prohibited by the leader Engetsu. One day, in order to protect leader's teachings, Mouri of the Ryuan-gumi assassinates the leader of the Yamagami group, a hostile organization that trades drugs. This causes a conflict with the neutrals in the Ryuan-gumi. During this turbulent time, the leader Engetsu asks Mouri to take care of his son Saiga and guide him on the path to becoming a yakuza.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-29
Popularity:
2022-09-30
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-30
Popularity:
1993-07-03
Overview: In this gripping cinematic adaptation of 'Crest of the Rules,' a graphic novel by Ushijiro and illustrated by Teruichi Nasu, audiences are immersed in the intense world of a militant yakuza struggling against the currents of changing times. Abandoned by evolving waves, he battles a formidable enemy organization, faces excommunication from a former ally, and confronts both factions during a period of societal disapproval.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-07-03
Popularity:
1999-03-10
Overview: The first Organized Violence film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-10
Popularity:
2001-06-13
Overview: Original video.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-06-13
Popularity:
1999-11-17
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-17
Popularity:
1999-03-06
Overview: A young boy discovers a magical rock that can make any wish come true. But the rock is stolen by a school bully who uses it to create a powerful and dangerous monster. The only way to stop the beast is to enlist the help of superhero Ultraman Gaia. The boy does everything he can to help the XIG Team, a brave group of humans who have direct contact with Ultraman Gaia as well as Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Tiga.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
Popularity:
2022-12-17
Overview: Shun Miyata's new life in Tokyo takes a dark turn when he and coworker Yuka discover their boss Yuriko is involved in insurance fraud and murder. As they grapple with the betrayal, their bond deepens, contrasting youthful hope against a backdrop of adult corruption.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-17
Popularity:
2022-09-30
Overview:
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-30
Popularity:
2016-10-07
Overview: The Naitō Shinjuku Family, Japan's oldest yakuza organization with a hereditary tradition, is led by its boss, Gunji Washio (Hitoshi Ozawa). His young son, Taiga (Haruto Ochiai), though only an elementary schooler, spends his days being trained as the heir by senior lieutenant assistant Reiji (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi). However, in stark contrast to his father's wild and daring nature, Taiga is timid and prone to tears, raising doubts about his suitability as the next leader. Amid this uncertainty, Gunji's supposedly deceased younger brother resurfaces and assassinates him, plunging the Naitō Shinjuku Family into crisis. To make matters worse, Taiga is kidnapped by an unknown assailant…
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-07
Popularity:
2007-09-29
Overview: A detective and a businessman search for a serial killer who removes people's organs.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-29
Popularity:
2022-11-23
Overview: A British comedy in Japanese clothes, with central character Ginji at once earnest farm boy and entrepreneurial savant, finding ingenious and entertaining solutions in a timeless tale of business and found family.
Genres: Drama History Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-11-23
Popularity:
2010-10-16
Overview: Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-16
Popularity:
2018-02-06
Overview: Yasuda, a young head of the Morisada clan of the Keihin Union, wonders if the murders of his gang member Iwami and his girlfriend were the work of Fujioka, the head of the Fujioka Sogyo clan of the Kurokawa clan. However, the truth is that the assassinations were carried out by Narita, a young head of the Kurokawa clan, at the request of a member of the ruling party. Narita plots to turn the disturbance into a war between the Morisada clan and Fujioka Sogyo...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-06
Popularity:
2002-01-01
Overview: Ryuji Inahara changed the name of the Inahara-gumi to the Inahara-kai, and accordingly unified the emblem of the Inahara-kai. Then, in 1961, Inahara-kai opened a new headquarters office in Roppongi, Tokyo. Further incidents and conflicts await Ryuji and the Inahara-kai.
Genres: History Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-01-01
Popularity:
2002-01-01
Overview: Denzaburo Kato, the third generation leader of the Horii family whose territory encompasses the Yokohama area, has a dramatic encounter at a certain judo hall with a young man who would later shake up Japan's yakuza society. The man's name is Ryuji Inahara, the future president of the Inahara-kai!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-01-01
Popularity:
2000-10-21
Overview:
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-10-21
Popularity:
2009-02-24
Overview: A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara (Ken Osawa) to a forest shrine dedicated to the Keukegen Geharha, where he finds several worshipers and learns that an ancient seal containing the monster has been broken.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Horror Action Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-02-24
Popularity:
1996-12-21
Overview: 1996 TV Special, #17 in the series.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-21
Popularity:
1985-06-08
Overview: Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Though her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in helping a man wrongfully accused of murder and in the process discovers love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-06-08
Popularity:
1982-04-17
Overview: Model Reiko Higa is injured after being hit by a car pursued by motorcycle cop Tomishima. Tomishima's supervisor refuses his request to apologize to Reiko, as it would be an admission of police responsibility. Forced to give up her career, Reiko leaves Tokyo to return to her hometown on Okinawa, travelling by road up to Kagoshima, and Tomishima pursues her in order to apologize.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-17
Popularity:
2014-11-05
Overview: At his retirement party, a beloved teacher, who should have been celebrated, ends up having his secrets revealed and loses his reputation.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-05
Popularity:
1995-09-09
Overview: Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-09
Popularity:
2000-03-01
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-01
Popularity:
2018-06-05
Overview: The war between the Morisada clan of the Keihin Rengo and the Fujioka Sogyo of the Kurokawa clan seemed to have ended when Yasuda, a young leader of the Morisada clan, killed Fujioka, the leader of the Fujioka Sogyo. However, Fujioka's last words and the murder of Kunimoto, whom he had looked up to like a parent, caused Yasuda to vow to assassinate Kurokawa clan leader Nishino, without regard for his insulation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-05
Popularity:
2007-08-04
Overview: With Gaoh having stolen the DenLiner and trapping the Imagins onboard, Ryotaro and Hana find themselves trapped in the year 2000 where they meet Ryotaro’s younger self, but Ryotaro is slowly forgetting everything having to do with Den-O! As Gaoh gets closer to his target, the only hope lies with Yuuto’s complex plans and a little bit of luck, or else time itself could fall victim to Gaoh’s evil desires!
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-04
Popularity:
2016-09-10
Overview: Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He returns to Yunagaya, but finds that his castle is gone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-10
Popularity:
1996-02-10
Overview: An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her sister's feud.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-10
Popularity:
2005-03-05
Overview: Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-05
Popularity:
1994-10-19
Overview: Shoichi Yomi bravely fights in an attempt to end an underworld battle in Hiroshima and as a result becomes a vegetable. Ten years later, Yomi comes to his senses and visits his former sworn brother, Eto, in Shinjuku. The devious Tagami, Yomi’s old enemy, is well acquainted with the Okumura gang which controlled Shinjuku. Learning of Yomi recovery, Tagami plots to line his own pockets by maneuvering the Okumura gang and a Taiwanese gang, between which a fight is about to erupt. Meanwhile, Yomi lends his help to the Okumura gang in order to save Eto, who has taken liberties with the family’s money. Everything appears to go according to Tagami’s plot, but in the chaotic town where evil competes and desires surge, two outlaws boldly rise above...
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-19
Popularity:
2013-11-16
Overview: Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried to produce new beauty in Meiji period, and his young pupils, Taikan Yokoyama, Shunsou Hishida, Kanzan Shimomura, Buzan Kimura.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-16
Popularity:
1985-04-13
Overview: Kuroiwa, a high school teacher who carries a “Big Magnum 44” gun is sent to a school that is full of violence. Can Kuroiwa reform the students with the gun?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-13
Popularity:
2001-03-25
Overview: After the battle against Zogu was over, both Gamu and Fujimiya began to live normal lives until another threat arrives on Earth - a surviving monster soldier of Zogu's army named Gakuzom.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-25
Popularity:
2019-06-19
Overview: Set shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arranged by their unscrupulous managers and the Yakuza.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-19
Popularity:
1984-04-28
Overview: The film depicts a man who becomes a motorcycle grand prix champion in his teens, but suffers an accident, and then tries to make a comeback as a privateer a few years later.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-28
Popularity:
1999-08-03
Overview: Six young people are enjoying their vacation at a resort. One by one, a bizarre murderer in a police uniform massacres them...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-08-03
Popularity:
2016-05-28
Overview: Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-28
Popularity:
2016-05-29
Overview: When Tendokai's headquarters are attacked, underboss Washio Kazuma orders his trusted lieutenant to investigate a possible mole inside the family.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-29
Popularity:
1985-04-27
Overview: Film about a pirate radio station.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-27
Popularity:
2019-10-04
Overview: Lurking among us are the Horrors, ancient enemies of our kind. Holding the line against them, down through the ages, are the Makai Knights. Assuming the aspect of Golden Knight Garo, Raiga Saezima has vanquished one such demonic creature, but his magical armour has been tainted with evil. Furthermore, a Knight of the dark has materialized, and taken hold of Mayuri, so dear to Raiga. If he hopes to rescue her, Raiga must board a mysterious train destined for the netherworld. As he advances through the cars of this train, Raiga comes ever closer to confronting his own hidden truths…
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-04
Popularity:
1982-08-10
Overview: While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and when she returns to Japan she is sent to a mental hospital. While recovering, her brother-in-law, Kouji, decides to look after her, and she goes to his house to act as a governess for Kouji's sister Keiko's daughter, Alice – who Ryoko becomes increasingly sure had something to do with her sister Fuyuko’s death.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-10
Popularity:
2017-04-27
Overview: Asamura Kitaro (Ozawa Kazuyoshi), a young assistant head of the Toyukai, is known in Kabukicho as the one-eyed Kitaro, and is feared as a mad dog that will not stop once he loses his temper. Asamura is strong in fighting but not in making money, and together with his brother Matsuo, he forcibly takes on the business of the rival Nishinaga clan. The Nishinaga clan tries to take Asamura's sister, Yuna, a singer, hostage, but Asamura retaliates against them and kills many members of the clan. When Asamura is arrested for murder, his timing is so good that he begins to suspect a connection between the police and Nishinaga-gumi.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-27
Popularity:
2017-01-27
Overview: Tatsumi, the third head of the Togo clan, recalls Wanibuchi Ichizo (Motomiya Yasukaze), the young head of the Makikawa clan, who was known as the "bare handed" Emperor. Wanibuchi attracted many young people with his overwhelming charisma and the strength of his fighting skills. Mr. Makikawa wanted to give such young people a cup and expand his power. One day, however, Wanibuchi defeats the members of the Yamato clan, Japan's largest organization, with his bare knuckles, and the Makigawa clan is in danger of survival.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-27
Popularity:
2020-07-31
Overview: When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
Genres: History Fantasy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-31
Popularity:
1995-03-11
Overview: A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-11
Popularity:
2018-03-02
Overview: Yuka Shibuya, a struggling actress, and Hatsue, a widowed chestnut farmer, meet a mysterious, bloodied man in the farm. The three end up living together during chestnut season and form a special bond while a miracle slowly unfolds.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-02
Popularity:
1999-03-06
Overview: With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
Popularity:
1996-07-12
Overview: A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-12
Popularity:
2020-08-27
Overview: Kento is selected by a team to promote a partnership with a Singapore company. One day, he is left with a job to attend President Kwang who comes to Japan. He is confused by her cold attitude. As two of them see the sights in Tokyo, they find a small change in their hearts to each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-08-27
Popularity:
1999-07-21
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-21
Popularity:
2004-07-17
Overview: Tange Sazen: Hyakuman Ryo no Tsubo is a remake of a classic 1935 film of the same name by Yamanaka Sadao. Tange Sazen, the one-armd, one-eyed ex-samurai swordsman is the creation of Hayashi Fubo and was one of the most popular characters of the era. This remake is helmed by freshman director Tsuda Toshio, starring Toyokawa Etsushi as Sazen and Wakui Emi as Ofuji, his quick-witted wife. This marks the 34th film in the series of Tange Sazen, and involves an Urn that is worth a million Ryo!.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
Popularity:
2004-12-18
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-18
Popularity:
2015-01-24
Overview: "Because this is my last chance ..." Saori Nakazawa (Niigaki Risa)'s dream is to appear in an actress and a movie. For her, who lost her father at an early age and protected her sick mother and sister, it was her dream and a tribute to her mother. However, Saori finds out that her mother has no life expectancy and participates in an audition as her last chance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-24
Popularity:
1990-12-21
Overview:
Genres: Action War Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-21
Popularity:
2001-05-11
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-05-11
Popularity:
2007-06-23
Overview: A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the elusive insect and along the way meets the mysterious Sayoko, a former dominatrix and habitual wrist-cutter who delights in rubbing wasabi into her wounds.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-23
Popularity:
2011-05-16
Overview: Takamine is a biopic about Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the late biochemist known for successfully crystallizing and isolating adrenaline, which is also called epinephrine. Dubbed the father of modern biotechnology, Takamine also produced Takadiastase, a digestive enzyme still used as an ingredient in medicines. He was also enthusiastic about establishing friendly relations between Japan and the United States. He was responsible for a gift of 3,000 cherry trees in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-16
Popularity:
1994-01-01
Overview: Takeshi Kojima, who once killed a corrupt economic yakuza boss, has been hiding out in the doya district to escape the gang and the police. Then he is approached by the local yakuza, the Kamata clan. However, the residents don't like the Kamata gang's outrageous tactics, and he refuses their offer...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-01
Popularity:
1994-01-02
Overview: Kojima Takeshi, who has strayed from the yakuza world, launches a gang that draws a line in the sand with today's yakuza society. However, the Sekiyama and Jinno gangs, who find this an eyesore, attempt to crush Takeshi and his gang. The Sekiyama and Jinno gangs send in an assassin, Kishigami, a former brother of Takeshi...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-02
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Overview: Tsuyoshi Tatsuzaki is disqualified from practising law due to the betrayal of his best friend. Rookie lawyer Narumi Akikawa quits her efficiency-oriented law firm because of her sense of justice. Former Marutobushi detective Kenjiro Kazama, who has been forced out of his job after his underhanded misdeeds are exposed. By chance, the three meet and attempt to bring to justice the great evil that lurks in the darkness of the world.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date:
Popularity:
2004-02-28
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-28
Popularity:
2003-11-29
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-29
Popularity:
2018-08-25
Overview: Ryūmonji Seigō (Hitoshi Ozawa), leader of the Ryūmonji Clan and known as "The Immortal Dragon," leads a double life as "Hide-san," the humble master of a small café. Despite his fearsome reputation, he upholds the yakuza code of honor, solving troubles with his own hands. When Detective Kakuta (Hiroyuki Watanabe) tells him about scams targeting the elderly, Seigō orders an investigation, uncovering that someone within his clan is involved, along with illegal drug trades. “The Ryūmonji Clan must remain noble thieves—protecting the weak.” As his dragon tattoo comes alive, the legendary yakuza takes on modern-day evils!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-08-25
Popularity:
2018-09-25
Overview: Ryūmonji Seigō (Hitoshi Ozawa), leader of the Ryūmonji Clan and known as the 'Immortal Dragon,' occasionally leaves the yakuza world to run a coffee shop, helping troubled locals. When former cop Kakuta (Hiroyuki Watanabe) asks for help with a wire fraud case, Ryūmonji entrusts his men, including Kanbara (Yasukaze Motomiya), to deal with the criminals. However, a drug deal within the family is exposed, and Ryūmonji works to resolve it. As he investigates, more problems within the organization arise. “The Ryūmonji Clan must remain noble thieves—protecting the weak.” As his dragon tattoo comes alive, the legendary yakuza takes on modern-day evils!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-25
Popularity:
1994-09-17
Overview: The second-generation president and his brother-in-law of the Toba clan, a don of the music world, are kidnapped. Singer Chiaki and pianist Yonosuke contact Chiaki's father, a detective, and police surround the island. The president's mother-in-law, who entered the island with the ransom money, is shot and injured, but the culprit who stole the money cannot be found. Chiaki begins to investigate the island on her own, and soon finds Kunihiko's body, a hunting rifle, and the ransom money in an island bomb shelter. This is a mystery that challenges the mystery of a bizarre kidnapping and murder involving the family of a prestigious president
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-09-17
Popularity: