ガード・ドッグ (1997)

武闘派ヤクザの山本は、その血の気の多さ故に組からも煙たがられるようになった。追われるように弟のケンを頼って舎弟の加藤とアメリカに渡った山本は、デニー達黒色系アメリカ人やメキシカンと手を組み、白人マフィアのボス達を血祭りに上げ、その勢力を拡大していく。しかし、加藤が自らの命と引き替えに白瀬達の日本人マフィアを山本の傘下に収めた頃から崩壊の序曲が始まった。

凶悪犯の張り込みの最中に親友で同僚の堀部の好意に甘え、数カ月前に幼い子供を亡くし失意のまま体調を崩していた妻・美幸を病院に見舞った西は、そこで妻が不治の病で助からないことを聞かされる。ショックを受ける西。だがそんな彼に、更に堀部が犯人の凶弾に倒れたとの連絡が入った。その後、犯人は別の場所で発見されるも、逮捕へのあせりから西は失態を演じ、後輩の田中が命を落としてしまう。罪悪感にさいなまれ、職を辞す西。彼は、下半身不随となり車椅子の生活を送る堀部に画材道具を贈る為、また田中の妻や余命幾ばくもない美幸との生活資金を工面する為、ヤクザから借金を重ねるようになる。しかし、その返済に首が回らなくなり、思い余って銀行強盗を決行。盗んだ金を堀部や田中の妻に送り、ヤクザに借金を返済すると、残った金を持って美幸と共に旅に出るのだった。だが、そんな西をヤクザたちは利子が足りないと言って執拗に追いかけてきた。妻との残り少ない時間を誰にも邪魔されたくない。西は、追ってきたヤクザたちを次々に殺害していく。やがて、後輩の刑事の中村が西の身を案じて駆けつけてきた。しかし、西は彼にもう少し時間をくれと頼む。静かな砂浜、妻をそっと抱き寄せた西は、自ら自分たちの人生に幕を引く。

ニューヨーク市警殺人課の刑事ニック・コンクリン（ダグラス）は妻と離婚し、その子供の養育費を稼ぐのに日々苦労していた。そして、彼はある事件の麻薬密売品の押収品（金）を横領した嫌疑をかけられ、内務捜査官たちから査問を受けていた。そんなある昼下がり、ニックと、同僚のチャーリー・ビンセント（ガルシア）は、レストランに居た日本のヤクザの幹部と子分を、もう一人のヤクザが刺殺する現場に出くわす。追跡の末に男を逮捕するものの、日本国内での犯罪で指名手配されていたため、その男-佐藤（松田）を日本に護送することになった。

Murders in Seoul, Korea and in America pair two cops from each of the countries together to solve the crimes. The investigation leads to a gang war between the Mafia and the Yakuza, but one that may not be of either of their making. A shadowy assassin is killing the leaders and an Italian assassin may have his own agenda.

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.

A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin. As she develops into a master swordsman, her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter. Many test her sword and many die by her skills. She travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge.

A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail. Soon his problems get worse as an evil spirit makes its presence known.

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.

An ex-naval intelligence officer is forced to assassinate a CEO when his daughter is kidnapped by the Yakuza.

Motorcycles, drugs, and gangs terrorize Japan. The man who dreamed of a life of peace has instead been transformed into an angel of death!

背中にギターを背負った「流し」の男が函館に降り立つ。用心棒として彼を雇った地元のボスは、土地再開発のために住民を立ち退かせるよう彼に指示する。そんなある日、港で密輸取引を行ったボスは、取引相手と彼を同時に始末しようとする。

東京で堕落した生活を送る若者カズは、歌舞伎町で働く踊り子の真知子と激しく惹かれ合い、彼女と一緒に故郷に戻って暮らし始める。しかし彼らを歓迎する者はなく、真知子は東京へと去り、カズは高利貸しの山畑の金で賭博にのめり込む。やがて山畑は借金の帳消しと引き換えに真知子を要求し…。

A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity of a worker while the young woman becomes a waitress in a restaurant.

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison. Other clan members oppose and Ishido is elected. When Matsuda is freed, he doesn't accept this decision.

The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). One of the two remaining segments of Ito’s original four-hour trilogy, it depicts Chuji’s attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. With socialist overtones, it’s a passionate artifact of early Japanese film.

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.

粟津環は堂本組若頭補佐で粟津組組長の妻である。気丈な彼女は、服役中の夫・等に変わり組を守っていたが、堂本組総長が急死した。関西を拠点に全国的に勢力を持つ堂本組は、傘下組員二万人の暴力団で、粟津組はその直系である。堂本組の跡目相続人は、故人の遺言によって若頭の柿沼に決定した。これを不満とする舎弟頭の蔵川は、同補佐の小磯らを引き連れて朋竜会を結成したが環はあくまで堂本に忠誠を尽し、小磯の誘いを拒否する。

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Yakuza film history, Fuji Junko and Takakura Ken. Since the death of death of her father, Yuki who has traveled from her home in the southernmost part of Japan must fight corrupt local officials seeking to fill her late father's post. As her life is in danger a mysterious rifleman, played by Takakura Ken watches from the shadows. Can she finish the work her dear departed father started in an untamed land?

Thomas Hoshino (Willson) is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer Jaho (Lew). He tracks down the killer and his master to Los Angeles, where he teams up with Det. Karen Ryder (Farrell). Soon they discover that Yakuza prepares a gang war and weapon smuggling. Hoshino must find a way to defeat the killer who posses mystical ninja powers.

When the boss of a yakuza clan in 1920s Osaka is assassinated, Oryu, his mistress, vows revenge. Her search for the killer takes her out of the city. The old boss' son proves a poor leader, only interested in Omitsu, his high-class girlfriend. Yajima, the second-in-command, is taking advantage of the situation to accumulate power for himself...