Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
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?
まむしの異名を持つ二人の男。刑務所と娑婆を行ったり来たり、クソ度胸と腕力は抜群だが、お人好しで要領が良くないのが玉にキズ。この二人がまたまた出くわす大事件!?悪は滅んで正義が勝つ!文太と川地のズッコケ・コンビが笑いと喧嘩で、派手さ目いっぱいの大暴れ。
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.
Yamamoto
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...
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.
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。
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.
阿部四郎五郎
「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。
Part two.
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!