Red Peony Gambler

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

One Man's Chivalry

Tokizо, the boss of the Tenmaru-gumi group, assists Kikujiro, a traveler on the run. At this time, a

Judo Hall Demon

Sequel to the movie Judo Ichidai (Judo Life) with Sonny Chiba

Police Precinct Part 14

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

Police Precinct Part 13

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his d

Police Department Part 15: Alibi

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government ag

Men Fighting Whales

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the bes

Woman His Prey

腕まくり七色娘

1961 Japanese movie

Police Precinct Part 17

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

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman

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

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the

Gang's Upward Strategy

A Doting Parent’s Lullaby

Rogue Of The Night

Sympathy for the Underdog

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

Modern Sorority

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone

A young girl named Michiko is kidnapped and later found dead in a bag. But the kidnapper strikes aga

Golden Partners

A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth

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

Mid-August Commotion

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

Brave Red Flower of the North

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20

Kingdom of Samurai

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man wi

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slash

Code of Ruffians

Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it w

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: Nothing Left at the Scene

A man who uses marriage as bait goes from woman to woman, and then a horrific murder is committed fo

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

Police Precinct Part 21

A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that th

Police Precinct Part 12

In a corner of a warehouse at Shiodome Station, a alumni trunk, is found with the terrible smell of

One Passed Through Hell

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation

A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "ba

Hikage-Mono

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

Second Generation Young Boss

Takeshi Nanjo, a junior lieutenant in the navy whose father, the head of the Nanjo-gumi yakuza famil

Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps

A 16-year-old high school student Midori Matsumoto was found dead on the banks of the Tama River. Th

Police Precinct: Confession

The corpse of a debt collector, Sakai, is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo. Kinoshita, a shoe shiner

Men and War III: The Final Chapter

Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Go

The Gambler

A crime film released in 1965

The Outsiders

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

Police Precinct: Missing Person

Two people disappeared, engineers of the companies Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime

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

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.

Nerai uchi buraikan

1962 Japanese movie

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

G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization

The fourth installment of G-men of Japan

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

1962 Japanese movie

Continental Drifter

Japanese crime film.

Element of Surprise

1963 Toei war / action film.

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

Classmates

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

The Last Kamikaze

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

Stray Dog

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later

All Rascals

Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda

Foul Play

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

Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Life of Hishakaku 3

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

Flower, Storm and Gangster

A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist fo

Devil's Nursery Rhyme

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Moonlight Mask

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters

The masked hero 'Moon Light Mask' battles the villainous 'Skull Mask' and his numerous masked henchm

A Fishwife's Tale

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she

Judo Life

Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judo

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend c

New Prison Walls of Abashiri

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

Patience Has An End

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

Father of the Kamikaze

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

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.

Gambler's Farewell

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

Devil's Flute

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent b

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

The Return of Sister Street Fighter

When Koryu's childhood friend Shurei is abducted by gangsters, the desperate young woman recruits a

Organized Violence II

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

Convict son revenges innocent father's death.

The Domain: Flower and Dragon

Parole

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

Life of Hishakaku 2

Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain thei

High-School Outcasts

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

Revenge

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, l

Yakuza Skirmishes

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

Quarreling with Yakuza

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

A Kamikaze Cop

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

Rise and Fall of Chivalry

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

Third Generation Boss

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

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

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

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a

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

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Mi

Modern Lady Gambler

Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betra

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

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

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around

The Machine Gun Dragon

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun an

The Great Killing

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

The School of Chaos

Based on the manga by Tetsu Kariya and Ryouichi Ikegami.

Bloodiest Flower

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

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters

The hoodlum group tries to help a little printing factory against gangsters.

The Man of Seven Faces

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

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

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

A Fugitive from the Past

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

Winter's Flower

Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year

The Escape

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

The Biggest Gamble

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do ever

Rub Out the Past

A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.

Brutal Tales of Chivalry

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

Follow the Girls

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

The Chivalrous Life

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

Jeans Blues: No Future

Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro K

Life of Hishakaku

After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Ind

Blood of Revenge

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

The Bullet and the Horse

A number of recently released prisoners become involved in a racket with a rancher who is a rival to

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Mo

Prison Break

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

Team of Ruffians

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

The Four Roughnecks

Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! Tak

The Street Fighter

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnapper

A Wad of Notes

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

Storm Party

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

The Big Boss

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the w

Lullaby for a Tough Guy

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.

Seven Gamblers

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

Seven Fugitives

League of Gangsters

A yakuza is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating

The Cheating Underworld

Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yen.

The Gambler's Counterattack

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has

The Bastards of Lawless Town

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

Born Fighter

Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

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

The Hard Core Criminal

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

The Marked Man

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

Once and For All

Film concerning warring yakuza families.

Employee Full of Fight

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discov

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town

Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Kats

Ninja's Mark

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

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

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory

A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered

A Lively Geisha

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes t

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

Great Jailbreak

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to

The Bodyguard

Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press con

Excursion to Treasure Isle

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

Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla

Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Yokosuka Navy Prison

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

A Gambler's Certain Death

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow

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

New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion

Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after gettin

Detective Duel

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

The Mad Fox

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appea

The Challenge

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the p

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-gen

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous mo

Invasion of the Neptune Men

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

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

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

Sugata Sanshiro

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher rev

Expelled from the Kanto Mob

In the late Taisho era. Umeshima Jinbei, the president of the Kanto Umeshima Kai, divided the area i

Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his

Prison Gambler

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

Murder on the Last Train

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

The Rugby Star

The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their titl

The Killer

A former gang leader and lone wolf who has left the organization works behind the scenes in a new ci

The Eleventh Hour

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

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer

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

Dagger

Police Precinct

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

Police Precinct Part 2

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon

A luxury car was stolen near a certain nightclub in Akasaka, and the owner of the car was shot and k

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a bur

Three-Headed Tower

Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that

The Tattooed Hitman

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

Hell's Juggler

Revenge for His Lover

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta a

Police Precinct Part 5

The fifth installment of the Metropolitan Police Department story series. This time, detectives from