Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways

Toru Sagara, a lone wolf assassin, is imprisoned for betraying his employer, Hanawa. After completin

A Lonely Gamble

In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt

Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences

Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.

Girl with Bamboo Leaves

Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.

Women's Police

Around Ginza there is a night-city of bars and cabarets, hostesses, customers. Assisting to keep ord

Karate for Life

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

Scoundrel

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, l

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yag

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking con

Long Way to Okinawa

1962 Japanese movie

The Pornographers

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society

A Colt Is My Passport

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.

Sister Street Fighter

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

Three Generations of Yakuza

The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowin

The Dangoro Party in the Sky

The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success a

Back Stairways

A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customer

Sympathy for the Underdog

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to viol

Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom

Sword Devil

Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw o

Three Yakuza

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and s

Japan Organized Crime Boss

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang aft

Living Skeleton

A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape

Master Fencer Sees the World

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style o

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

Magistrate Toyama no Kin-san is ordered to catch the phantom thief Nezumi Kozo, who is robbing daimy

An Ode to Yakuza

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beauti

Ankoku gai jingi

A big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it ends

Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplie

The Hot Little Girl

A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.

Tree of Youth

Takeshi, bound to be an outlaw youth, boards at the home of his female schoolmate who works at the f

Black Trump Card

Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose

Yoru no keisha

1962 Japanese movie

Hikage-Mono

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man

In the early years of the twentieth-century a young gambler returns to his home town where he finds

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party,

Street Mobster

After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza faction

Eight Men to Kill

The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half

The Yakuza Awaits

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

The Gambler

A crime film released in 1965

Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate

An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack

Third Generation Boss

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamag

幽霊列車

Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again

Fearless Comrades

The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but deci

Immortal Guy

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

Continental Drifter

Japanese crime film.

The Most Dangerous Game

The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap vi

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

1962 Japanese movie

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new

Love for an Idiot

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she ensla

A Samurai’s Lie: Beloved Wife

Isozoemon (Go Kato) was a ronin (masterless samurai) and broke, who lived in a Choya (cheap apartmen

The Tide Does Not Return

Reiji and Takashi, although they are brothers, differ from each other like fire and water - Reiji is

Shinobu Otake's Inspirational Girl: Youth Lived by Love and Psychic Powers

The biography of Mifune Chizuko a woman clairvoyant.

The Rokumeikan

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

Outlaw: Heartless

Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gamblin

The House of Wooden Blocks

On his return from school, young Ichiro finds his father in bed with his adopted sister, Namie. Enra

The Sex Check

Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWI

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village

Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found

Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword

The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new fencing

Dead Angle

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s

The Last Kamikaze

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up s

A Legend of Turmoil

A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful ya

Watari, the Ninja Boy

Adapted from Sanpei Shirato's classic manga, a legend unfolds as Watari, a young boy skilled in ninj

Weeping Lake

Japanese horror televisivon movie from 1978.

Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare

When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battl

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and e

Season of Love

Pinky and Yoko are about to graduate. Full of hope and uncertainties they embark on a tale of tempta

The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup

This is the thirteenth film in the series.

Father of the Kamikaze

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to reali

The Bad Boss 3

A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.

The Temple of the Golden Pavillion

The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on M

The Woman Gambler

Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where

Two Enemy Women Gamblers

Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where

Bloodstained Clan of Honor

It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created the b

Internal Sleuth

When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective crimin

High-School Outcasts

Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes

Dissolution Rites

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order

Yakuza Skirmishes

In the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively wit

Yakuza of the Present

In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi rest

Quarreling with Yakuza

Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most power

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s rele

Secret Assignment

In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's o

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under press

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the y

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Ory

Samurai Reincarnation

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring

Games

A 16-year-old girl works in a factory to pay her late father’s debt. When she makes up her mind to b

High School Juniors (Part II)

A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, re

Rainbow Over the Pacific

Rainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the islands of

Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay

Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involve

Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro

Young Sentaro struggles to avenge the murder of his younger sister Osuga and their father.

Fate Deals the Card of Death

Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after, and

Black Ninja

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.

The Man Gang

Based on the comic by Tetsu Kariya.

The Gambler's Law

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 Killer's Key

A lone wolf assassin, masquerading as a traditional dance instructor named Nitta, is called in to av

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyam

The Mayor's Secret

A mayoral candidate and his love child.

Young Boss: Prison Release

The further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.

The Private Police

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kami

Lone Wolf Isazo

Isazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his swordsmanship a

The Armed Organization

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

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red

Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread

Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move th

The Domain

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamas

Hoodlum Soldier

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria.

House of Gamblers

Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of h

Irezumi

Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's

Prison Break

Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsib

Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back

[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tok

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangste

Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy

Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on h

The Seburi Story

The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy abou

A Wad of Notes

A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away f

The Virgin Witness

A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitia

Mission: Iron Castle

The Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more time,

Did the Red Bird Escape?

A young outlaw can’t escape his rebellious past despite connections to a well-to-do family.

A Kamikaze Cop

An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two riv

Make Way for the Jaguars

A plot by an evil mastermind to eliminate the lead singer of the Japanese "Group Sounds" rock band,

Kawasaki Vice Squad

A photographer who takes pictures of a rendezvous between a politician, company president and yakuza

Convicted Woman

1966 film directed by Kudo.

Japan's Top Gangster

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on th

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gan

The Third Contest

Mondonosuke, a young sword student, has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a duel.Conseque

Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father di

The Pledge

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict betw

The Boss

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous w

Hurry on a Sail to Dream

Yuki cares for a sick old man Katakura who kept her mother as his mistress. Now she is the object of

Fun on the Run

Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.

Bloodiest Flower

A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator an

The End of Summer

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his

The Betrayal

A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai princ

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

Youth suspense movie.

Three Seconds to Zero Hour

“I like shady dealings,” purrs undercover superspy Yabuki en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigg

Yakuza Ladies 3

Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disci

The Invisible Swordsman

A cowardly boy fencer becomes invisible and matchless through a magic potion.

０計画を阻止せよ－総理大臣誘拐！！－

Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "s

Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos

Jugyo Sankan no Onna

One spring, Tasaka, an elementary school teacher, receives a new class of first graders. While takin

A Wanderer's Notebook

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook featu

Hoodlum Match

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.

Gamblers and Racketeers

Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which s

The Fearless Avenger

Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being cap

Tora-san, the Expert

Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a y

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan,

The Flower and the Dragon

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing

The Brawling Angel

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi.

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a p

The Street Car Game

Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.

The Domain: The Naniwa Story

Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The

Succession

A former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of swearing i

Gateway to Glory

A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese

The Drifting Gambler

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.

Japan's Don

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with

Gambler

The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He

Japan's Most Chivalrous

The Tattooed Hitman

The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and n

The Thieves' Who's Who

In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.

Yakuza Vassal

A young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.

City of Corruption

The Claws of the Divine Beast

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

The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate

The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip

14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

The Great Villains

Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a

A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw

Back after four years, Goro learns his younger brother's been thrown out of the gang and his girlfri

Territory of the Night

Spy on the Masked Car

An industrial espionage film.

Ayako

An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a

The Tattooed Lord

Beauty of the Forbidden Fruit

Zoku izuko e

Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

Gokudo of Kamagasaki

Ninth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his hench

Diamonds of the Andes

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

The Politicians

Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal m

Brand of Evil

A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is par