Self
KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell intimate stories of Ken's journey: how one man of quiet dignity became a cultural barrier-breaking film star.
Eiji Shimakura
국민배우 다카쿠라 켄의 6년만의 영화복귀작. 사랑하는 아내를 먼저 보내고 아내에 대한 그리움에 사무쳐 직장에 사표를 내고 아내의 유골을 바다에 뿌려주기 위해 여행을 떠난 남자의 이야기이다.
Self (archive footage)
A documentary on the making of the film, Black Rain
Gou-ichi Takata
다카타는 오랜 세월 동안 소원한 관계로 지내던 아들 켄이치가 병원에 입원했다는 소식을 듣고, 도쿄로 향하지만 켄이치는 아버지를 만나지 않겠다며 문병을 거부한다. 부자가 화해하기를 누구보다 바라던 며느리 리에는 경극 전문가인 켄이치가 촬영한 비디오테이프를 대신 건네며 위로한다. 돌아와서 비디오를 보게 된 다카타는 켄이치가 중국의 경극을 촬영하고 있었고, 당시 촬영하지 못했던 ‘천리주단기’라는 경극을 올해 다시 중국에서 촬영하기로 경극 배우 리쟈밍과 약속했음을 알게 된다, 때마침 켄이치가 간암 말기라는 비보를 전해들은 다카타는 병원에 누워 달력의 날짜만을 세고 있을 안타까운 아들 켄이치 대신 비디오 속의 약속을 지키기 위해 중국 운난성으로 향한다.
Yamaoka Shuji
Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a provincial seaside city in southern Kyushu, Yamaoka remains reluctant to discuss his wartime experiences with anyone, much less an intrusive reporter looking for a feature story. Then a series of events shake Yamaoka to the core, forcing him to re-evaluate his past.
Otomatsu Sato
하얀 눈으로 뒤덮인 시골 마을 종착역, 호로마이. 평생 호로마이 역을 지켜온 철도원, 오토(타카구라 켄 분). 눈이 내리면 그는 고개 들어 눈송이를 쏟아내는 먼 하늘을 하염없이 바라본다. 지난 날 잃어버린 소중한 이들의 흔적을 찾아. 17년전 겨울 어느날, 철도 위에서 오토가 열차를 점검하고 있을 때 우유빛 고운 얼굴의 아내가 그에게 달려왔다. 아기를 가졌다며 기쁨에 어쩔 줄 몰라하는 천진난만한 아내, 시즈에(오타케 시노부 분). 오토의 넓은 어깨에 안겨 너무나 행복해하는 그녀를 오토는 포근하게 안아주었다. 오랜 기다림 끝에 태어난 딸에게 오토와 시즈에는 '눈의 아이'라는 뜻의 유키코란 이름을 지어줬다. 하지만 행복은 잠시. 유키코가 태어난 지 두 달 쯤 된 어느 날, 급작스런 열병에 걸린 아이를 데리고 병원에 갔던 아내는 눈처럼 차갑게 식어버린 딸의 시신을 안고 돌아왔고, 딸의 죽음을 지켜보지 못한 채 어김없이 역을 지키고 있던 오토의 가슴엔 깊은 상처가 자라나기 시작했다. 그리고 또다시 아내 시즈에가 깊은 병을 얻어 큰 병원에 입원하는 날도 오토는 역에 남아 슬프도록 맑은 눈으로 자신을 바라보는 아내를 홀로 보내고 말았다. 그렇게 떠난 아내마저 쓸쓸히 유키코가 있는 하늘로 가버리고. 오토의 정년 퇴임을 앞둔 새해 아침. 눈 쌓인 플랫폼을 치우고 있던 오토에게 낯선 여자아이 하나가 인사를 한다. 가슴에 인형을 안고 천진스레 웃고 있는 소녀는 처음부터 그를 알고 있었다는 듯 성큼 오토에게 다가오는데...
Starring Ken Takakura, this TV special depicts a detective (Akira Hayasaka) who lives in a harsh life with pride and conviction. Minoru Akiba, Chief of the Investigation Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department, is a veteran detective who has passed through the shrine in numerous incidents. His wife was killed by a criminal he caught 13 years ago as revenge. There is a report that his former subordinate, Constable Murasawa, was stabbed to death under Akiba... Suzuki Kyoka plays his daughter.
Kuranosuke Oishi
사무라이 명예의 고전적인 실화를 재구성한 이치카와 콘. 젊은 씨족 영주가 어쩔 수 없이 세푸쿠(의식적 자살)를 저지르면, 그의 충실한 추종자들(현재의 로닌, 주인 없는 사무라이)은 그의 죽음에 대한 복수를 위해 그들의 삶을 바친다.
Uchiyama
미국의 메이저리그에서 활동하던 야구 선수가 일본으로 건너가 야구를 하게 되면서 겪게 되는 에피소드를 다룬 영화. 미국인이 바라보는 일본인과 일본 문화에 대한 시각이 재미있는 코미디 영화이다.
actor 'The Yakuza' (archive footage) (uncredited)
A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films, and the actor himself.
Kadokura
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.
Masahiro
뉴욕 형사 닉(Nick Conklin: 마이클 더글러스 분)과 찰리(Charlie Vincent: 앤디 가르시아 분)는 야쿠자 두목을 체포해서 일본으로 압송시키기 위해 오사카에 온다. 그러나 형사를 가장하고 온 야쿠자들에게 살인범을 넘겨주고 만다. 이들은 책임을 다하기 위해 일본에 남아 살인자를 추적하지만 오사카 경시청은 전혀 협조를 안한다. 그런 중에도 닉과 찰리는 일본 경찰을 따라다니며 야쿠자들을 찾는다. 한편 복수를 노리던 야쿠자 조직이 찰리를 유인하여 무참히 살해한다. 슬픔에 빠진 닉에게 오사카 경찰 강력 반장 마스모도(Masahiro Matsumoto: 켄 다카쿠라 분)가 찰리의 유품과 함께 총을 건네준다. 닉은 마스모드와 함께 야쿠자 조직에 관한 정보를 캔다. 그들의 접선 정보를 듣고 급습하지만 살인자는 도주한다. 이 사건으로 마스모도 반장은 징계를 당하고 닉은 뉴욕으로 송환된다. 그러나 비행기에서 탈출한 닉은 마스모도와 함께 서로 주도권을 다투는 다른 야쿠자 조직과 연대해 살인자가 숨어 있는 조직의 본부에 잠입, 그들을 소탕한다.
Even while having tremendous technology, now have a funeral shop walk picking up the car was retired in the desert Honma (Ken Takakura) is invited from the team DANKAI which declined to Paris-Dakar Rally, the team because of the publicity to supporting popular star had to join. Eventually Among the various speculation of various people, rally began ....
Shuji
등 전체에 새겨진 문신에서 "사람을 베는 자 야차"로 불린 오사카 미나미의 전설의 남자, 슈우지는 여자 때문에 야쿠자에서 발을 씻고 와카사 만에 면한 작은 항구 도시에서 어부가 되어 처자와 산지 15년째다. 어느 겨울 날, 미나미로부터 게이코라는 여자가 흘러들어와 작은 선술집 "개똥벌레"를 연다. 게이코의 도시적 자극과 냄새의 야릇한 매력에 남자의 마음이 흔들린다. 얼마 후, 게이코를 찾아 야쿠자 야지마가 나타난다. 야지마가 동료 어부들을 상대로 각성제를 파는 것을 알고 각성제를 처분한 케이코를 야지마가 쫓자 슈우지가 지킨다. 게이코가 도와 달라며 도움을 청하자 슈지 속의 야차가 되살아나는데...
Eiji
Eiji, also known as Choji, quits the shipyard to start Izakaya [Snack Bar] Choji with his wife Shigeko on the outskirts of Hakodate. Eiji once had a girlfriend by the name of Sayo, but she is supposed to be happily married to a pasture owner in the countryside. Then, suddenly one day Sayo shows up at Choji before opening. Sayo is still in love with Eiji. The story expressively portrays the lives of random Choji customers and the daily interaction between Eiji and Shigeko, while also focusing on the feelings between Eiji and his past girlfriend Sayo.
Ushioda
2006년작 의 원작 일본영화. 1983년 일본 개봉 당시, 일본의 각종 흥행기록을 깨며 일본열도에서 이슈가 되었다. 남극에 남겨져 주인을 기다리는 8마리 개의 감동적인 이야기를 다루고 있다.
Go Akutsu
After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.
三上英次 (Detective Mikami (Cameo))
A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.
Eiji Mikami
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Kosaku Tajima
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
Keisuke Miyagi
When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...
Takeshi Ajisawa
"아지사와 타케시(味沢岳史)"가 소속된 자위대의 비밀조직인 특수공작대가 토호쿠지방(東北地方)※의 산간지역(北上山地, 키타카미산지)에서 실시한 산악행동훈련 중에 이와테현(岩手県) 소재의 어느 벽촌 마을에서 도끼에 의해 13명이 살해당하는 대량 학살 사건이 발생한다. 마을의 전 인구수와 같은 13명의 사체가 있었던 점으로 미루어 봤을 때, 살해된 피해자들은 전원 마을 사람들로 여겨졌지만, 경찰의 조사에서 피해자 중의 한 사람이 우연히 마을에 들렀던 여성 등산객이었던 것으로 판명된다. 다음날, 마을에서 살던 소녀 "나가이 요리코(長井頼子)"가 다른 곳의 헛간에서 기적적으로 살아남아 발견되는데, 경찰의 질문에 「파란 옷을 입은 남자가 데려 왔다」고만 증언할 뿐, 사건 당시의 상황은 전혀 기억하지 못하는데...
Hidetsugu Kano
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!
Yusaku Shima
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
Captain Tokushima
Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.
Morioka
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
Masato Dan
In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international gangs.
Tetsuo Okita
약 1,500명의 승객을 태운 하카타(博多=후쿠오카)행 "히카리 109호"는 9시 48분 정각에 도쿄역(東京駅) 19번 홈을 떠난다. 열차가 도쿄역에서 약 50여km 떨어진 사가미하라(相模原)에 이르렀을 때 국철(国鉄)※본사의 공안본부로 109호열차에 폭탄을 장치했다는 전화가 걸려온다. 특수장치가 내장된 이 폭탄은 열차의 속도가 80km 이하로 떨어지면 폭발한다고 하면서, 그 증거로 삿포로(札幌) 근교의 화물열차를 폭파해 보인다. 이 완벽한 폭파계획은 불황으로 도산한 정밀기계공장의 경영자였던 "오키타 테츠오(沖田哲男)" 일파에 의한 것으로, "오키타"는 국철본사에 5,000만 달러를 요구하는데...
Ichiro Kozue
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a traveling dancer and a deadly battle with the real culprit who has hunted him down filmed over a long period of time on location in Hokkaido.
Toei studios last ninkyo eiga of the 70's.
Tanaka Ken
일본에는 350년이라는 역사를 가지고 있으면서도 드러나지 않는 세계가 있다. 신비한 의식과 칼이 지배하는 세계. 일부 무사도로 통하면서도 상당히 두려운 세계. 야쿠자라고 불리는 세계이다. 이 세계에 싸움을 각오하고 진입한 미국인이 있다. 그 이름하여 해리 킬머. 어느날 친구인 타나가 일본의 야쿠자 동조직과의 무기 판매 약속을 지키지 않아 딸을 유괴당하고 길머에게 중계를 의뢰해 온다. 그러나 자신이 살아 남기 위해서는 의리를 중요시 하는 일본인의 심리를 이해하지 않으면 안 된다.
Jokichi Anabuki
The Homeless is a picaresque tale in the truest sense of the word. Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute with a childlike mind and serious problems with the yakuza. They help her escape from the mob-infested cathouse and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast, whose location only she knows, but which the yakuza are very eager to learn about. It is a remake of the French film The Last Adventure (1967).
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.
Duke Togo / Golgo 13
Live-action adaptation of the hit manga. Golgo 13, also known by the pseudonym Duke Togo, is a professional assassin. His age and birthplace are unknown and there is no consensus in the worldwide intelligence community as to his true identity. Most of his jobs are completed through the use of a customized, scoped M16 rifle. Golgo 13 is contracted to kill Boss Goa, the head of a worldwide crime syndicate responsible for drugs, weapons, and human trafficking.
Ryoichi Shimaya
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang.
The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.
Kuramoto
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?
A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.
Hidejiro Hanada
A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.
Isamu Tekada
Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.
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!
Ryutaro Fudo
When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence in the young man he has chosen to replace him. A fight for the succession begins.
The Domain: Rising Dragon
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.
Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.
Major Yamaguchi
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
A story about a man who stakes his life on horse racing.
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?
A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels.
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.
Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Katsuji’s friend.
Tsukuda Ginjiro
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.
This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Shuzo Honjo
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.
Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator.
Shimada
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!
Kingoro Tamai
Koji Yashiro
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.
Hanada Hidejiro
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...
Shogo Hanaoka
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…
While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers. Tatsu and the sworn brothers he acquires weren’t really gangsters before their prison time, just ruffians. Prison, however, introduces them to plenty of gangland characters and three years later, they’re out of prison and enmeshed in the yakuza world.
Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.
Katsuji Suehiro
Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan.
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.
Isamu Oba
Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the pair enjoy several "fish-out-of-water" sequences before finding employment at a boxing gym with trainer Sawada and his spunky sister Tomoko. The boys also find part time night jobs as roving minstrels in the club district courtesy of benevolent gang boss Asakawa. Of course, they run afoul of boss Karasawa's cruel gang. Karasawa also has it in for Asakawa, and this indirectly throws a spanner into the works as far as Isamu's burgeoning success as a kickboxer. When Asakawa 's HQ is burned to the ground by Karasawa's men, Asakawa tries to kill Karasawa - which, of course, leads to his own gruesome death. Isamu goes on the rampage with his sword, wiping out Karasawa and men.
Naoki Katagiri
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.
A Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However after an assassination their henchmen will struggle to avenge the death of their master.
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.
Ken Kato
Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Soon his family is killed in front of him by stagecoach robbers, making him aim to get revenge. Marvin an experienced gunman befriends Ken and becomes his mentor.
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
The Domain: Severed Relations
Shin-ichi Tachibana
Convict son revenges innocent father's death.
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
Shin-ichi Tachibana
Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.
First Lieutenant Kenmochi
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
Ryuma Ibuki
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.
The Domain: White Blade
Ichiro Takita
A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.
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.
An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.
A number of recently released prisoners become involved in a racket with a rancher who is a rival to a neighboring landowner and wants to use the convicts to seize his ranch. The rancher does not know, however, that he had years before killed the parents of one of their number.
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro seeks brutal retribution.
Shin'ichi Tachibana
A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of jail.
Shinichi Tachibana
Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoin the Asahi gang family in order to pay back a past debt. Trouble brews when the rival gang that was responsible for sending him to prison learns of his return. Left with no alternative to their constant harassment and threats, Tachibana decides to take them on.
Seiji Terajima
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second-generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in the Enko area. Iwasa has Gennosuke assassinated but before he dies, he names Shinji Terajima as his successor and makes him swear to carry on the family business and not seek revenge or use violence. Shinji tries to make his family’s marketplace a success, but with constant interruption and attacks from Iwasa’s gang, he can no longer keep his word to his former boss.
Sasaki Kojiro
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow soldier), old lady Osugi (still doggedly trying to defeat Musashi), and even the return of Priest Takuan (the man responsible for his journey towards enlightenment). But most of all, the boastful, long-haired and long-sworded Sasaki Kojiro.
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.
Shinichi Tachibana
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.
Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in this harshest of climates.
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!!
Ajimura
이차대전 직후 일본이 재건에 몰두하던 시대. 태풍이 몰아쳐 홋카이도와 혼슈를 연결하는 연락선이 침몰하고 훗카이도 어느 작은 마을에는 화재가 발생해 마을 전체가 타버린다. 이는 어느 전과자가 자신의 범행을 숨기기 위해 불을 질러 일어난 것이었다. 이 전과자 이누카이는 도피 중 어느 사창가에 들러 마음씨 좋은 작부 야에의 환대를 받자 그녀에게 큰 액수의 돈을 건네주고 사라진다. 거장 우치다 도무의 후기 대표작으로, 단순한 범죄영화를 넘어서서 전후일본의 경제성장에 대한 비판적인 안목이 잘 살아난 걸작이다. 주연을 맡은 미쿠니 렌타로와 히다리 사치코도 최고의 연기를 선보이고 있다.
Many outlaws are gathered at the front line of the Japanese Army in a shock troop.
Jiro, the second brother
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.
Minami
Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.
Tetsu
In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
Sasaki Kojiro
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.
Asano
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
Sasaki Kojiro
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.
A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman Yamaoka, whose territory is in the Jonan district, in response to Kikuya, the head of the Asahina family, refusing to join the Syndicate. Yamaoka relentlessly pursues the Asahina family and uses his brother Komatsu to kill Shibaki, Kikuya's brother, who owns Nagoya territory. When Kikuya receives information that a general meeting of the Brown and Yamaoka Syndicate is to be held in Nagoya, he is determined to root out the syndicate and rushes to Nagoya, ready to die...
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness, Hishakaku swears to dedicate himself to protect the Koganes in time of crisis. Hishakaku’s humble life comes to a sudden halt when the Kogane family becomes involved in a fatal feud with their rival, and Hishakaku’s services are called upon.
Yoshio Harada
Sawagami
Yoshio Harada
A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is offering to repay Koroku’s family debts in exchange for marriage, but Koroku is in love with his landlord’s daughter, Teruko. Things are further complicated when the wicked Tsugawa takes interest in both women, for his own marriage.
Shuhei Tategami
Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt cancellation of the contract with the family-run Satsuma Inn in Kagoshima, Yumemi, launches her own investigation into the matter. Amidst her efforts to resume her company’s contract with the inn, Yumemi finds herself personally involved in the inn’s family affairs and with their guests in a surprising discover of love and friendship.
Sukesaburo Sasa
Mr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quality problems and wins a big ramen contract with a large Chinese company.
Naomori
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!
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.
1962 Japanese movie
Kosuke Kindaichi
1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.
Kenichi Oka
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.
Japanese comedy film.
'Smiley' Ken
A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons.
Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.
Kenichi Hanamura
A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.
Hari
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.
An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.
Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
One of the earliest of subeban/ girl boss type eiga
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .
Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.
Captain Yamamoto
Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.
A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî
Fumio Sone
An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
Japanese family drama.
Hiroshi Ishioka
Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.
Ichitaro Kazamori
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda.
Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.
A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family.
Japanese drama film.
The love between young college students Toki and the handsome Takaga is tested when Takaya's parents, who despise Toki's family's geisha house business, intervenes in their relationship.
Japanese mystery film.
A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.
Jiro Nakata
Japanese war film.
Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to join Tamura's boxing club, but Tamura fell in love with Ushijima's punch. Then Hayata decides to become Ushijima's manager and make good money on his friend's talent. Ushijima himself is a peaceful, kind guy who doesn't really like boxing, but under the wise guidance of Hayata, he starts to defeat one opponent after another...
To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who has been adopted by another family. When he arrives, Kenji soon discovers that Harumi and her adopted family are the targets of an evil gang boss. In an attempt to help them, he decides to take matters into his own hands.
Yosuke Yamagami
A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will have to face a giant, monstrous whale.
Tani
Japanese drama film.
Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital after being thrown by Nobuyoshi Shinohara during practice and injured, he met Asako, the sister of Arisawa's mother, Katsuko. When they entering a coffee shop run by Asako's best friend Hisako, Hisako misunderstood them as lovers...
