Yasuhiro Minakami

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's a gambler/bakuto). After he kills someone and gets wound, is saved by a blind woman (Mitsuko Baishô), who took care of him. They has a happy time under the protection of the Tomisaburo Wakayama character, an oybun. But of course, happy time doesn't last long. The story is also related to Okada Izo and the Shinsengumi (w/ Kondo Isami played by Makoto Sato)

Segunda en una serie de adaptaciones al cine de imagen real del famoso manga escrito por Kazuo Koike y dibujado por Goseki Kojima. Narra las aventuras de un samurai que trabaja con su hijo, el cual siempre le acompaña en sus viajes. En esta ocasión deberá enfrentarse a un grupo de ninjas femeninas al servicio del Clan Yagyu. También deberá asesinar a un traidor que planea vender los secretos de su clan al Shogunate.

The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.

Vigésimo primera de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. Zatoichi se enamora de una mujer de una familia que pertenece a un clan yakuza cuyo cabecilla es Dark Lord Yamikubo, un hombre ciego malvado que no dudará en llevar a cabo sus propósitos a cualquier precio. Por otro lado, el antiguo marido de la mujer que ama Zatoichi, un ronin muy celoso interpretado por Tatsuya Nakadai, decide acabar con Zatoichi ya que no soporta pensar en que ambos dos puedan llegar a estar juntos.

An action-comedy about three men who try to bilk money out of gambling dens.

Story about a gambler who gets involved in a struggle between companies.

Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.

Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie low, only to be caught in another war orchestrated by his original boss who has set him up.

Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he seeks vengeance against the puppet master behind the entire conspiracy. His quest for justice leads him to prison where he must fend off the attack of a master assassin before he can make his escape and go after the true killer!

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

Establecido durante los últimos días del Período Tokugawa (Edo), Moeyo-ken cuenta la historia de Hijikata Toshizo y Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo es un samurai ansioso por poner a prueba sus habilidades y su espada y hacer su primera matanza. El dojo al que pertenece practica el estilo Tennen Rishin y lo enseña a los agricultores. No considerados samuráis reales por otros dojos, reciben un pedido de duelo de un dojo rival que practica el estilo Kogen Itto. Sohaku Rokusha, un maestro allí, los desafía y pelea con Hijikata Toshizo. El resultado de la pelea crea una animosidad mortal entre ellos que dura a través de las edades. Película basada en una novela del autor Japonés, Ryōtarō Shiba.