Fumio Kōnami

The history of the Yakuza Eiga at the TOEI studio is roughly outlined. Real Yakuza and also their connections to the movie business are discussed, and many important actors and directors of the genres are interviewed. Former real yakuza boss turned actor Noboru Ando, Takashi Miike, Sonny Chiba and many more get a chance to speak.

1996 / Japan / Drama / 75 minutes

An investigation into the obsession of a former detective the loser of life!

天明2年（1782年）、伊勢を出発し、光太夫ら17人を乗せた船「神昌丸」は、江戸へ向かう途中で難破し8か月の漂流後にロシア帝国の属領、アムチトカ島に漂着した。次々と仲間を失う中、生き残った者達は現地の言葉を習得しながら帰国の道を模索する。

Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.

Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer, the real-life poet Akiko Yosano, and her experiences among the literati of early 20th century Japan. Because of her independent, anti-war and often erotic poetry, she was a lightning rod for revolutionaries and other extremists, many of whom were destined to glamorous, yet ultimately pointless, deaths. The closest parallels might be the Byron/Shelley group or the people drawn to the Beat Generation.

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家庭を捨て、新劇女優と同棲するなど、苦悩を抱えながらも自由奔放に生きた放浪の作家・壇一雄の自伝的同名小説を「蒲田行進曲」の深作欣二監督が映画化した人間ドラマ。作家・桂一雄は、先妻に先立たれ後妻としてヨリ子をもらう。ヨリ子は腹違いの一郎をはじめ5人の子どもを育ててきた。が、子どものひとりが日本脳炎にかかり重い障害が残ってしまうと、怪しげな宗教にすがるようになっていく。同じ頃、一雄は新劇女優の恵子の虜になり、やがて家を出て恵子と同棲を始める……。

In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay.

神波史男のシナリオを工藤栄一が監督した。仙元誠三によるキャメラは、光と闇をスタイリッシュに描き出すことに成功している。 　雨の夜、ナイフで何度も刺された女子短大生の死体が見つかる。事件の捜査には、有能だが強引なやり方で評判の悪い刑事、大滝も加わった。大滝は恵子という女と同棲している。彼女はかつて麻薬取締法違反で逮捕した阪上の情婦だった。阪上が出所し、恵子の家に転がり込んでくる。大滝と阪上、そして恵子とその息子との、奇妙な共同生活が始まった。大滝は参考人として田中という男を別件逮捕、殴る蹴るの尋問を行い捜査から外されてしまう。阪上は再び覚醒剤に手を出すようになり保護されていった。大滝は恵子に、おとり捜査の協力を願い出る。

Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess). It soon becomes evident that the Chinese master's son is the most talented player that the Japanese master has ever encountered, and he convinces the boy's father to let him bring the child back to Japan to train him as a professional Go player. Years pass, and as the young Chinese master grows to maturity in Japan, the Japanese invasion of China forces him to choose between his triumphant career and his loyalty to his native country. His decision is complicated by his marriage to the daughter of the Japanese master, with whom he has produced a child. His choice will profoundly alter the lives of two families. Their saga serves as a reflection of the tragic relations between their two great countries, and the possibility of reconciliation and healing.

In the year 1882, Sanshirou comes to Tokyo seeking for a worthy martial arts teacher. There, he meets Yano - a judo master who single-handedly defeats 39 jujitsu practitioners. Extremely impressed by his skill, Sanshirou decides to become his disciple. Later, Sanshirou falls for Sayo Murai - a girl whose father is a martial arts instructor at the local police department; and he also has to face Higaki Gennosuke, a skilled jujitsu fighter and his greatest rival.

ガソリンスタンドで働く佐川哲夫と原宿で遊ぶ森千加がはじめて出会ったのは、彼女がボーイフレンドとガスの補給にやってきたときだ。哲夫は夜は暴力バー「パラダイス」で働いているが、生活は真面目だ。数日して、ジョギング中の哲夫のわきを、千加が偶然に通りかかり二人はドライブをした。彼女のドレッシーな姿に、哲夫は強引に犯してしまう、翌日、千加はスタンドにやって来て、強姦魔と哲夫をからかい、彼は興奮して客の外車をブツけてしまい、店をクビになってしまう。哲夫はその夜、「パラダイス」で、払いの悪い客を徹底的にブチのめす。そこへ千加が現れ、二人は彼女のマンションで体を重ねた。千加から義父の東野の子を宿していると聞いた哲夫は、東野の会社に殴り込みに行った。そんな哲夫の直線的な行動に、千加は馴染めないものを感じる。数日後、千加の遊び仲間でアメラグのメンバーがパラダイスにやって来て、大騒ぎをした。二十万円の請求にせせら笑う学生たち。哲夫と学生たちの間で乱闘がはじまり、はずみで、店の先輩大沢の妻でホステスの春恵が流産してしまう。事情を聞いた大沢は哲夫と一緒に学生たちの溜り場「ショットガン」に乗り込んだ。入り乱れる双方、哲夫の持っていた出刀抱丁がひとりを刺し、修羅場と化した。呆然と街を歩く千加。翌日、いつものようにジョギングをする哲夫。その後を、覆面パトカーがスーッと追って行った。

伊賀の忍者・百地三太夫の一族が、将監に滅ぼされて10余年後、中国で修行を積んだ三太夫の遺児・鷹丸は残党と再会。豊臣への復讐と一族の復興を誓う！百地三太夫の残党と、秀吉の一味、徳川の忍者・服部半蔵などが絡み合い、壮絶な死闘が繰り広げられる痛快時代劇アクション。真田広之のデビュー作。

A professor named Keisuke meets a suicidal girl and subjects her to shibari bondage and sexual abuse.Their relationship quickly become more and more intimate.The wife of professor tries to stop the sadomasochistic love affair of these two souls and as a reward is also subjected to harsh S&M training...

Miyashita plays an office clerk who is having an affair with her married boss. Since he refuses to leave his wife, Miyashita and another couple plan to kidnap his daughter to collect a ransom.

戦後、東大法学部の学生が設立した金融会社“太陽クラブ”は急成長を遂げたが、メンバーの隅田がヤミ金融容疑で検挙され焼身自殺を図る。残された鶴岡は新たに六甲商事を設立し、企業から次々と金を騙し取った。東京地検の福永検事は鶴岡をマークするが、彼は証拠を残さずに犯罪を繰り返すのだった。

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...

In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld.

A parable about the inefficiency and anachronism of the Japanese educational system, which places an unusually large amount of importance on cramming for university entrance examinations, Panic High School is about the suicide of a high school student and its ensuing fallout at his school. When one of his classmates becomes frustrated with the math teacher's lack of sensitivity to the suicide, the student steals a rifle, returns to school, aerates the teacher's chest and then holds members of his class captive. This leads to an aggressive standoff with the police and lots of shots of his parents crying and bowing in shame, totally mortified.

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed.

昭和46年12月。本土復帰を翌年に控えた沖縄では、本土系暴力団の沖縄進出に対抗すべく、大城（大城朝光理事長）派と、対立関係にある国頭（国頭正剛理事長）派が互いに手を結び、「沖縄連合琉盛会」を結成した。だが、外部に向っては、「琉盛会」は一致団結したものの、その内部、国頭派系内部で紛争が持ち上がった。

Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by Hiroshi Tachi.

Two bank robbers specialize in "smash and grab" style heists. The thieves dream of escaping Japan and going to Brazil...

Hitomi Kozue returns as Mayumi in this final chapter of the TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN IN JAIL trilogy! Mayumi is sent to jail after brutally attacking her partner and his mistress. Sent to live in Cell 31, the women there couldn't be more different... they are very religious, sing hymns and discuss the Bible. A fight with a rival cell block starts a bloody and vicious war in the jail... one where the warden and guards seek vengeance on the women with brutal torture and sexual humiliation. When a new inmate arrives and Mayumi recognizes her, all hell breaks loose!

Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers! At the same time, Inugami also discovers the truth behind his family heritage, and that he may not be the last of his kind.

A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada, and then with the clan of his protector, Kozaburo Imai. In these years, he can rely on Chieko, a young Tokyo courtesan who gives him shelter. He's banished to Osaka, where he picks up a drug habit. Through it all, he keeps his friends and enemies off balance with unpredictable behavior - and he seems indestructible.

1950年（昭和25年）秋、広島県呉市の極道組織・山守組組員の三好万亀夫は、組の命令で対立組織の浅田組長を襲撃する。この事件で三好は懲役11年の刑にて服役。三好の服役の間に山守組は大きく成長するが、組内は組長・山守義雄と若頭・青木尚武とが対立し、幹部組員の難波茂春や坂上元もそれぞれの思惑で行動するようになる。山守と青木は刑務所の三好にそれぞれ面会を求め、互いに相手の中傷をして自陣営へ引き込もうと画策する。

Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! The late legendary actor, Yusaku Matsuda, stars in this explosive motion picture about the hedonistic lifestyles of four roughnecks directed by Yukihiro Sawada. Takeo Natsuki (Yusaku Matsuda) was just released from prison. He was the leader of three rascals; all they did was cause trouble. When they meet a girl whose father is resisting a forced eviction to make way for a construction site, they come up with their own plans to solve the problem.

In the spring of 1945, Murakami, an apprentice officer, was ordered by the General Staff Headquarters to be assigned to the secret 33rd Eastern Unit, known only to the upper ranks of the General Staff. This is where secret warriors, spies and guerrillas, are trained. Eventually, a variety of training will be held, from pistols, karate, martial arts to pickpocketing wallets.

Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.

さそりこと松島ナミは、鬼警部・児玉の執拗な捜査により逮捕された。だが、護送中に事故が起きてナミは脱走した。負傷したナミを手当したのは、ヌードスタジオの照明係であり、元学生運動過激派のメンバー・工藤であった。工藤は警察のリンチにより、片足が不自由になっていた。2人はいつしか犯罪者意識で通じ合う安心感を覚えるようになるが、2人に嫉妬した工藤の愛人のみどりは密かに警察へ通報する。

Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.

After a desperate gang of ex-soldiers and gamblers meet in a fistfight in occupied Ginza they decide to make the neighborhood their own.

女囚さそりこと松島ナミは法務省巡閲官の目前で、刑務所長の郷田の隻眼めがけ、尖らせたスプーンの柄を突き刺した。女囚逹への憎悪を燃やす郷田は、石切場の重労働を与えた。ナミは、郷田の企みにより看守の辻らに凌辱される。看守らの隙を突き彼らを殺害し、ナミ、大場ら女囚逹７人は脱走を図る。

The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t seem to escape old affiliations

女子刑務所からの脱走を企てたナミと由紀子だったが、二人のもくろみは失敗に終わる。ナミは刑事の杉見と恋人同士だったが、麻薬のおとり捜査に使われた上、杉見に裏切られてしまった。ナミは復讐のため杉見を襲うが、逆に逮捕されてしまったのだ。ナミは刑務所で他の女囚から嫌われていたが、唯一、由紀子とだけは親しかった。ある日、刑務所で暴動が起こり、由紀子が射殺されてしまう。

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

Exciting fight of a secret police detective over secret of a diamond.

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack on the boss he is assigned to kill a rival boss.

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his former brother attempts a hostile take over.

警視庁と横浜県警本部は、腕利きの刑事・隼田と峰尾を八城会に潜入させ、組織の壊滅を図っていた。会の傘下には西が仕切る西組、三好が仕切る潮会、唯一の資金ルート・阿久津商事があり、隼田は八城会と大倉組の抗争を利用してうまく西組に潜り込む...。

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.

This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.

Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki (Horoki Matsukata) quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his sights on the business partners of a powerful gang boss.

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader. He sets out to avenge his father, keeping his plans secret from his mother who is cold to him since his perceived abandonment of the family. This wonderful, if little-seen, Fulasaku gem deals with family, community and what it means to do right by both.

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here (Hayato Tani) the first boyfriend. Director Yasuo Furuhata (his first picture) lets his camera roll in trendy clubs amongst partying youngsters in a way that could've been out of 60s England or a Nikkatsu film if it wasn't shadowed by dated 60s Toei conservatism.The resulting film is a bit confused, either a rebellious youth tale chained by moral concerns, or something conceived as a morality tale trying to break free from its chains.

Japanese drama film.

大坂冬の陣、夏の陣に活躍した真田十勇士の物語を、加藤泰監督が奇想天外な楽しさと面白さを盛り込み描いた型破りの時代活劇！！宇宙から降ってきた隕石の放射能の影響を受け、不思議な能力を身につけた戦国浮浪児の佐助。彼は成長して猿飛佐助と名乗り、むささびのお霧らとともに、カッコいい大将・真田幸村の部下となって、八百長だらけの大坂冬の陣、夏の陣を暴れまわる！

Fukasaku and Chiba are back in a sequel filmed with the same cast and released just two weeks after the first film. This time the storyline is set in a small seaside town and the film favours detective and watadori film influences over westerns. Like its predecessor, the film runs barely over one hour and never drags. It’s a little less goofy, but doesn’t have as beautiful landscapes the first movie had. Not an especially good film, but for fans of Fukasaku and Chiba it’s an entertaining if flawed 60 minutes.

The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.