"DIVOC-12" is a project by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to produce an omnibus consisting of 12 short films, aiming to enable creators, production staff, and actors affected by the coronavirus infection to continue to engage in creative activities.
Kinuko
키누코는 남편을 떠나 보낸 후, 어느 시골 마을의 오래된 일본식 가옥에 손녀 나기사와 함께 살며 정원을 가꾸는 데 매진한다. 우아하고 감각 넘치는 그녀의 정원에는 사계절 내내 각기 다른 식물들이 아름답게 꽃을 피운다. 기억을 가득 품고 있는 집을 떠나기 싫은 키누코는 아파트로 옮겨와 함께 살자는 딸 토코의 제안도 거절한다. 하지만, 나기사의 엄마에 관한 비밀이 밝혀지면서, 그녀의 평범하고 조용한 삶이 송두리째 흔들리기 시작한다.
Dede (voice)
여름방학, 소녀 루카는 기묘한 출생의 비밀을 지닌 두 소년 우미(海)와 소라(空)를 우연히 만나게 된다. 우미와 소라는 바다 속에서 ‘발견된’ 아이들이었다. 하늘을 날듯 유영하는 그들에게 매료된 루카. 하지만 그들에게 관심을 갖은 어른들의 이해는 복잡하게 얽혀만 간다. 한편 세계 도처의 수족관에서는 물고기가 ‘사라지는’ 불가사의한 현상이 일어나고 있었다. 해양생물학자이자 아이들의 보호자인 짐 퀴잭은 이 사건에 어떤 방식으로든 우미와 소라가 연관되어 있음을 직감하고 뭔가에 쫓기듯 긴장감을 감추지 못한다. 과연 우미와 소라는 무엇인가? 그리고 그들에게는 어떤 일이 기다리고 있는가? 바다와 우주와 인간을 잇는 본격 해양 어드벤처의 서막이 열린다!
과거 상사의 비리를 고발했지만, 받아들여지지 않고 번에서 추방된 신베이. 18년 만에 귀향하게 된다. 번을 추방된 뒤에도 동행한 아내 시노가 병으로 쓰러져, 죽음을 맞이하면서 마지막 소원으로 남편에게 남긴 말 때문. "고향으로 돌아가고, 사카키바라 우네메 님을 도왔드렸으면 좋겠어". 두 사람은 과거 시노를 둘러싼 연적이며 신베이의 번 추방과 관련된 큰 인연을 가지고 있었는데....
Reiko Inoue
자녀가 홀로서기한 중학교 교사의 미야모토 요헤이(아베 히로시)와 아내 미요코(아마미 유키)는 25년 만에 찾은 부부 둘만의 생활에 당황하고 만다.
어느 날 밤, 아내 측의 기입란이 제대로 기재된 이혼서류를 찾은 요헤이는 격렬하게 동요하게 되고 미요코에게 의도를 묻지도 못하고 괴로운 날들을 보내고 있었다.
혼란에 빠진 요헤이는 요리교실의 동료와 제자와 관련된 이야기 속에서 가족의 모습을 되돌아 보게 되는데...
Royal Madam
4월 1일, 거짓말이 유일하게 허락되는 단 하루. 오랫동안 감춰온 짝사랑에게 고백을 하기 위해 말기 암에 걸린 아내의 소원 성취를 위해 상상 속 외계인 친구와의 통신을 위해 오래전 헤어진 딸과의 마지막 만남을 위해 시작된 작은 거짓말(?)이 대형사고로 커져버렸다! 거짓말로 시작해 거짓말로 이어진 사람들의 만우절이 공개된다!
Fuji Hatori
쇼와 초기의 일본을 무대로, 초호화 급행 열차에서 발생한 살인사건의 진상을 파헤치는 2부작 드라마
Onatsu
그 누구도 웃긴 적 없는 만담꾼 ‘유타로’는 자신의 만담에 웃어주는 단 한명의 관객 ‘사야’를 사랑하게 되고, 그녀와 결혼에 성공해 아기 ‘유스케’를 얻게 된다. 행복만을 눈앞에 둔 ‘유타로’는 교통사고를 당해 죽음을 맞게 되고, ‘사야’를 두고 절대로 죽을 수 없다고 생각한 그의 영혼은 ‘사야’의 곁을 머물게 된다. 한편, 아기와 홀로 남은 ‘사야’는 돌아가신 이모의 집이 있는 ‘사사라’에 정착하게 되고, 무료한 삶을 살던 ‘사사라’ 주민들과 하나 둘 친밀해진다. 자신을 볼 수 있는 사람에게 단 한번만 빙의할 수 있다는 것을 알게 된 ‘유타로’의 영혼은 마을 사람들의 몸을 빌려 ‘사야’에게 못다한 말들을 전하게 되는데…
Chiharu Kojima
수오 마사유키 감독 특기와 배우 군단이 여전함을 알리는 뮤지컬. 기본은 "마이 페어 레이디"로, 게이샤가 되겠다고 찾아온 가고시마와 쓰가루 사투리를 쓰는 견습 마이코의 사투리를 교토어로 교정하겠다고 도전하는 언어학 교수. 그러나 원작과는 달리 마이코가 귀해진 현대의 게이샤 집과 사장의 고민, 블로그를 운영하는 만년 마이코인 사장 딸, 유부남을 사랑하는 원숙한 기녀, 견습 마이코를 좋아하는 대학원생 등의 이야기가 다른 한 축을 이룬다. 벚꽃과 단풍이 한창인 아름다운 풍광, 전통 춤과 현대 무용을 곁들인 경쾌한 춤과 노래의 향연으로 교토의 게이샤를 문화 상품으로 부각시킨다.
Hanae ishimoto
A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.
Liliko (present)
2011년 3월 11일, 동일본 대지진을 겪은 감독은 메이지유신과 2차 대전을 포함해 역사 속 큰 사건들의 비극적 순간을 그리기로 한다. 감독은 나가오카를 찾은 기자 레이코를 중심으로 시공간을 자유롭게 넘나들며 극영화, 다큐멘터리, 연극, 애니메이션 등 다양한 화법을 이용해 나가오카에 살았던 평범한 사람들의 기억을 재현한다. 과감한 실험적 형식이 돋보이는 작품.
Chiyoko
어느 날 갑자기 사람의 감정을 갖게 된 공기인형 노조미. 바깥 세상이 궁금한 그녀는 주인 몰래 외출을 시작하고, 사람들의 모습을 따라하며 말과 행동을 배우기 시작한다. 우연히 찾게 된 비디오 가게에서 점원 준이치를 보고 한눈에 반하는 노조미는 아르바이트생을 구한다는 문구를 보고 찾아온 사람으로 착각한 준이치로 인해 비디오 가게에서 아르바이트를 하게 된다. 그러던 어느 날 DVD를 정리하던 노조미는 모서리에 팔이 찢기는 사고를 당하고, 몸 속의 공기가 빠져나가는 모습을 준이치에게 들켜버리고 마는데…
Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)
최첨단 보안기술로 만들어진 ‘OZ’는 핸드폰, 컴퓨터, 게임기 등으로 간편하게 접속할 수 있는 사이버 가상 세계. 전 세계 누구나 개인 ‘아바타’를 통해 쇼핑, 영화나 음악 등 현실과 똑같은 방식으로 즐길 수 있다. 교통, 의료, 소방 등 공공서비스 뿐만 아니라 각국의 군사, 행정까지 조절할 수 있는 ‘OZ’는 지구상에서 가장 안전한 세계였는데… 나 ‘고이소 겐지’ 17살. 특기는 수학이지만 수학올림픽 국가대표에 실패하고 지금은 ‘OZ’의 서버관리 아르바이트로 무료한 여름방학을 지내고 있다. 어느 날, 나의 짝사랑 ‘나츠키’ 선배로부터 약혼자 노릇을 해달라는 부탁을 받아 선배의 고향 나가노 우에다에 내려가게 된다. 시골마을에서 만난 90살의 할머니와 27명의 대가족과의 즐거운 시간을 보내던 나에게 날아온 한 통의 문자 메시지. 천재수학 소년의 명성을 걸어 수수께끼 숫자의 메시지를 하룻밤에 해석한다! 그것이 ‘세상의 위기’가 될지도 모르고… 다음 날, 모든 시스템이 마비가 된 ‘OZ’와 현실 세계. 심지어 내가 이 혼란을 일으킨 범인으로 지명수배되다니! ‘OZ’는 정체불명의 침입자로 붕괴되어 현실 세계의 위기로 이어지고 있다! 나 ‘고이소 겐지’ 17살, 그리고 27명의 대가족은 인류의 운명을 걸어 일생일대의 여름 전쟁에 나선다!
Reiko Takayama
Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a popular comic book from Akimi Yoshida. The story takes place at a prestigious girls high school where everyone is oppressed with rules. One girl who just transferred to this school finds a long lost script of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" which was banned from school 11 years ago. Breaking strict school rules and boundaries, she and her friends decide to perform the play. With sentiment, love and passion, the girls cherish the moment of their life before taking the next step towards adulthood.
Shizu Tezuka (as Sumiko Fuji)
Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
Kazue (as Junko Fuji)
생과 사의 결정을 위해 그 대상의 곁에서 사람의 모습으로 7일 간 머무르는 사신의 이야기
Haruko Okada
태평양전쟁 말기, 미군 전투기의 탑승원을 처형한 책임을 물어 B급 전범으로 재판을 받은 오카다 다다시 중장의 재판 과정을 다룬 작품으로 나고야(名古屋) 공습 때 미군에 의한 민간인 학살에 대해 문제제기를 하고 있다.
Matsuko Inugami
2006년에 개봉한 '이누가미 일족(1976)'의 리메이크 영화. 76년작을 만든 감독 이치카와 콘과 배우 이시카와 코지가 다시 제작, 출연했다. 노노미야 다마요 역에는 마츠시마 나나코가 출연했다. 76년작과 거의 차이가 없으며 오히려 밋밋해졌다는 평가를 받으며 혹평을 받았다.
Chiyo Tanikawa (as Junko Fuji)
1965년 후쿠시마현 이와키시의 탄광마을. '하와이언 댄서 모집' 전단지를 들여다보고 있는 소녀 사나에. 그녀는 이것이 마을에서 벗어날 수 있는 유일한 방법이라며 친구 기미코를 설득한다. 폐광의 운명을 맞는 마을을 위기에서 구하기 위해 탄광회사가 생각해 낸 아이디어는 바로 하와이언 센터를 유치하기 위한 훌라 댄스 쇼! 세련되고 아름다운 춤 선생 마도카가 도쿄에서 내려오고, 본격적인 훌라 연습은 시작된다. 기미코는 훌라 댄스를 배운다는 사실에 불같이 화를 내는 엄마에 맞서 집을 뛰쳐나와 댄스 교습소에서의 힘든 생활을 감수한다. 겉으론 화려한 댄서이지만 아픈 사연을 간직한 마도카는, 이러한 소녀들의 모습에 감동해 시들었던 자신의 꿈이 소중하게 되살아남을 느낀다. 드디어 홍보를 겸한 순회 공연은 시작되고, 마을을 위해 소녀들은 떨리는 마음으로 무대에 오르게 되는데…
서서히 시력을 잃게 되는 베체트라는 병에 걸린 초등학교 교사 타카유키(오오사와 타카오)의 이야기
Masato is a bad boy, but very in love with music. He meets a girl, Miki, who has serious diseases but is optimistic toward life. They start to work together in a CD shop and catch every chance to show their talents. Under the efforts of Masato, his company at last becomes an entertainment giant in Japan.
Satoe
1958년 일본의 경제적 재부흥 초창기. 도키코는 생계에 보탬이 되고자 다니던 학교를 그만두고 후지사와라는 마담이 운영하는 게이샤하우스의 잡일꾼으로 일한다. 그녀는 새벽 5시에 일어나 모든 청소에서부터 선배 게이샤들의 신발 닦는 일까지 다 마치고는 무용학교로 나가 무용을 배우는 등 쉴 틈 없는 일정을 보낸다. 도키코는 자신보다는 남을 배려하는 넓은 마음을 가진 어린 소녀로 그런 도키코의 성정에 대해 마담 후지사와는 도키코가 큰 게이샤가 될 수 있는 인물이라고 확신하고 도키코가 큰 게이샤로 성장할 수 있도록 도와주려 한다. 후지사와는 게이샤로 데뷔를 시키는 큰 마담 하나만을 만나 도키코의 데뷔를 부탁하지만 하나만이 운영하는 게이샤하우스에서 최고의 게이샤로 데뷔하는 데 소요되는 돈은 만만치 않았다. 결국, 평생 자신의 돈을 셀 수도 없을 만큼 많이 가진 재벌 다무라에게 도키코의 처녀성을 얻는 대가로 300만엔을 받을 수 있는 방법 밖에 없는데…
A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.
Mother
고등학생인 미카는 모든 일에 뛰어난 재능을 보이는 언니 치즈코를 둔 탓에 늘 치즈코의 동생으로만 불린다. 미카 역시 실력이 나쁘진 않지만 항상 자신을 뛰어넘는 언니의 실력에 감탄하며 질투하지 않는다. 그러던 어느 날, 치즈코는 죽음을 맞고, 그녀의 죽음을 슬퍼하던 미카는 우연히 길에서 성도착자의 공격을 받는다. 그리고 바로 이 때 치즈코가 나타나 미카는 저도 모르게 성도착자를 살해하게 된다. 이후 미카의 눈에만 보이는 치즈코가 계속하여 미카에게 나타나는데...
Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by the island's immense natural beauty, and he is conscience-bound to oppose his former employer's ecologically unsound practices. He is also estranged from his grown son, who still resides in Japan. When his son comes to Tasmania for a visit, he must face the challenge of renewing their relationship.
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.
Tsuruji
The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?
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 boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangsters and indirectly by American GI influences. She must battle a yakuza organization with her employees to help settle things.
Bunta Sugawara replaces Koji Tsuruta as the leading man for this sequel of Okoma, the Orphan Gambler.
Takiko Yano
죠슈의 구보타 일가가 운영하는 도박장에서 구보타의 동생 이노스케가 건 사기로 위기에 처한 야노 오류는 유기의 도움으로 화를 며한다. 아버지의 법요 때문에 규슈로 돌아가야 하는 오류는 권진 도박의 개최일까지 돌아올 것을 약속하고 유기와 헤어진다. 한편 근처 군에서 세운 무기 공장 때문에 주변의 농민들은 공해로 괴로워하고 있는 중이다. 유기는 농민들을 대표하여 공장과 교섭, 보상금을 받아낸다. 그러나 공장과 연결되어 있는 도미오카 일가가 공장장과 군의 감독관과 결탁, 보상금을 착복, 유기를 살해하고, 상복의 오류가 도미오카에게 정의를 심판한다.
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!
Tsumagoi Okoma
Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and comes into conflict with gamblers plotting to take over a rustic hot-spring town. Handling a gun and sword as skillfully as a man, Fuji Junko portrays an appealing personality that differs from Oryu in the Red Peony Gambler series. Tsuruta Koji stars as the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji that tops the list of an impressive all-star cast that includes Endo Tatsuo, Kogure Michiyo, Ashiya Gannosuke, Kitamura Eizo, and many others. This film is an authentic yakuza movie that conveys the true "Matatabi" (wandering gambler) feeling.
The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.
Koshizu
Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.
A story about a man who stakes his life on horse racing.
Kohide
8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
Oryu
Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.
Oryu
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
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?
Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of his family being insulted by the Tanuma's family goons, by retaliating on his own. After injuring the head of Tanuma's family, and slaying others along the way, he then surrenders to the law and serves time.
Before his last year to serve, the head of the Aramasa family falls ill and decides to retire, Ryoji miss chance to be successor, his old friend is reluctant but accepts. Now this gives the Tanuma family a chance for revenge! But with Tomisaburo Wakayama (Sekine) always having your back, how can you go wrong?
전통 요정을 거느린 아버지에게서 태어난 하나다 히데지로는 아버지가 후처를 맞고, 이복 여동생이 태어나자 집을 뛰쳐나간다. 도박장을 기웃거리던 히데지로는 이제 막 게이샤가 된 기에를 만나 도움을 얻는데, 몇 년 후 히데지로는 결국 도박꾼과 싸움을 벌여 체포된다. 그가 복역하는 사이 아버지가 사망하고, 관동대지진이 일어나 여동생도 죽고, 계모는 장님이 되고 만다. 1960~70년대를 풍미한 야쿠자 영화 시리즈 중 하나로, 시리즈 중 최고작임은 물론, 마키노의 최고 걸작이라는 평가를 받는다. 카리스마 넘치는 일본 국민배우 다카쿠라 켄이 주연을 맡았다.
A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mita Family, searches for the man bearing a tattoo of a dragon who is said to be responsible for the death of their former leader.
Takako
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony
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.
Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.
Shinji
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!
Okyo
Ryuko Yano
The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.
Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejuro must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes.
Red Peony Oryu
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…
Kasuya
Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.
O-Ryu
A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.
Hibotan no Ryu
Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father's death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.
With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop. Protagonist Hishakaku murders a man in a quarrel over a barmaid and goes to jail. In his temporary absence, his girlfriend Otoyo, a former geisha, falls for Hishakaku’s brother, inciting a dangerous love triangle that, in typical yakuza fashion, ends tragically.
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
Pinku from 1968.
Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A railroad line brings changing times to a community. Because Tetsu can't stand by and allow a bunch of yakuza men to molest women, it forces him to battle it out with a knife wielding rival, the unfortunate incident leads to his boss losing face and him having to leave the family to protect it. But the rival family won't stop until they destroy Tetsu who will risk life and love for his brothers.
Hiroe
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.
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
O-mino
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.
Reiko Shiratori
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
Ofuji
Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against other yakuza gangs.
お仲
Part two.
The Domain: White Blade
A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.
The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action.
Yakuza families clash over a lucrative fishery business.
Part one.
Otaki
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group.
Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa
The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.
A crime film released in 1965
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.
Hatsue
Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.
Okayo
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will stop at nothing to undermine the vendors and take over the territory. Masakichi will do all he can to protect and support the people. Ryutaro Kijima is senior son to Masakichi, though disowned, he keeps interest in the family from a distance. He will be there for his father and his hot tempered younger brother Katsuo, if they should need his loyal help.
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.
Yukiko Matsuhashi
An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).
The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.
Osato
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group, but refuses. A young fashion villain, a Yakuza boss wants to get into politics. He makes a deal with the Osaka Railway Company, leaving many poor people homeless. Tachibana engages in a fierce battle with villains for the poor.
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful life with his mother far away from the seat of government in Edo. Not wanting to inconvenience his father anymore his plan is to stay away from the city and enjoy life like a normal man. Unfortunately for him, his past comes back to haunt him in the person of his mortal enemy, the one swordsman that is skillful enough to defeat him. This is the most perilous moment of Shingo's life as he must face his deadliest foe in a battle to the death!
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in love with her. Yasaburo, the oyabun of the Nishikawa Gang, loves her very much too. However, as he likes Tatsu's dynamic personality, he volunteers to become a go-between for their marriage. Yasaburo gets tipped off by Yajima who wants to take over the territory of the Nishikawa Gang, and is arrested and imprisoned. After his release, Yajima tries to kill him. Ginjiro, a lover of Tamaryu respects Kimiyakko as an older sister and a follower of Tatsu, is murdered. After the third marriage ceremony just between Tatsu and Kimiyakko, Tatsu goes off to the place of fighting.
Young swordsman Shintaro must fight against evil officials who plot to overthrow the youthful Shogun.
The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.
Kayo
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
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.
Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.
This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.
