A couple died in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, in an apparent double suicide, the circumstances of which were unclear.
Old Man
Witness a bizarre job interview and a dotty grandma in these five short surreal stories revolving around legendary Japanese department store Parco.
In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
Dialect Coach
Based on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi tells the story of a group of bear hunters that are tracking a 900 pound brown bear nicknamed Red Spots that is terrorising the area. It attacks and kills men, but it feasts only on women.
Based on the comic book by Tatsuo Kanai
Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a troublemaker.
Doctor
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work
Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.
Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.
Un samurai vende su alma al diablo para cobrarse venganza contra Dios. Satán le otorga el poder de levantar a los muertos para que lo ayuden en su personal carnicería.
Yozo Teshima
La historia narra la batalla por la colina 203 durante la guerra ruso-japonesa en 1905. La colina fue capturado con la pérdida de muchas vidas en ambos lados, japoneses y rusos. La captura de la colina permitió al ejército japonés poner presión sobre la flota rusa del Pacífico, asegurando así la victoria japonesa, al mando del Almirante Togo , en la batalla naval siguiente.
When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...
Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving in to collect the sheets for her and ends up falling in love.
Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he meets the wild and beautiful Natsu.
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "stop it... zero plan! February." Learning that Takada is dead, Samonji begins an investigation. He and his younger sister Fumiko investigate major events happening in February but cannot find anything relevant. Meanwhile, Kanzaki, a doctor who works at a clinic on a remote island, is working on a plan to extort two billion yen.
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Vacant House Owner
In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and start living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Hayatos apprentice.
Tanabe
In a rural village with a poorly understood but long standing curse from the Dog God, outsiders from a major Tokyo mining corporation scouting for uranium destroy a small shrine and crush a dog under their jeep wheels. After one of the mining company employees marries the daughter of a prominent member of the village, the Dog God’s wrath boils over and people start to die. The village girl and mining company employee start a new life in Tokyo, but the Dog God possesses her and she is deemed mentally ill. The couple returns to the village to perform an exorcism, but it is unsuccessful. As the body count accumulates, the cause of and remedy for the curse becomes more opaque.
Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by Hiroshi Tachi.
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.
Yasuda
Kumi Taguchi es una modelo que deja a su novio boxeador después de que sufra una lesión. Ella conoce y se casa rapidemente con Hideo, el heredero de un imperio corporativo. El padre de Hideo, Takehiko, desea a Kumi. Takehiko envía a su hijo lejos, aparentemente en un viaje de negocios, pero en realidad para que pueda ser asesinado por los esbirros de Takehiko. Takehiko seduce a Kumi, pero se siente frustrado cuando ella se niega a realizar sexo oral con él. Enfurecido, Takehiko obliga Kumi someterse a una cirugía en la que su clítoris se transfiere a la garganta, lo que requiere que se dedique al sexo oral con el fin de tener un orgasmo. Hideo, el hijo supuestamente asesinados, regresa después de haber pagado a sus asesinos. Hideo dispara y mata a su padre, pero Kumi coge la pistola y mata a Hideo para que pueda heredar la fortuna de la familia.
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting commodities throughout the country. Chance encounters with people along the way help them to come to terms with events clouding their past and offer them a shot at redemption.
Detective
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.
Detective
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers! At the same time, Inugami also discovers the truth behind his family heritage, and that he may not be the last of his kind.
A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada, and then with the clan of his protector, Kozaburo Imai. In these years, he can rely on Chieko, a young Tokyo courtesan who gives him shelter. He's banished to Osaka, where he picks up a drug habit. Through it all, he keeps his friends and enemies off balance with unpredictable behavior - and he seems indestructible.
Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.
Mao Yang-De
Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, his sister Li Koryu turns to his former martial-arts school, including the powerful Sonny Kawasaka, for help in the inevitable battle royale.
Agente Zero es una policía que utiliza sus propios métodos para hacer frente a los delincuentes. Después de que ilegalmente mate a un violador de una manera violenta, es enviada a prisión y despojada de su placa. Pero poco después, la hija de un político rico es secuestrada por una banda sin escrúpulos. Agente Zero sale de la cárcel con la misión de encontrar a la hija del político.
Pinku from 1973.
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
A young girl works as a geisha to earn money for travel.
Policeman
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.
Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld.
Nami, líder de una banda juvenil, mata a un ejectuvio miembro de una organización yakuza debido a un conflicto territorial y es enviada aprisión. Cuando sale de prisión tres años mas tarde, llega a un salon de billar, y a través de Ryuji, comienza a trabajar como anfitriona en Ginza, donde se hace muy popular.
La Sra. Togashi (Sachiko Hidari) es la viuda de un sargento que fue sometido a un tribunal de guerra y ejecutado hacia finales de la guerra. Como resultado de esto, ella es privada de recibir una pensión del gobierno. Pasan muchos años, y el ejército no le revela las circunstancias de su muerte, por lo que decide comenzar su propia investigación. Realiza entrevistas a varios camaradas de su marido y descubre una historia al estilo de Rashomon; una historia de heroísmo y villanía, cobardía y valor.
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
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.
Nada más salir de la cárcel y esperando por una vida tranquila, un yakuza de Yokohama llamado Tetsuo Tsukamoto debe coger las riendas de su familia tras la muerte de su jefe. Su pequeña banda está en medio de una contienda entre un gran grupo yakuza de Osaka y la alianza de Tokyo por el control de la ciudad. Él trata de mantenerse fiel al viejo código yakuza, pero eso no le prepara para enfrentarse con los nuevos matones, que viven y luchan sin honor. (
This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a sword herself and her talents far overshadow that of her brother, and real child of the man who adopted her. Her brother unfortunately has a gambling habit, and it plunges the family into trouble when he loses a lot of money in a crooked dice game. After releasing he is unable to pay the debt he owes; the blame is shouldered by the father, who is killed, leading Okatsu on a path of revenge.
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.
Gurentai
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.
Doctor
Part 3 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.
An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.
Japanese drama film.
Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro seeks brutal retribution.
Movie adaptation of the TV series.
Un exitoso hombre de negocios es acechado por su pasado cuando una prostituta lo reconoce como asesino.
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
Policeman D
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
Detective on stakeout
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.
1962 Japanese movie
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Meanwhile, the body of an orthopedist is discovered in the river.
The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.
Extraterrestres del planeta Neptuno intentan invadir la Tierra a bordo de un platillo volante. Por fortuna, el superhéroe Space Chief les plantará batalla a bordo de su coche propulsado por cohetes.
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in search of agricultural land to the land of the pioneers in Hokkaido led a peaceful life. One day, one of the pioneers, Mikio Shimakawa's wife Yura, and her child Taichi are attacked and killed by a bear that cannot hibernate. To resolve the situation, Shimakawa goes against all odds and turns to Ginshiro, the most hated hunter in the village, for help. While Shimakawa was away from the village, Yura and his friends were holding a funeral, the bear attacked again...
