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Cell No. 8
1956-01-15
A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their bud
Only on Mondays
1964-03-04
Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign busine
零戦黒雲一家
1962-08-12
The Rambler Goes North
1962-01-03
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads wi
Girl Boss: Broken Justice
1969-02-22
Kill or Be Killed
1966-09-07
When Yakuza decides to take avenge his brother, the war shall begin.
The Rambler Rides Again
1960-10-12
In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokk
He Killed Dad
1961-01-09
The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murder
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961-12-06
Hitori tabi
1962-06-24
1962 Japanese movie
Fresh Leaves
1962-10-06
Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's
A Man With Dragon Tattoos
1962-12-26
In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth,
Sun and Stars
1962-07-01
It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tal
I'll End in Hell
1961-10-01
Joji Dan tries to find the heir of a prosperous Japanese millionaire who died in Mexico. However, th
Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders
1969-12-17
Japanese crime film
The Human Cyclone
1959-09-20
The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of M
Song of a Traveller
1962-05-20
A crime film released in 1962
Namari o buchikome
1962-12-16
1962 Japanese movie
おヤエの女中と幽霊
1959-07-12
Black Sun
1964-04-24
Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a woun
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963-01-27
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring crimi
Cruel Gun Story
1964-02-01
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960-07-01
The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Ban
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960-02-14
When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight b
A Colt Is My Passport
1967-02-04
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968-01-13
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, h
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968-04-28
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his cond
The Gun Like Lightning
1960-05-14
Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just rel
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957-09-29
In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. Af
Taking the Castle
1965-03-06
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was
Youth of the Beast
1963-04-21
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with vio
The Warped Ones
1960-09-03
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger,
Outlaw: Heartless
1968-08-01
Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gamblin
Pure Emotions of the Sea
1956-06-28
A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a chi
Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968-12-28
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the midd
Gambling Kitten
1965-07-28
Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a reg
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960-01-03
Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-
Rambling in the Sea
1961-04-29
Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".
Frankie the Milkman
1956-12-05
Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to T
The Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960-07-29
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in
Abare chōhan
1970-03-07
The Cards Will Tell
1960-01-16
A 1960 crime film
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961-06-11
Against the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967-10-21
A 1967 crime film
Bet on a Seaside Romance
1960-09-17
1960 action film.
Diamonds of the Andes
1968-04-28
Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to
The Day of Youth
1960-04-29
At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wi
We Live Today
1959-03-10
In a fictional mining city in northern Kanto, a Tokyo drifter named Shiro (Ishihara Yūjirō), caught
Black Strait
1964-12-31
Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new lif
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954-01-15
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957-04-03
Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has take
Wind of Youth
1968-03-30
A romantic Nikkatsu youth film about three female friends.
Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
1962-09-22
1962 Japanese movie
Danger Pays
1962-12-01
Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million ye
Yoru no chōsen-sha
1961-01-27
1961 Japanese movie
Drunken Ghost
1958-08-26
A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.