Henchmen

The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Iz

Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation

Lesser, but still modestly entertaining sequel. Wakayama is wonderfully bastardly here, but has to d

Red Peony Gambler

Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother die

Mother's Ambition

The Kumakichi Ishida family lived happily in a small house in Shibuya while their mansion in Azabu w

Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways

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

Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang

The Night of Martial Law

Scoundrel

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

Rogue

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destr

Castle of Owls

Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi

Stakeout

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect wi

Shogun Assassin

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but

Ninja Hunt

It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film,

The Kamikaze Guy

An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.

The Actress and the Three Rascals

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a trai

前科・仮釈放

Main Street in the Underworld

Osaka Tough

The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who

Kanto Street Peddlers

Kokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run by

Bridge

A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

Tale of Scarlet Love

Assistant Police Inspector Saburo Tatsuno, a former jazz pianist, is assigned to uncover a narcotics

Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II

The fourth part in the series "Code Between Brothers". The story takes place in Fukagawa, Tokyo, at

I Will Buy You

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko

Kingdom of Samurai

Black Lizard

The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief

White Blaze

A masterpiece depicting the true feelings, grief and joy of a woman. An adaptation of the novel of t

Life of Hishakaku 3

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Not Forgotten

Three WWII veterans, reunited by family circumstances, quickly find their life savings threatened by

Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage

Shinkai comes to the aid of a coastal village being held hostage by a group of political revolutiona

The Desperate

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths.

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-

Yakuza Law

A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.

Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu

Masked avenger Kurama Tengu and his young sidekick try to stop a mysterious adversary from assassina

Passion Fire

The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approac

Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter

Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor

Hana no shôgai

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was

お役者変化

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed

荒木又右衛門

Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they in

A Matter of Valour

Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a

Sotobori Murder Case

A taxi driver hits a woman on the streets. He takes care of her while she gets better. While realizi

Eight Men to Kill

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

Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu

1953 Japanese movie

Return of the Outlaw

Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama

The Yakuza Awaits

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

Gokudo of Kamagasaki

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

大当り男一代

Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father,

Ai no Noutan

Confronting Fear

Former boxer Goro Kawasaki was attacked by the organizer of the fights for knocking out his opponent

Mune yori mune ni

Japanese drama

Kaze no uchi so to

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass

The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

Flying in the Air

The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.

Story of Japanese Bad Men

Toei yakuza film.

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life

Continental Drifter

Japanese crime film.

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his tru

Secret Agent 101

Japan-Hong Kong co-production.

Human Torpedoes

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of th

The Last Kamikaze

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

Outlaw Cop

A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away wi

With Wife, Children, and Friends

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes

Tsukigata Hanpeita

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest w

Shingo's Ten Duels

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to

Internal Sleuth

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

Rise and Fall of Chivalry

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List

When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the mystical

Internees of Kampili

In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing

Watari, the Ninja Boy

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

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6

This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series

Warrior of the Wind

A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and roman

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the c

Trials of an Okinawa Village

A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinaw

Bloodiest Flower

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

Blood of Revenge

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and ru

Hoodlum Match

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

The Chivalrous Life

Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with

The Great Killing

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a vill

Female Ninja Magic

In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blo

Code Between Brothers 2

The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

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

The Fort of Death

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of f

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the mil

The Domain

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

Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man

Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and t

Third Generation Boss

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

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf ba

Yakuza on Foot

An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug traffic

Gambler's Legacy

A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mit

Eyes of Children

A man is found dead of an apparent suicide but there is speculation that he was murdered. An investi

Brothers of Capones

Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trad

The Face

A notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the truth

Seventeen Ninja 2: The Great Battle

In a Toei all-star effort, Matsukata Hiroki, Otomo Ryutaro, and Konoe Jushiro combine to create an e

The Path of the King

When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have

Horrors of Malformed Men

After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead ma

The Hard Core Criminal

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

House of Gamblers

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

Once and For All

Film concerning warring yakuza families.

The Red Silk Gambler

With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pill

Team of Ruffians

Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.

The Karate Man and the Spy

In the beginning of the World War I in 1914, Japan is being invaded spies from Russia and Germany. T

The Marked Man

A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.

Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko

The Adorable Trio

Japanese romantic comedy film.

Tokyo Omnibus

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who ru

A Wad of Notes

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

North Sea Chivalry

Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this ta

Legends of Honor

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

Seven Gamblers

Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their bos

Ninja's Mark

When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

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

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate be

The Boss

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

Closing Time

Tale of Ninja Duty

Mumyo Tsunataro killed his betrayed fiance Orie and He flees to Utsunomiya. On his way he happens to

Red Pants

A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko,

Carlos

V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.

A Yakuza Goes Home

Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds himself de

Gamblers and Racketeers

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

Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head

Ichibei teams up with Chief Jindayo of the Goomune (Japan’s gypsies’) in order to steal the shogunat

The Big Ambition

Tears of Banishment

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.

The Brawling Angel

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi.

Love du Jour

The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised thr

Prison Gambler

A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained

Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight

Sumi Muraoka, nicknamed "Sumi Banten", due to the fact that her back is decorated with a tattoo of t

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.

Dagger

The Tattooed Lord

Japan's Most Chivalrous

Bikkuri Sanjuushi

Duel of the Underworld

Histories of the Chivalrous

A Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However after

Yakuza Vassal

A young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.

The Shogun's Vault III

Ichibei, a thief known as "Yami no Kiba," and his daughter Oasa are caught by members of a street pe

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There he me

Gambler Biography

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters

Musume wa kaku kōgi suru

A story about a high school sophomore, Uzumi Keiko (Kyoko Kami), in a coastal Japanese city, Keiko’s

Fossilized Wilderness

Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Divisio

The Gambler

A crime film released in 1965

売春地下組織

Okinawa Interlude

1959 Japanese movie

The Gion Tempest

The story follows Keiko, a dancer in the "Maiko Odori" theater in Kyoto, who tries to climb the soci

Evil Spirit Princess Sakurako

A beautiful girl, haunted by the evil spirit of a woman who was burned at the stake 17 years ago, be

Kindan no suna

Film directed by Manao Horiuchi.

Dadakko Shachou

Adapted from a novel by Kaoru Funayama