Jûkei Fujioka
Nacimiento : 1933-11-19, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Muerte : 1991-07-23
Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Will Hazuki be able to assume her husband’s position as the head of the established yakuza clan?
Habiendo sido degradado por no haber evitado el asesinato de uno de sus superiores, Mondo es sorprendido por un grupo de matones enmascarados que pronto son atacados a su vez por una fuerza invisible. Comienza a sospechar del trabajo de los asesinos, pero ¿de qué lado están?
Hakamada, member of the Kuroiwakai
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa.
The secret map of the treasure of Kenzan was stolen out of the house of a former soldier in Awa. A fight over the treasure that the map shows happens among the Rozyu, a Ronin, a thief, and the Hyodo family. Is the treasure there? Who will get it? Masakazu Tamura plays the role of a ronin from Edo, Hayato Arakida, from the Mumyo Tenshin school dojo and a swordmaster working for Lord Awa. The film is based on the original work of Kyotaro Nishimura. A period show with a fierce fight on a raft going down a river and romance.
Danpei Tange
Tras vagabundear de nuevo durante un largo tiempo, Joe decide volver al ring al tener una deuda con las personas que ha destruido, o incluso matado, a lo largo de su carrera como boxeador. Desde ese momento comenzará de nuevo, para intentar ser el Campeón de Japón, de Asia y por qué no, del Mundo. Esta película se estreno en los cines de Japón en 1981, justo después de acabar la serie de televisión "Ashita no Joe-2", contando con una calidad de imagen remasterizada respecto a la serie original, una nueva OST, alguna escena exclusiva, dos nuevos temas de Apertura y Cierre ("Ashita he no Sakebi" y "Joe...Forever") y siendo re-doblada de nuevo. Siendo un resumen esta vez de la segunda serie, y sirviendo de conclusión final a la historia de Joe.
Danpei Tange (voice)
Joe es un huérfano que pasa su vida vagabundeando en la calle hasta el día en el que encuentra a un viejo borracho llamado Danpei Tange, boxeador profesional retirado, se queda asombrado por la fuerza bruta de Joe al verle en una pelea contra unos mafiosos y decide hacer de él un gran boxeador. Pero Joe es un rebelde, y no le hace caso, siguiendo metiéndose en líos a cual mas peligroso, hasta que es encerrado en un reformatorio y ahí conoce a Toru Rikiishi, ex-boxeador profesional recluido, que le hará cambiar de parecer. La película se estrenó en el cine justo antes de estrenarse "Ashita no Joe-2", contando con una calidad de imagen remasterizada respecto a la serie original, una nueva OST, dos nuevos temas de Apertura y Cierre y siendo re-doblada de nuevo, contando en el elenco con algunos nuevos actores de voz debido al tiempo transcurrido respecto al anime original, sirviendo así de prologo recordatorio e introductorio a la segunda serie.
Chief Sano
Joji Kano (Sonny Chiba) es un detective de una pequeña ciudad de Okinawa que ha sido contratado por una mujer que quiere encontrar a su hija Yuna que desapareció hace cinco años. Cuando el cuerpo de una prostituta es quemado de forma que es imposible de reconocer quien era en un incendio provocado, la policía vincula este cuerpo con el de la niña desaparecida llamada Yuna que Jiro ha estado buscando. Poco convencido de que ese cuerpo es verdaderamente el de Yuna, Jiro comienza a investigar por su cuenta.
Owner Matsukawa
Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga.
Kojima
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
Assistant Chief Ikeda
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war.
Matsuji Matsukawa
Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.
Hanzo es un detective de Edo con muy mal carácter que vive para impartir justicia. El más duro samurai del Japón y sus dos ayudantes, criminales rehabilitados a su servicio, no se paran ante nada ni nadie. Su técnica es única; llegando a partir pedruscos con la mano o ser maestro en varias armas, domina el interrogatorio como nadie, donde no duda en torturar a quien no le dé información. Hanzo se reune con sus compañeros policías ante sus jefes para prestar el juramento anual de su cargo como detective. Ningún año se ha presentado. Siempre da una excusa pero esta vez decide explicarse, la corrupción que ve no le permite estampar su firma. La ley sólo protege a los comerciantes y samurais; no trata a todos por igual, la gente humilde no tiene protección, pero Hanzo va a cambiar eso. Para él todos son iguales para la justicia.
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.
Chousaburou
Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend will confess and get him pardoned once she dies. Monjiro is sentenced to an island for prisoners. When he discovers that his friend's mother has died over a year ago, Monjiro seeks to escape with a group of prisoners in order to get his revenge.
Masuda Toshio film starring Watari Tetsuya and Mori Masayuki, about a lone-wolf type (Watari) seeking love and defending the honor of an elderly widower (Mori).
A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.
A genius gambler and born hunter is a Buddhist monk by occupation.
Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...
Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan.
Miyauchi
Oryu, más conocida como la Peonia Roja, es una mujer que viajó hasta encontrar a los asesinos de su padre, que era un jefe de un clan yakuza. Está de invitada en un clan dode le han tomado mucho aprecio. En la ciudad, el usurero, de un clan rival, está poniendo las condiciones de trabajo para los civiles cada vez más dificiles. Cuando finalmente salta la guerra de clanes y los rivales se hacen con el poder la Peonia Roja lucha por restaurar el orden y vengar a los inocentes.
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for money. Goro wants to help and knows that there is only one way to come up with fast money.
The hero tries to unite various gangs.
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.
Kanayama
Kuroda (Jô Shishido) is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji (Tatsuya Fuji) and aspiring boxer Saburô (Jirô Okazaki), the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no one will stop until one faction emerges victorious.
Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.
Mochinaga
A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.
In the early years of the twentieth-century a young gambler returns to his home town where he finds the gang of which he was once a member engaged in a feud with a rival gang. Though he successfully settles their differences he is turned out of the organization for the way in which accomplishes it. Upon his return he finds that the fortunes of the group have declined - there has been treachery and desertion. This time with the approval of the seniors he settles the differences with a duel. After winning, however, he declines the position of gang-boss, preferring his freedom, and once more leaves town.
Kimura
Harumi se ofrece voluntariamente como “confort woman” en el frente de Manchuria durante los meses previos a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Allí deberá prestar sus servicios profesionales a cientos de soldados, aunque con dos de ellos forjará una relación especial. Un relato de amor trágico, enfrentado a los códigos militares en tiempos de guerra.
On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large amount of money. In parallel with the investigation conducted by the Japanese police, journalists are also trying to find the culprit. Based on a true incident.
Lieutenant Colonel Sagawa
In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable. But when he challenges the boss, who thinks nothing of murder, he discovers to his astonishment that he is safe because of his father's reputation. Torn between filial piety and his ideals Ryuji is told of the murder of his father by men of a rival gang. He experiences another shock when informed that the woman behind the rival gang is his true mother who was forced to leave his father due to an unwritten code among gamblers.
Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.
Japanese action film.
Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the mine.