刃傷騒ぎで殺された前任者の代わりに、派手な装束の美青年、奥田右京亮が南町奉行として赴任する。彼は若いながらも老中酒井に引き立てられた野心家だった。一方、同奉行所の同心にして仕事人の主水は、江戸市中を暴れ回る旗本愚連隊の事件を担当していた。長屋で愚連隊に殺された浪人について探りを入れる主水は、子連れの仕事人・文七やなじみの店のおかみ・おふくらの情報から、事件の裏に右京亮が潜んでいることに気付く。
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。
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.
Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.
By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domen. Already seven oniwaban spies sent by the shogunate have infiltrated Satsuma in order to scout everything on the spot. However, they had all disappeared, and it was unclear whether they were alive or dead. Kenzaburo Kamiya and Iori Matsumura successfully infiltrate as the eighth and ninth spies and witness law-breaking exercises using a cannon. However, soon Satsuma men found them and drove them to the cliff...
時代劇のメッカ、京都撮影所。人情に篤いが激情家なのが玉にキズの大スター銀ちゃんと、その銀ちゃんに憧れる大部屋俳優のヤス。ある日、ヤスのアパートに銀ちゃんが女優の小夏を連れてやって来た。銀ちゃんの子を身ごもった小夏をスキャンダルになるからとヤスに押し付けに来たのだった。
Obungen
国際都市・香港とポートピア”81で賑わう神戸を舞台に、アメリカ帰りのカラテ青年・日野原譲次が、謀殺された父母と双子の兄の仇を討つため、叔父の日野原コンツェルンと対決し、悪のシンジケートを追いつめていく！真田広之の主演作第2弾。
寛永の時代のある夜、島原の乱で殉死したはずの天草四郎が再び命を取り戻す。彼は自分と同じように不本意な死に追いやられた人々を集め、時の将軍家綱に復讐を開始するが、彼ら魔界衆の前に柳生十兵衛が敢然と立ちふさがった。
Hitoshi Isomura
The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The police comes to the conclusion that its the work of a pyromaniacal serial murderer. The murder victim is identified as Mayumi Tamaki, a native of Ishigaki, Okinawa. As the investigation unfolded, her former boyfriend, a former rider of a motorcycle named Chōei Mikawa emerged as a suspect. But Kano did not agree Mikawa is the suspect. Kano started conducting the investigation himself to search the real criminal person.
プレシオザウルスVSランホリンクス！神秘の富士五湖に潜む前世紀の謎！1977年夏。神秘のベールに包まれた富士の青木ヶ原樹海で事件は起こった。やがて巻き起こる異変の数々…。化石収集家・芦沢節が見たものは果たして何か？雄大な富士を舞台に展開するミステリアスアドベンチャー。パニック映画ブームに沸く70年代に空前の巨費と時間をかけ、世界市場をターゲットに製作した神秘と驚異の特撮巨編。
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
Bunpei Shinzaki
抗争事件を追い続け、十年のキャリアを誇る敏腕刑事“黒岩竜”。だが彼は、警察と暴力団の黒い癒着を知り、正義と狂気入り混じる異常なまでの暴力と愛に、自ら身を落としてゆく...。暴力戦争から政略戦争へと政策転換する現代やくざ社会とそれを取り締まる警察官僚機構――その狭間ではみ出していく一匹刑事の凄絶な生きざまを、冷酷かつハードなタッチで描く衝撃作！
Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.
菅原が日本最大の暴力団組長に果敢に挑む。仁義なき戦いシリーズでは主人公が組長に利用され翻弄される役割であったが、遂に暴れ犬文太の真骨頂をこの最終作で見ることができる。
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.
武道の達人たちが、秘術をつくして繰り広げる空手アクション「殺人拳」シリーズの第3弾。拳法家ばかりで構成される殺人者集団のボスを捕らえるため、無法街に飛び込んだ剣琢磨が、行く手に立ちふさがる謎の空手使いや武道の達人たちを相手に空手や拳法を駆使して立ち向かっていく。
The most dangerous hired gun in Tokyo's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?
Endou
Keiko Aizawa a vengeance-crazed vixen sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her older sister.
1963年（昭和38年）、東京オリンピックを翌年に控え高度経済成長の真っ只中にある市民社会は、秩序の破壊者である暴力団に非難の目を向け始めていた。しかし広能昌三の山守組破門に端を発した広能組・打本会の連合と山守組との抗争は、神戸を拠点に覇を争う２大広域暴力団・明石組と神和会の代理戦争の様相を呈し、激化の一途を辿っていた。
昭和35年の広島市繁華街、白昼にやくざの杉原が殺される。所詮、ばくちのもつれによる殺しだが杉原は病気療養中の村岡組長の舎弟であり、彼の死で村岡組の跡目が空席となる。組の継承は組長から直盃を下ろされた者のみ資格があり順当にいけば村岡舎弟である打本昇[打本組]のはずだが、杉原の仇を討たないため周囲から推されずにいた。
Nobutaka Nonaka
A nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is determined and tough enough to contest the girl's gang in a democratic vote - and win. That causes her trouble in school, just when her own father, who owns a truck transport company, is murdered in a fake car accident by an American mobster. Before the girl can react, her naive mother has signed over the company to the mobster, and accepted him as her lover. Repentant, the mother starts drinking, and the good schoolgirl ties up with a halfbreed young man, who also has a grudge against Americans. He starts spying on the gangsters, discovers they are dealing in drugs, but is killed before he can report it. The good girl will lead her team in a desperation assault on the mobsters - and the police will eventually arrive just in time for the showdown.
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.
Middle-aged man
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their seperate ways. With the help of a young mechanic, who's also on the lam, Ruriko tries to realize her dream of leaving the island of Japan behind. But the authorities are always one step behind her...
Kuramitsu Toshio
1950年（昭和25年）、広島市。無銭飲食により博徒大友組・大友勝利のリンチを受けた復員兵・山中正治は、村岡組組長・村岡常夫の姪で未亡人である上原靖子によって手厚く看病される。その縁で山中は村岡組組員となるが、ふとした事から靖子と男女の関係となり、それが村岡組長の逆鱗に触れ山中は若頭・松永の指示で九州へ逃れる。しかし九州での和田組組長射殺事件により山中の名は裏社会で大きく轟くこととなり、山中は広島への帰参を許され、靖子との交際も村岡組長の認める所となった。
Toshio Kuramitsu
1950年（昭和25年）、広島市。無銭飲食により博徒大友組・大友勝利のリンチを受けた復員兵・山中正治は、村岡組組長・村岡常夫の姪で未亡人である上原靖子によって手厚く看病される。その縁で山中は村岡組組員となるが、ふとした事から靖子と男女の関係となり、それが村岡組長の逆鱗に触れ山中は若頭・松永の指示で九州へ逃れる。しかし九州での和田組組長射殺事件により山中の名は裏社会で大きく轟くこととなり、山中は広島への帰参を許され、靖子との交際も村岡組長の認める所となった。
Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the murder/suicide of one of their friends. They're approached by a blackmailer (Tsunehiko Watase) who promises to help them exact vengeance in exchange for setting up a corrupt local politician, and aided by a independent Yakuza biker chick (Reiko Ike).
The Mayor
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.
Nakahara Shigeto
敗戦直後の広島県呉市。闇市の食堂でレコードを聞いていた広能昌三のもとへ友人が怪我をして駆け込んでくる。刀を振り回している暴漢に襲われたと言い山守組へ連絡を頼まれた広能は事務所におもむき大勢で現場に駆けつけ、広能は暴漢を射殺するが逮捕され刑務所に収監されてしまう。
A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.
二大ポルノ女優の杉本美樹と池玲子がセーラー服で男も顔負けの“女子高総括”を見せる！女子高生たちによる女教師輪姦、売春、凄絶なリンチといったショッキングなシーンとアクション・お色気をふんだんに盛り込んだ、衝撃のポルノアクションシリーズ第1弾！
Nakazawa
Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In the end, she’s pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There’s also a subplot about a mad scientist type who needs vaginal juices to create a potion designed to turn Japanese girls black.
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.
A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.
Kiyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Ienari is married-off to Tadateru Ogura, the lord of a Kyushu clan. However, the lord's sexual inexperience and Kiyohime's strict morals lead to significant crisis in their marriage. To improve his sexual prowess, the lord is introduced to Sandra, a French woman held captive by usurer-smuggler Hatakaya. This results in the lord's choosing Sandra as his mistress. Kiyohime's attendants see this move as an insult and have Sandra beaten and imprisoned. Nevertheless, Sandra escapes with the help of Morita, a retainer of the lord. Out of bitterness and as some sort of revenge, the lord imposes a sex ban on his subjects.
President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to the Onishi group of the branch to expand the territory. Now members of the same yakuza gang are forced to fight each other over territory and honor.
The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…
A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining being a predominately male domain. Overcoming the natural hardships, a more serious threat to Tei and her mine, the menacing presence of rival mining gangs who sense her vulnerability... Nihon jokyo-den:ketto midarw-bana is an outstanding drama, highlighted by wonderful characterizations/performances. Yamashita's excellent direction maintains a rich emotional flow from the opening seconds to the last. Intense and bloody encounters punctuate throughout the engaging multi layered tale!
8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
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?
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebed to their generosity, she stays to work for the village and promises to leave her yakuza ways behind. When a dispute breaks out for the gambling rights to a local festival, the villagers are harrassed by a gang of thugs. When the harrassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.
When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place.
Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era. With a stellar all-star cast, thrilling story and Takakura Ken's violent swordplay, makes this into a classic Yakuza movie!
Film with Junko Miyazono.
Kaihara
Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.
Gosaku
シリーズ第二作。明治17年、上州で生糸の流通をめぐる勢力争いが起きる。渦中の戸ヶ崎組とつながりのある緋牡丹お竜は、急ぎ上州へ向かう。しかし戸ヶ崎組は弟分だった笠松一家に滅ぼされていた。情け容赦のないやり方を目の当たりにしたお竜は、義憤のうちに笠松一家へと乗り込む。
寛文五年。みつは、兄新三の殺害容疑および近親相姦の罪で捕われたが、与力南原一之進の残酷な拷問に口を割ろうとはしなかった。その拷問に不信を持ったのは与力吉岡頼母だった。やがてみつは、事の一部始終を吉岡に自白して、水礫の刑に処せられた。みつの生涯は暗く短かかった。小町娘と評判が高かったみつを、呉服屋の巳之吉は妾にしようと日頃から執心していた。新三は、その話を断ったが、大工の仕事中に重傷を負い、治療代に苦しんだ。巳之助と権造は兄妹の援助に乗り出したが、みつの払った代償はあまりに大きかった。哀しみに暮れる兄妹は、狂ったようにお互を求めあった。やがてこの事実が巳之助に知れ、みつは新三の目前で犯された。新三はこれを苦にして自殺をはかったが死にきれず、みつが兄の苦痛を見かねてノミを打ち下したのだった。寛文八年。珠光院の院主代玲宝は、夜な夜な裸身を、付き役尼僧の燐徳に笞うたせ、歓喜に身をゆだねていた。ある日玲宝は、尼僧妙心が本寺の僧春海と密会しているのを発見した。玲宝は、春海を女犯の罰として滝にうたせ、妙心には、苛酷な拷問を加えた。やがて、妙心は残虐な私刑に耐えきれず、春海の名を呼びながら世を去った。一方、春海は玲宝の心を受け入れなかったため、玲宝の鉈で首をかき落された。そして、玲宝自身も春海の首を愛撫しながら自害して果てた。
寛文十一年。柳橋の芸者君蝶の背に彫られた地獄絵図が、評判をよんでいた。この刺青を彫ったのは彫丁だったが、彼は南原を尋ね、女が苦悶する表情について教えを請うた。ちょうどその頃、漂流船で流れ着いた白人女たちが、キリシタン宣教の疑いで、拷問を受けることになっていた。彫丁は一代の彫りものにしようと、土台になる処女探しにかかった。その哀れな犠牲者になったのは、町娘の花だった。南原らによる拷問はすさまじかった。そして花の体には、着々と拷問地獄の模様がその輪郭を現わしはじめた。だが、その図には地獄の邏卒の顔が未完成のままだった。彫丁は、非情に笞うつ南原を刺し、断末魔の表情を花の背に写し取った。吉岡らが牢に踏み込んだのは、その直後だった。だが、その時すでに牢は炎に包まれていた。
Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There he met Torajiro, a master of kendo, who had just left prison after slashing his adoptive father who stole his son's wife. Torajiro was on his way to his brother-in-law, Iwai. While talking about themselves, they someday felt something similar to friendship.
Doctor
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of government gold. When this plan goes wrong and Ohyaku ends up in prison, she resolves to do anything to escape and claim revenge on the ones who betrayed her and her lover.
Namiki
A spy learns the top secrets of a company.
A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.
When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even discovering their leader, a beautiful young girl named Kagiroi. Guessing that she is the daughter of some ousted daimyo anxious to get back into favor, he is about to unmask her when he is taken prisoner...
The hero tries to unite various gangs.
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.
極悪非道な大名のため主君をうたれ、敵討ちのため十一人の暗殺隊が編成された。第一、第二の決死の暗殺計画に失敗しながらも、なおも敵の大名の行列を追い続け、日光街道の山深い宿場を最後の決戦場として、命を懸けた驚くべき皆殺し作戦を決行する侍十一人。なにが彼らを狂わせたのか――！？かつてない画期的手法で描かれる集団大アクションを中心に、武士の悲劇的な側面を浮き彫りにして、時代劇の面白さ、素晴らしさを追求した野心作。
After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to saving the Kajima’s lucrative lumber business.
Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro, the head of the rival family, Ryuji takes a liking to him. He ends up leaving his current family, and becomes close to Shiotaro like brothers swearing to become a full-fledged yakuza.
加賀爪甚十郎
「日本侠客伝 白刃の盃」の中島貞夫の同名原作（『平凡』連載）を、自身と、「任侠柔一代」の金子武郎が共同で脚色し、「兄弟仁義 関東三兄弟」の山下耕作が監督した歌謡時代劇。撮影は「お尋ね者七人」の鈴木重平。
A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.
Tamaru
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hidden significance to his clan. But Tange Sazen has his own reasons for seeking the urn.
A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love and struggle.
Hojo
剣を極め、幾多の敵を倒し、今また宿敵・佐々木小次郎の待つ巌流島へ。
A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to avenge his Boss. He must make a life or death decision as he is asked to protect a gang from attack. Part 2: A pair of gamblers chased out of a crooked game must fight not only their pursuers, but the ghosts of their pasts as well. Part 3: A wanderer who wants to live according to the Yakuza Code, but is not sure that he can do so when asked to save a town from an evil official.
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The Domain" Each a stand alone film in it's own, none are connected other than starring the famous Ken Takakura as the main Character. This story begins with Ken Takakura's character coming to Osaka after his brother's death. Another exciting yakuza story with superb yakuza action!!
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true identity and intentions.
Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in connection with the plot to overthrow the shogunate.
This tragic drama shows a young man fettered by Bushido, the way of the Samurai, who tried to escape the chains of his position, but was being forced to die. When the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled the land, Tatsuno castle in Wakisaka Clan's home of Harima held an established custom, the inspection of the arms warehouse. The Government Inspector Okuno Magodayu found a slight bit of dirt on the point of a spear and mentioned it with disdain. Ezaki Shinpachi heard it and started an argument with him. Magodayu then sent a a letter of challenge to him because he felt insulted by a low-ranking underling without a title. As it turned out Magodayu was killed. Since then, Shinpachi and the Okuno family have had continuous revenge duels. The tension mounts as this story builds to an extremely violent climax, when blood must pay for blood if the clan is to survive!
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in hopes of continuing the bloodline. Princess Sen and the five female ninja escape from Osaka castle by blending in with the handmaidens. Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu who was supposed to rule all under the heavens was informed of this secret. So Ieyasu orders five samurai of the Iga Ninja clan (brought by Hattori Hanzo) to stop the Toyotomi bloodline by killing the Kunoichi ninja. An attack of ninja magic arts unfolds in a battle of the sexes.
Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord.
Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and begin their actions in secret, making full use of their special abilities. In the end, their plan goes beyond what was intended and turns into a good deed for many people. A masterpiece of historical drama, full of breathtaking thrills and action.
A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and romance of Shinzo and a beautiful Princess who find themselves at the center of an intrigue surrounding the legendary land of Yasurai in the mountains of Kumano. Hidden gold, the love of a beautiful Princess, and the approaching evil sword all contribute in bringing you a Ninja action thriller that only the legendary actor Okawa Hashizo and the genius director Kato Tai could produce!
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
のるかそるか、弥十郎が早わざに賭ける生と死!熱砂の荒野に息づまる興奮をよぶ4対1の決斗！！好漢・大友柳太朗が魅せる、騎馬と槍を駆使した時代劇アクション。
日本人の心をゆり動かし、幾多の名作を世におくり出した、長谷川伸の傑作股旅文学の映画化。顔に大きな刀傷、生き別れの妹を探して旅から旅の関の彌太ッぺ。旅の途中、ふとしたことで助けた、親を失くした一人ぼっちの少女に妹の面影を見い出した。...そして10年。再会した少女は美しい娘に成長していた。
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the smartest and strongest of all the gang bosses, he went on to survive the end of the samurai era and become a successful businessman. But first, he must survive against all odds in order to build his reputation and develop his strength. Powerful portrayals of the group are led by the great Tsuruta Koji with help from the likes of Matsukata Hiroki.
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.
駿府城内に隠された謀叛連判状を狙う甲賀忍者十七人、それを迎え撃つ根来忍者との緊迫とサスペンスに満ちた三十日間の攻防戦を描く忍者アクション巨編。幕閣から密命を受けた伊賀三ノ組十七人の緻密な役割分担と、ダミー、囮という自己犠牲の下に目的を達成するチームプレーを、新鋭長谷川安人監督がリアリズム・タッチで描破、東映忍者路線を決定づけた忍者映画の傑作。
Okinu, the beautiful daughter of a feudal lord, discovers her true identity and leaves her lavish life behind to avenge her birth father's death.
When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi sets in motion one of the most violent gang battles in Japanese history. Forced by the situation to choose between family and yakuza honor, Nikichi faces off against the vile combination of Ano-Toku and Kurokoma Katsuzo, villains so low as to ambush their foes using snipers. Nikichi, who owes allegiance to Boss Jirocho of Shimizu asks Jirocho to spare Ano-Toku’s life until events force a showdown between the 30 member Shimizu gang and a force of over 200 men fighting on Ano-Toku’s behalf. Meanwhile, a mysterious samurai may hold the key to deciding the outcome of this battle!
Temple officer
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young yakuza named Eijiro after he runs afoul of the new samurai officials who have taken over his hometown. Expertly portrayed by Kitaoji Kinya (son of the all-time great star Ichikawa Utaemon), this young man stands up for the townspeople and puts his life on the line. Jirocho, played by superstar Nakamura Kinnosuke, a boss known for his honor and valor soon finds himself involved in the feud which will only end in a brutal showdown.
From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation. Princess Sen, a daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, is caught amidst the family feud between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi families. When her father Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks her husband Toyotomi Hideyori's castle, her life takes a sudden turn for the worse. Will she ever find peace in her life again? One of Hibari Misora's most memorable performances, a movie you will never forget!
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the heart and soul of Japanese history. Although known as “Razor Blade” Hijikata, the vice-commander is a man of deep conviction with a little-known sense of humanity. Starting after the famed Ikedaya Incident, in which they saved Kyoto from Choshu’s plot to burn the city to ashes, they work hard to change the public’s view of them as merciless killers to their true mission of protecting the shogun. This is an extraordinary tale of blood and guts! From the pen of award winning author Shotaro Ikenami (Bandit Vs. Samurai, Hunter in the Dark, Misumi's The Last Samurai)
Gatekeeper
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?
Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.
A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the evil, he becomes a fine man.
Villager
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo resolves to end his clan's exile and avenge the brutal loss in December, 1159 as they had fought under the white banner of the Emperor, while the Taira fought under their red flags in a battle to the death. The fight only took one day, with the Genji suffering utter defeat which led to their exile. His father, Yoshitomo, took responsibility for the loss and rather than live in humiliation, he decides to commit suicide with all his sons following him. However, the bravest warrior among them, Yoritomo stands tall and declares that he will not kill himself, but rather will fight to restore the clan.
When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he must find the culprit and exact revenge. His return sets off a series of violent incidents and incites a high ranked female skilled in sword to test his mettle after he unwittingly offends her. The ever delightful Misora Hibari co-stars with the great Tsuruta Koji in this exciting tale set in the earliest days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Lots of exciting swordfights highlight this entertaining motion picture!
A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu” himself.
Gonju
From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari in one of her most memorable performances as she plays Shintaro and Oharu, a brother and sister, the children of a lumber dealer who had been murdered by the evil boss Kumagoro who plots to take over Shintaro's family business with the help of a corrupt deputy who has fooled the family into believing that he is on their side.
