Karate Bear Fighter

Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when the

Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love

Sequel to Tokyo Drifter

Family Crest: Die Like a Man

The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continue

Kusa wo karu musume

1961 Japanese movie

Love Eternal

A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive me

Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha

1962 Japanese movie

Saigo no totsugeki

A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The ori

Yume ga ippai abarenbō

1962 Japanese movie

Sister Street Fighter

Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, hi

Crazed Fruit

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, bo

The Frozen Plains

1962 Japanese movie

Cruel Gun Story

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the

零戦黒雲一家

Facing to the Clouds

A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he

Snow Country Elegy

Anatahan

From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten is

Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure

Greatest Boss Of Japan

A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule t

Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man

The new head of a powerful family faces danger from an evil rival out for blood.

The Rule for a Vagabond

A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this his

Wolf Guy

Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural po

Bet on a Seaside Romance

1960 action film.

The Claws of the Divine Beast

Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama qu

A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun

Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving

Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains

Standing Towards the Great Forest

Strife between competing lumber mills.

Hitori tabi

1962 Japanese movie

The Wild Reporter

Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed

A Man With Dragon Tattoos

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth,

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, j

Women's Prison for Torture

Shocking scenes are revealed in the Nagasaki Women's prison.

Your Life

A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou

Duel in the Storm

It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in

Three Rogues

Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when purs

Ai to shi no katami

The Blue Pearl

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; liter

Fighting Delinquents

This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who sud

Karate for Life

The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, bu

Hageshī kawa

1962 Japanese movie

The Beast Shall Die

Kunihiko Date, a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the

Wolves of the Night

A unique action drama in which a ruthless yakuza encounters a woman and realizes his true love as th

Violent Fraternity

Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's mem

Chivalrous Life

In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the polic

Immortal Guy

Kosuke Suzuki was presumed dead after boss Toseikai Setouchi lynched him and threw him into the sea

Karate Bear Fighter

Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when the

Ruthless Gambler

Unlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and humanity wi

Wounded Beast

A tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and hi

The Demon Comes in Spring

Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeas

Passport to Darkness

A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the

Spring Awakens

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

The Tokyo Mighty Guy

Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in

The Revolt

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold in

Carbine of Fear

Suspense film based on the "Carbine Gang Incident" that happened in June 1954 in Japan.

The Battleship Yamato

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threa

The Motherless

Japanese drama film.

Before Spring

Out of the blue, a bourgeois family on the Sea of Japan finds an unconscious woman on the beach and

Eight Hours of Terror

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

Beyond the Green Hills

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was ag

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

Ando on the run, stopping in to service all the women in his life, with a bit of the old ultra-viole

Dancing Girl

The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved anot

The Wolves

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their w

Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero

An action masterpiece about Might Guy Akira, a hot-blooded man who explodes against the backdrop of

Voice Without a Shadow

Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to h

Island of Horrors

Two women are ferried to a small prison colony on the remote and barren prison island, where they an

The Song of Love

Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician

Organized Violence II

13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats

Maki is the leader of a female gang who fights for justice, but she ends up being framed and sent to

Graveyard of Honor

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. B

Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?

Yasuaki Kurata plays a masked ring brawler who is out for revenge against an evil, megalomaniac entr

The Ando Gang Documentary Film

This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest a

Outlaw: Kill!

Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain

Patience Has An End

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucr

Tokyo Knights

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

Gang Warfare

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police

Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated s

A Turning to Hell

Maki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on whic

The Armed Organization

Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurat

Penitentiary Brothers

Authentic action drama of modern gangsters.

The Plateau Man

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.

The Rambler in the Sunset

The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Ban

Red-Hot Youth

The story centers on Beauty Pair, the mainstay of women's professional wrestling who compete in 250

The Gambler's Counterattack

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has

Organized Violence

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.

Gambling Code and Feuds

It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movie

My Sweetheart

It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director I

Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm

The Ginza Whirlwind (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to solve a murder.

Ore wa Ginza no kiheitai

A youth film starring Kōji Wada and Mayumi Shimizu

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

In this retelling of an infamous unsolved heist, a couple tries to outlast the statute of limitation

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads wi

The Rambler Goes North

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads wi

Intentions of Murder

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a h

Till We Meet Again

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

The Man Gang

Based on the comic by Tetsu Kariya.

Fight of the Gamblers

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, sec

The Symbol of a Man

A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict

The Flower and the Sword

A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees

The Dragon Crest

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude

In this outing of Harenchi Gakuen the students undergo a health check after school, but all is not w

The President's Son

Port Arthur

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified position

Yokosuka Navy Prison

When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is s

Ana

A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administra

Underworld Beauty

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds h

Kitakami yakyoku

Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eigh

The Black Scar

A yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek rev

The Imperial Navy

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the

Proof of the Man

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of

Shanghai Rose

A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge

Sixth part in the Enblem of Man series.

Stepbrothers

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic

Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood

Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro s

The Guitarist and the Rancher

Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-

The Coming of Age

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for

The Shadow of Fear

In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation

Lost Virgin

Story of a nineteen-year-old office girl who loses her virginity.

Diamonds of the Andes

Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to

The Fugitive

An action drama similar to Wyler's "The Desperate Hours", adapted by Seiji Hoshikawa of "Tasogare no

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

A Killed Stewardess: White or Black

Shiroi natsu

Hey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received while

Joe of Aces: Give and Take

Against the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays

Joshiryōsai

Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi

Bastard tablets that hunt down the crooks behind the gambling world of horse racing, bicycle racing,

Wakai hito-tachi

The Scarred Crest

A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds

Fill the Cup with Blood

Second delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn betw

The Day of Youth

At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wi

Tokyo Gate

Based on a serialized newspaper novel by Taijiro Tamura. People living in the darkness of the city,

My Hometown is the Wild West

George Mihara was ordered by his grandfather Tom to go to Japan. The purpose was to deliver a $100,0

Boku wa naichicchi

Ichiro, who works for a shipping company, causes an accident while driving drunk. His younger brothe

Doing What I Please

Koichi Haruyama, who works at the Morita Automobile Factory, was driving a convertible through Ginza

Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze

1962 Japanese movie

Shin yūkyōden

In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza wa

The Sea of Eden

High school student Tomoe's initial apprehension towards Nanjo, a new handsome teacher in her school

The Bullet Train

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows

でかんしょ風来坊

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involv

Ama no ganshō

1958 Japanese movie

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years