Gannosuke Ashiya

O crescimento de Tóquio durante os anos 60 originou uma explosão urbanística nos subúrbios; montanhas foram aplanadas e florestas abatidas. Os tanuki, uma espécie de guaxinins, vêem-se ameaçados pelo desenvolvimento dos humanos: a área habitável reduz-se, bem como os recursos alimentares. A falta de comida conduz a guerras internas, mas a sabedoria dos anciões canaliza a energia e a frustração de todos os tanuki contra o inimigo comum: o Homem.

A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover that all the assassins in Edo are being killed they must act quickly to find the culprit.

Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced prostitute. Even though he has been taken off the case for beating up a suspect, he refuses to let it go and recruits his mistress to act as a decoy for the killer. Her involvement turns out to be a fatal mistake, and when her husband gets out of prison, Detective Otaki is in worse trouble than ever.

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.

Film version of the popular TV drama based on the life of painter Kiyoshi Yamashita. Sent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating artworks using torn strips of paper. After running away to avoid army conscription, he began his wanderings around Japan, encountering many scenes which he would recreate as torn paper art from his amazing photographic memory. He was known as the Japanese Van Gogh, and the series depicted his many encounters with both people and places on his journeys.

A história do longa acontece em um dos momentos mais difíceis da família. Yoshie tomou uma dura decisão para tentar consertar seu esposo bagunceiro: ela fugiu de casa e só planeja retornar quando Tetsu estiver pelo menos trabalhando e se comportando como um pai digno. Chie não gosta de ficar longe da mãe, mas concordou com o plano. No entanto, os problemas aumentaram com a ausência da mãe, e ela agora tem que se desdobrar para sustentar a casa e cuidar do rebelde Tetsu.

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.

A genius gambler and born hunter is a Buddhist monk by occupation.

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.

Japão, século XIX. A alta procura por gueixas tatuadas gera uma indústria inteira para a sua "produção". Os europeus pagam mais por belezas tatuadas. Nesse contexto, e considerando as lindas mulheres tatuadas, desenvolvem a história do confronto entre dois mestres altamente qualificados de tatuagem.

Um olhar sobre a vida de uma tropa de gueixas trabalhando em uma pequena cidade costeira. Na maioria das vezes, suas vidas consistem em cumprimentar cargas de barcos de homens de negócios excedentes e proporcionar entretenimento obsceno durante a noite, seguido de companhia privada à noite, intercalada com brigas ocasionais com a casa de gueixas rival. Sua rotina é repentinamente desencadeada pelo aparecimento de um bebê abandonado no dormitório das gueixas, seguido por seu desaparecimento pouco tempo depois. Quem poderia ser responsável por uma coisa dessas?

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of government gold. When this plan goes wrong and Ohyaku ends up in prison, she resolves to do anything to escape and claim revenge on the ones who betrayed her and her lover.

Pinku from 1968.

Japanese drama.

34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to find out who robbed a truck full of gold.

Mondonosuke, a young sword student, has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a duel.Consequently, he quickly returns to his sensei's dojo in Edo, where he has not set foot in three years.

The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.

Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in connection with the plot to overthrow the shogunate.

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.

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.

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if he agrees to see to its running. After moving in, Shimazaki finds out that this will also mean taking care of a flock of youngsters, and he soon becomes their none-too-successful warden. At work the boys are disciplined, as soon as they return to their dormitory however they turn into an unmanageable mob.

An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, such as Makoto Fujita, Minoru Shiraki, and Gannosuke Ashiya. Raizo Ichikawa as the famous yakuza boss Jirocho.

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fukuda.