A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless (1969)

Yamamoto es un yakuza que viaja a Los Ángeles para encontrarse con su hermano pequeño, Ken, al que protege y financia mediante sus ingresos criminales. Pero al llegar allí, descubre que Ken está realizando unas operaciones de tráfico de drogas sin demasiado futuro. Yamamoto decide ayudarle mostrándole cómo tomar los bajos fondos de Los Ángeles al estilo de la mafia japonesa, es decir, usando matones profesionales que basen sus acciones en un estricto código del honor que chocará con la mentalidad criminal norteamericana.

Tres historias de amor y dolor: Sawako y Matsumoto eran una pareja feliz, pero las presiones de sus entrometidos padres les obligarán a tomar una decisión vital. Hiro es un anciano jefe de la yakuza (mafia japonesa). Treinta años antes, cuando era un pobre trabajador de una fábrica, abandonó a su amada novia para cumplir sus sueños de prosperidad. Ahora vuelve al parque donde ambos se encontraban. Haruna se pasa parte del tiempo mirando al mar, su bello rostro está ahora cubierto de vendas. No hacía mucho tiempo, ella era una cantante de pop de éxito que vivía entre shows de televisión y sesiones de autógrafos.

Taxi 2 cuenta la historia del ministro de Defensa japonés visitando Marsella para conocer las técnicas anti-gangster de los policías de la ciudad. Sin embargo, durante la visita es secuestrado por un grupo trabajando para los yakuza. El joven agente Emilien es designado a rescatar el ministro y la agente y novia Petra, también secuestrada, y devolver el honor a su departamento. Otra vez más, el rápido conductor de taxi Daniel es llamado para ayudarlo con sus dotes de conducción en su Peugeot 406..

En Berlín, el detective Minks (Christian Redl) recorre el mundo de las salas de tatuajes para encontrar a un asesino que siente especial debilidad por la piel de sus víctimas. Un thriller de terror al estilo de "Seven".

Hubert Fiorentini es un inspector de policía con unos métodos un poco ortodoxos, pero con un tierno corazón, al que obligatoriamente le darán unas vacaciones forzadas, ya que acaba de pelearse con el hijo del jefe de policía. Dos días después recibe la llamada de un abogado desde Tokyo, informándole que Miko, la mujer de su vida, que había desaparecido hacía 20 años, había muerto. Y lo que le había dejado en el testamento, no era ni dinero, ni presentes, ni nada material; le había dejado a su propia hija, Yumi, una extravagante adolescente, adicta a ir de compras, y con doscientos millones de dólares en su cuenta.

Freeman pertenece a un culto antiguo de guerreros chinos llamados “Los hijos del dragón”. Él es su verdugo y su único hombre, porque es tal su poder que no necesitan a otro.

Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of a young woman. Forced to clear his own name, the handsome journalist sinks deeper into the Black Line’s rotten swamp of drugs, prostitution, and murder and finds unexpected help in Maya, a steamy female gambler familiar with the neon-lit streets, shadowy alleyways, and seedy nightclubs he must navigate. The closest film in the Line series to classic American film noir, Ishii’s Black Line is a pulpy assortment of crime film conventions including the starkly expressionistic black and white cinematography by Jûgyô Yoshida, a jazzy music score by Michiaki Watanabe, and a sleazy screenplay by Ishii and Ichirô Miyagawa.

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls. Though they use the servants' entrance, they still feel themselves bound by the samurai code of Bushido; and this tension leads to tragedy.

‘Tattooed Life' begins with a parasol wielding Yakuza assassin attacking a rickshaw. It almost looks like feudal Japan until somebody pulls a gun and we're reminded that it's the 20th century. Post-shooting, the assassin delivers his bounty to his brother (to pay for his art school education) before getting ambushed in one of the few rickshaw-jacking incidents in film history, and being rescued by his art-student brother. In the aftermath, one brother is marked for death by the Yakuza, and the other brother won't go to art school with blood on his hands, so they decide the perfect way to deal with such hardships is to become fugitive construction workers in northern Japan . And why not?

En Los Ángeles, Carol, una ingenua y solitaria camarera aspirante a cantante, ve un anuncio sobre una oportunidad de trabajo en Tokio. Al viajar a Japón para trabajar en el club nocturno White Orchid, descubre una trama de prostitución en el club, que pertenece a la Yakuza. Sola, sin dinero y sin pasaporte, es protegida por Shiro, pero presionada por los gerentes Madame Mori y su marido Hatanaka para que sea receptiva a las propuestas de los clientes.

The sixth chapter of Jingi Naki Tatakai series With the endless power struggle. The extraordinary combination of Kinji Fukasaku and Bunta Sugawara, along with new ideas and a strong touch of realism, created the sixth movie of the series that describes 'The War of Hiroshima Gangsters' which had lasted almost 30 years after World War II. It can be called the Japanese secret post WWII history. It focuses on the ugly, violent inside struggle of the Yamamori Group of 1959 in Kure City, Hiroshima. Director Kinji Fukasaku, the master of portraying violence and humanity, said "Having making the five previous movies, I found those characters very interesting. So I took a deeper look into them this time." He made this shocking movie with high enthusiasm and revealed the core of gangster's struggle which has never been touched before.

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes natters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia.

A small yakuza gang is taken to war by a more powerful rival after a violent bar brawl involving members of both gangs. Young boss, Masaki, must decide whether to disband his dwindling gang or fight.

When Masaki find themselves at a bar owned by his friend Akemi and ponder the recent strange happenings. He later accepted a proposal from his old rival Hattori and join the Todo-gang. A member, Hazama, beeing jealous over Masakis high rank and starts planning ways to get rid of the newcomer from the gang.

Soma goes to Masakis allowed back to his former gang, led by Takeda who asked for his help since he had problems controlling their own men. But one fears how Somas former assistant Kokubu, now second in command of Takeda, should react. Soon Soma assassinated by three hired men, but one of them, Karasaki, who has just escaped an assassin is still possible to Masaki for help, explaining that Kokubu hired him. Masaki agrees to help him, but this also means that he exposes himself to danger.

A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his life is any easier. In fact, it gets much more complicated when Yamazaki stabs a hairdresser by mistake and instantly becomes a hunted fugitive. He's just one unlucky monkey but can he turn his luck around?

A bunch of young hipsters kidnaps a loving couple and keeps them trapped in a barren landscape. To the sounds of free jazz they are performing various experiments with the couple. In the distance is a yakuza gang keeping track of the youths. Who are really experimenting with whom?

In prison for 50 years after massacring his corrupt workmates with a samurai sword in 1945, Ginji Sonesaki (Riki Takeuchi) is given the nickname of Ginji the Slasher. On his release he finds himself on the streets living with the homeless hiding from a man whose life he tried to end. His former boss and the object of Ginji's hatred is now a highly-regarded figure in politics but Ginji plans to remind him of his past transgressions and make him pay for ruining his life.