Zattō ni hikarume

1959 Japanese movie

The Alaska Story

A Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He comes of

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between tw

Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba

Special female detective Hanyu Asuka, codenamed 348 (Sashiba), receives a secret mission from the po

Debt King Part VII: Millennium

Takao, the owner of a coffee shop and brother-in-law to Anzai, the assistant manager of Hikari Bank,

The Cleanup

A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.

The Trap

When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I wan

Run the Beast

The beast that lives in a cool man is awakening now!

JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet

Kojiro Shimizu challenges the work of Kenzo Kitakata, a popular writer who depicts romance, violence

100 Gamblers

Set in Kyushu during the early Showa period, the son of a boss who is killed after a greedy boss tak

Love Eternal

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

Kimagure tosei

1962 Japanese movie

The Angry Rambler

Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.

Nuki uchi fūraibō

1962 Japanese movie

A Colt Is My Passport

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

Cell No. 8

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their bud

Hayauchi burai - Daiheigen no otoko

Branded to Kill

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another

Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2

To Love

Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets. One d

The Frozen Plains

1962 Japanese movie

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

Bored Hatamoto film

Joe of Aces: Give and Take

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

A Night In Nude: Salvation

A beautiful mother and her two daughters run a bar in a town. They have a dream of becoming rich, re

Rusty Knife

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorne

Cruel Gun Story

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

Small Rats of the Edo Town

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the

The Killers

A brilliant hitman and a veteran former hitman join forces to take revenge on the murdered woman and

Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel

An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) cha

Notorious Bastard

When Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to c

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th centur

Gate of Flesh

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostit

Edo Porn

The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives w

A Surgeon Named Hitman

A trainee at a university hospital named Yoshioka, was in charge of a patient but the patient dies d

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring crimi

Fugitive Alien

An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans.

I Are You, You Am Me

9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through su

Detective Office 5

In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark

Star Force: Fugitive Alien II

In this second film compiled from episodes of a Japanese TV serial, Captain Joe, reformed interstell

Velvet Hustler

A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He han

Bad Girl Mako

Patronized by a gang ruling the city, Mako delinquently plays around a night club every night with h

Greatest Boss Of Japan

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

Massacre Gun

Kuroda is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining f

Ofukuro

Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dr

Exiled to Hell

It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous

None But the Brave

Story is about how a revolutionist, played by Cheng Pei Pei, taking on the identity of a Captain's (

Hitori tabi

1962 Japanese movie

The Final Judgement

26-year-old Shogo Washio sense danger from the expansion of Asian superpower nation Ouran. Shogo Was

The Aftermath of War

After World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or money

Profile of a Boss' Son

Four years ago, Teppei Hondo killed two people from the Shinwa group for the murder of his brother.

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bun

Last Round

1962 Japanese movie

Youth of the Beast

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with vio

I'm All Yours

A beautiful day Rokurou, a student, was to masturbate when a beautiful girl knocks on his door: You

Your Life

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

I'll End in Hell

Joji Dan tries to find the heir of a prosperous Japanese millionaire who died in Mexico. However, th

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

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

Quick Draw Joe

One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had c

Yabanjin no Nekutai

Motozo Imamura, a.k.a. Gen, grew up in an upper-class family, but he never went to school and spent

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

A flower is a woman or a man is a butterfly... Love and melancholy bloom wildly in the nighttime gar

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be

Comedy about a young man who causes pandemonium by raiding a bar patronized by his father, winning t

Asia-Pol

Yang Ming Xuan intercepts a truckload of contraband, but the criminals stage a brazen helicopter att

Jūdan no arashi

1962 Japanese movie

The Return of the Filthy Seven

A 1967 crime film

The Crimson Plains

The action takes place in the highlands of the Chugoku region. While the owner of the Yazaki ranch i

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a

神様のピンチヒッター

Remembering the Cosmos Flower

Akiko returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted

Frankie the Milkman

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to T

Caribe: Symphony of Love

Set in Mexico. The love story of an architect and a fashion designer. Both from Japan

The Doctor

This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusin

Crimson pistol belt

Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter n

The Code

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective

The Stairway to the Distant Past

Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing th

Asiapol Secret Service

A major international action film filmed on location in Hong Kong, depicting the activities of Asian

Drowning Fish

When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shin

Who is in the Background?

Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the second in the "Ginz

The Setting Sun

A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader o

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

Komori Chiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day while training, her coach hits a ball in

Namari o buchikome

1962 Japanese movie

Chivalrous Pride

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transfe

Return of the Vagabond

The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinj

The Rambler Rides Again

In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokk

Love and Desire in the Night Mist

A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl

Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

Retaliation

Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrate

Tsukiyo no kasa

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a re

Voice Without a Shadow

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

Yakyuukyou no Uta

Glass-Hearted Johnny

Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle wi

Conflagration

Global South guerrillas hijack the Japanese oil tanker Arabian Light, threatening to blow it up in T

Charming Men

One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tun

The Rambling Guitarist

Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local

The Notorious Bored Samurai 6

Sawatari Shusui was told about 7,000 ryo of buried gold by Osuke, who claimed to be a princess of th

Policeman's Diary

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on

Murder Unincorporated

When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate

Nurse's Husband

“Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But

The Happy Dancers

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.

Called to the Stand

Chief editor Shirou Kanzaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzle

Kingorô no omawari-san

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

Kanshō fujin

Japanese drama film.

Danger Pays

Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million ye

High Seas Hijack

Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.

The Maid's Kid

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akit

Tokyo no Kodoku

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rook

Ore no sora

Based on the manga of the same name. Originally published in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy. I

Nozomi Witches

Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fe

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

New Shameless School

Former students of the notorious Harenchi Gakuen college open a new school for dissident youths afte

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet

Junko is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa, despite the misgivings of his uncle. He liv

The Sea of Genkai

Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean wome

The Boy Who Came Back

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with hi

Red Crow and the Ghost Ship

A fantastic adventure of a brother and sister flying a ghost ship, guided by a red crow, in search f

Tiger of the Sea

A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.

Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.

The Dragon and the Tiger

A young gambler returns from prison to find his gang scattered, and many gone over to his old rival.

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

Wind of Volcano

An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from

The Guitarist from the Sea

Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight b

The Hard Core Criminal

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a co

A Man's World

Tadao Konno (Yujiro Ishihara) had been staying in Canada for 5 years since his girlfriend's death. S

The Naked Woman and the Gun

A Tokyo newspaper reporter goes after the Japanese king of cocaine trafficking but he's tricked by a

Blood for Blood

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new build

The Rough One

A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a cru

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after th

Gambling Code and Feuds

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

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet

In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and the

My Sweetheart

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

The Gun Like Lightning

Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just rel

The Man with a Sinister Laugh

After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts no

The Human Cyclone

The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of M

Monk's Paradise

A genius gambler and born hunter is a Buddhist monk by occupation.

Kisaragi

The fanclub of a deceased Japanese idol gather together for the one year anniversary of her death. B

Our Wedding

On her wedding day, Makiko is stabbed by a woman in wedding dress. The wound isn't serious but the a

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

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

Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph

Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this b

You'll Fall For Me

Meet Chika. She thinks she's been jinxed: she's going to be dumped on Christmas Eve. Enter Tomako, w

The Dragon of Macao

Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollar

Blood Shed

Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he a

Turning Point

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's

The First Catch

Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.

Blue Jeans Memory

A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the w

Shameless School: Tackle Kiss

Students against teachers in the wildest kiss-stealing, petting-orgy ever.

Shameless School

Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.

Leave My Girl Alone

Hitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to tutor a

Burning Clouds

Sukanpin Walk

Yuji decides to run away from home to become an actor. Along the way, he meets Yoshio, an aspiring r

Take It Easy

Coming of age film about rock musicians.

Flower & Snake II

The beautiful Shizuko and her husband Toyama Takayoshi have a loving relationship, But Takayoshi is

Shiawase wa doko ni

Danger Point: The Road to Hell

Killers Ken and Joji undertake the killing of a man named Sakai. He utters some interesting last wor

The Champion

Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Cham

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri

Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm

Jinsei Gekijo

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.

Confession

A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life

A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison

Temptation

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art g

8 Man - For All Lonely Nights

After Tokyo police officer Yokoda is killed in the line of duty, his chief decides give Yokoda's bod

The Guitarist and the Rancher

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

Wounded Beast

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

Gun Number Zero

Eric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was

Mighty Rules

Taiyō o buchi otose

Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha

Again

An anthology that embodies the essence of Nikkatsu action films with a stylish flair, this movie fol

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

A marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.

Seishun wo warera ni

The Gambler

Yakuza Jihad

The first in the "Gokudo Seisen" series, a hard-line action OV that presents the original draft of S

Mekishiko mushuku