Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.
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?
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。
Utsumori Noburo
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。
士道を捨て、冥府魔道に生きる鬼となった拝一刀とその子・大五郎、人呼んで子連れ狼の死闘と生き様を描いたシリーズ第4作!拝一刀と柳生軍兵衛との因縁の再会。そして妖しい童子の入墨を胸に持つ女、お雪とは…。元別式女・お雪の刺殺を請け負った一刀。その女は背には山姥、胸には乳をまさぐる童子の入墨を入れた異形の女だった。復讐を秘めたお雪とその父・仁兵衛の悲痛な覚悟。仁兵衛とお雪、一刀と大五郎。親子の悲しい宿命と、それぞれの死を賭した因縁の対決!
Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi.
Heikuro Yamane
藤純子の緋牡丹博徒シリーズでお馴染みの人気者熊虎親分を主人公にした若山富三郎新シリーズ第1作。日露戦争で大陸に渡った四国熊虎一家がお国のためにご奉仕しようと、軍の仕事を引き受けて九州熊本へと渡る。だが仕事を独占し不当な利益を貪る鎮台一家と激突。暴虐な手段で熊虎一家を潰しにかかる鎮台一家に、熊虎親分と緋牡丹お竜が挑戦。
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.
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.
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.
Iwakaze's servant
A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant.
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!