Kyôichi Satô
Nacimiento : 1936-12-29, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his abandoned daughter, Ocho, who has now become a mistress of Denzo, a smuggler. After Yazuke’s death, Ocho is also recruited as a “shadows executioner”, with the task of completing her father’s mission.
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
A re-make of the classic story made for television in 1982.
Un extraño busca trabajo en la granja donde vive una viuda con su hijo pequeño. La atractiva madre trabaja duro y aprecia que su nuevo empleado sea de la misma condición. A medida que pasa el tiempo se empiezan a crear lazos afectivos entre ellos.
Sukejirô Yanagi
Un ex samurai abandona su épico modo de vida para convertirse en líder de una pandilla de ladrones.
Legendary detective returns
Un mal policía participa en una violenta persecución para atrapar a un jefe yakuza. En su ausencia su esposa huye con otro hombre, que resulta ser el mismo hombre que él está persiguiendo. Cuando descubre esto, pierde los nervios y entrega su placa. La persecución se convierte en una venganza personal en la que el ex policía planea acabar con toda la pandilla.
A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend.
Tadashi Kusatsu
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever attempted?
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a traveling dancer and a deadly battle with the real culprit who has hunted him down filmed over a long period of time on location in Hokkaido.
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.
Kiyota Ryunosuke
Sexta entrega de la serie de adaptaciones al cine de imágen real del famoso manga escrito por Kazuo Koike y dibujado por Goseki Kojima. Narra las aventuras de un Samurai que trabaja con su hijo siempre acompañándole en sus viajes. El fin de la saga, y la batalla definitiva entre Ogami Itto y Retsudo. Con la mayoría de su familia muerta a manos de Ogami, Retsudo lanza su último ataque para destruirlo. Una vez fracasado, Ogami desata toda su furia contra el ejercito de los Yagyu.
Yamaoka
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.
Shobei Debuchi
Quinta entrega de la serie de adaptaciones al cine de imágen real del famoso manga escrito por Kazuo Koike y dibujado por Goseki Kojima. Narra las aventuras de un Samurai que trabaja con su hijo siempre acompañándole en sus viajes. Cinco ninjas desafían en duelo a Ogami Itto. Cada uno de ellos guarda un fragmento de la misión de Itto: matar al enloquecido Daimyo antes de que acabe con su clan.
When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
One-Eyed Kanji
Shiro, un ronin nihilista sin ley, junto con un espadachín sin precedentes, dedica su tiempo a masacrar a sus enemigos. Arrastrando su incomodidad, intenta suicidarse saltando de un puente en una de sus muchas peleas sangrientas. Para su sorpresa, se encuentra reanimado por el cuerpo cálido y suave de una de las prostitutas del clan Bohachi, que controlan el distrito del place de la capital, Yoshiwara. Este clan con estrategias maquiavélicas y normas de vida de los más curiosas, se propone contratar a Shiro para librar a la ciudad de la competencia desleal de la prostitución, que floreció con libertad, pero este ultimo se da cuenta que esta siendo manipulado....
Tadokoro
Tras cumplir su venganza y acabar con Sugimi, Matsu es enviada nuevamente a prisión donde pasará mucho tiempo aislada. Un día tras ser violada por unos guardias por orden del director, escapará con otras reclusas, y buscará vengarse del alcaide. Segunda entrega de la saga Sasori.
The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.
Primera en una serie de adaptaciones al cine de imágen real del famoso manga escrito por Kazuo Koike y dibujado por Goseki Kojima. Narra las aventuras de un ronin que deambula por el japón del shogunato Tokugawa acompañado de un niño. Esta película narra los orígenes del personaje y también es conocida por su título literal:"Lone Wolf and Cub: Child and Expertise for Rent".
Exciting fight of a secret police detective over secret of a diamond.
A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew? Set in 1926 Japan, this serpentine crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha also stars Toshio Kurosawa and Isao Natsuyagi as Iwahashi's closest ally.
Yakuza
Vigésimo segunda de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. Un luchador manco chino llamado Wang Kong se encuentra con otra familia también china. Debido a que el hijo de la familia entorpece sin querer una procesión de ofrenda al shogunato, se inicia una reyerta en la que mueren el padre y la madre del niño. Zatoichi más tarde se encuentra al niño, y se queda con él momentáneamente hasta que después, se va con Wang Kong. Zatoichi decide ayudarlos a escapar, pero las cosas no salen como habían previsto.
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.
Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji Reconstruction. When a woman leaves her blind son at the Monastery, Ryotatsu is forced to teach the boy how to cope as a blind person in old Japan. When he takes the child with him on the road to find the boy's mother, they run afoul of not only yakuza gangsters, but some corrupt army officers have been trying to sway public opinion against the Satsuma rebels by posing as members of Saigo Takamori's group. It's a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest, and he'll make them pay with their lives!
Genzo Sera
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator.
Arai Dokan
Los barcos del Shogun pasan cargados de oro por la costa de Sabai. Tres años atrás, treinta pescadores con sus mujeres y familias desaparecieron en ese mismo lugar después de haber encontrado el oro de un barco hundido. Nunca se supo que pasó con ellos, así que se solía decir que fueron “llevados por los dioses”. Magobei es un samurai que sabe muy bien lo que sucedió aquel día, por lo que los responsables tratarán de deshacerse de él.
Ôkawa
A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.
The Stranger comes across some bad guys trying to kill a Japanese emissary for a very important scroll. Before the emissary dies, he asks The Stranger to return the scroll to Japan. Once there he finds himself stuck in the middle of two rival clans and decides to play them off one against each other to free the town.
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.
Rin Seiko
Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their life for justice.
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
Part two.
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.
Ikkaku
Remake de un clásico film homónimo, dirigido en 1935 por Sadao Yamanaka.
Famous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great camaraderie on the road.
Sword of the Beast, del legendario cineasta de esgrima Hideo Gosha, relata la huida del espadachín de bajo nivel Gennosuke, que mata a uno de sus ministros como parte de un plan de reforma. Sus antiguos camaradas luego se vuelven contra él, y esta traición sacude tanto su sentido del honor que decide vivir en la naturaleza, como un animal. Allí se une a un grupo variopinto que extrae ilegalmente el oro del shogun y, con la ayuda de otro espadachín, tiene la oportunidad no solo de sobrevivir, sino también de recuperar su nombre y honor.
(segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Filme basado en cuatro historias del escritor Lafcadio Hearn. "Pelo negro": un samurái no soporta a su mujer y la abandona por una princesa. Años después vuelve a casa para realizar un terrible descubrimiento. "La mujer en la nieve": dos leñadores se refugian de una tormenta de nieve en lo que parece ser un cobertizo abandonado. "Hoichi": el fantasma de un samurái le pide a un músico ciego que toque una balada en la tumba de su señor. "En la taza de té": un samurái se asusta ante la visión de un hombre reflejado en su taza de té.
Una banda de campesinos secuestra a la hija del magistrado de la aldea, con la esperanza de poder chantajearlo. Se encierran en un molino reclamando mejores condiciones para la vida de los campesinos y obtener una reducción de impuestos. Sakon Shiba, un samurai vagabundo, se gana su confianza y los ayuda en su misión. Pronto se alían con él Sakura y Kikyo, dos otros samurais. Empieza una lucha encarnizada en la que tendrán que hacer frente a todos los enviados del magistrado.