Gambler's Farewell

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

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

Operation Diamond

The Kamikaze Guy

An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.

Ohyaku: The Female Demon

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, t

The Eleventh Hour

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest

A Doting Parent’s Lullaby

Main Street in the Underworld

Gang's Upward Strategy

Gambler: Victory Without Death

Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his B

Hell's Companion

Mid-August Commotion

A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers workin

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help the

Silk Hat Boss

In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there'

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

A Fugitive from the Past

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

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

Yukyo-retsuden

A street vendor who eloped with his girlfriend and injured her brother loses her to illness, and now

Police Precinct: Car 108

Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the poli

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body

Darling Escape

Fugitive Scoundrel

Gokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing the

Song of Yakuza

A low ranking yakuza who spends more time enjoying life than doing the yakuza work falls in love wit

The Thinking Leaf

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

If You're Man Enough

A Single Flower Withered

Shiratori Shinichi, is released from prison and now roams the streets in search of his sister. While

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless

Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shi

Homicide

This film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of Military Af

The Yakuza Awaits

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

I. George monogatari taiyō no ko

1962 Japanese movie

First Love of Okon

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

Bloodstained Clan of Honor

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

The Outsiders

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most no

Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate

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

The Second Bullet is Marked

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor

Tokyo Untouchable

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.

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisio

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm

Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a min

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

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoi

Run, Genta, Run!

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of findin

Foul Play

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate th

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

Life of Hishakaku 3

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

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove t

New Prison Walls of Abashiri

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post

Love Lost in Tears

Japanese “kayo” film based on the song by "Namida koi" by Aki Yashiro.

Abashiri Prison

Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped

Organized Violence II

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

Convict son revenges innocent father's death.

Graveyard of Honor

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

Violent Streets

With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a

Killer's Mission

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the ho

The Fort of Death

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

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

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

Eight Men to Kill

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

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the st

Wolves of the City: First to Fight

Pinku from 1971.

The Orphan Brother

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they ar

Patience Has An End

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

Yakuza on Foot

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

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchante

Brutal Tales of Chivalry

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Ka

Gambler's World 2

Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.

Gambler's World

The Golden Bat

A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through

Organized Violence

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

Team of Ruffians

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

Desperate Hoodlum

Second part of the Zenka mono series.

Seven Gamblers

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

Once and For All

Film concerning warring yakuza families.

Storm Party

Many outlaws are gathered at the front line of the Japanese Army in a shock troop.

A Kamikaze Cop

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

Thugs of Shinjuku

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting i

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs

Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills

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,

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out i

Code Between Brothers 2

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

Excursion to Treasure Isle

The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with hi

Military Comfort Woman

Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army du

Code Between Brothers: All New

When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead

Yokosuka Navy Prison

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

Glorious Fights

A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He f

The Sand City in Manchuria

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save

A Taxing Woman's Return

Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a

Detective Duel

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private

365 Nights

A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and T

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

Devil's Nursery Rhyme

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

The Bastards of Lawless Town

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

Invasion of the Neptune Men

Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well belove

Tears of Banishment

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

The Domain: The Naniwa Story

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

Murder on The Last Train

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, T

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer

A robbery and murder occurred at a gas station facing the national highway at 1:00am. Detectives Nag

Four Sisters

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with ea

Police Precinct

A taxi robbery and murder occurred in Fukagawa late at night. Detectives Nagata and Miyagawa of the

Police Precinct Part 2

Speed Crazy

Duel of the Underworld

Hell's Kitchen

Fearful Witch

Delinquent Street

Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor

Drifting detective Goro Saionji is asked to investigate the sinking of a fishing boat in a port town

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Depa

The Eighth Enemy

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza fam

The Man of Seven Faces

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping

A Devil of a Gentleman

The Great Road

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind

The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The

Gokudo of Kamagasaki

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

Asakusa no kyōkaku

Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by

The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado

Account magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji Temple

Phantom Agents

Follows the exploits of Phantom Agent Fantar and his ninja-skilled elite team. Based in Tokyo, the P

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Horror of the Black Hand

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - The Final Trump Card

The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Million Dollar Showdown

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screen

A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life

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

Carlos

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

Akai kage no otoko

1961 Japanese movie

Himalayan Wanderer

One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boo

Police Precinct Part 14

An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, informed the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka,

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman

Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, w

Police Precinct Part 17

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspec

Kanto Street Peddlers

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

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