A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.
В эпоху Шова молодой якудза, преодолев множество сложностей, становится боссом влиятельного клана.
Otomo
When the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up the pieces and carry on the legacy.
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
Yabetora
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
Noriyuki Yasutaka
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.
Eikichi Arita
In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld.
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Senzo Shigemune
Голго 13 - хладнокровный, расчётливый, безжалостный убийца, работающий на американский наркосиндикат. Его цель: захотевший независимости глава того же наркосиндиката в Гонконге. Его единственное препятствие: неугомонный полицейский, настроенный остановить его любой ценой. Результат - взрывное приключение на улицах Гонконга.
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.
Shuhei Tatsumi
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
Admiral Takijiro Onishi
Вице-адмирал Императорского флота Японии Ониси Такидзиро, блестящий стратег, один из немногих, кто смотрит в будущее. Он знает, что Япония не может выиграть Тихоокеанскую войну. Поскольку военная обстановка становится критической, он предлагает отчаянный план, чтобы вынудить врага договориться о мире и избежать позора сдачи - самоубийственные атаки камикадзе - летчиков-смертников. Это истинная история человека, который организовал разрушительные нападения камикадзе, и трагических последствий его рокового решения...
In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate.
The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.
A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita
A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.
Tabikiyo
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?
Eijiro Onishi
President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to the Onishi group of the branch to expand the territory. Now members of the same yakuza gang are forced to fight each other over territory and honor.
Japanese movie.
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
Sanshu
A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set about rebuilding after the death of their Oyabun (big boss). Battles erupt as tempers explode as someone seeks to fill the seat of power.
Kikutaro Yuki
The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution from a local factory. They seem to work out an agreement, but Oryu must help the poor villagers when the greedy factory owner and corrupt politicians betray them…
Minokichi Kawai
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.
Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after, and they promise each other to meet again a year later. However, Seijiro gets jailed for five years. Unable to find him, Shizue gets married to a yakuza boss who can help her family business.
Joji Tsukuba
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.
Gunji
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
Aiba Yusaku
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
1945 год. Терпя поражения по всем фронтам от сил союзников, Япония прибегает к последнему средству – использованию пилотов-камикадзе для атак вражеских кораблей. Но эффективность этих атак не высока, половина пилотов погибает, даже ещё не долетев до своих целей, часть из них сбивают вражеские самолёты, часть силы ПВО противника. Для увеличения эффективности, командование принимает решение создать отряд эскорта, пилоты которого будут прикрывать, и сопровождать пилотов-камикадзе до целей. На должность командира отряда назначают капитана Масато Мунакату, в прошлом он сам участвовал в атаке смертников в заливе Лейте, но остался в живых. Капитан Мунаката отказывается возглавить отряд, так как убеждён, что таким способом не победить в войне. Но переубедить командование невозможно, и осознав, что без эскорта пилоты и дальше будут напрасно гибнуть, не выполнив свой долг, Мунаката вступает в должность.
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.
Eijiro Funaki
8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.
It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created the black market and lubricated illegal business opportunities was giving way to Japan Inc. A young Bunta Sugawara takes over as the oyabun of a crime syndicate in Yokohama, where he is struggling to keep operations at the port there alive. As his syndicate is eroding quickly, a major heavy industries company offers his gang the chance to chase some vagrants out of a shantytown where they are squatting on land where a factory is to be built. The job would secure steady profits for Bunta's crime ring for years to come. However, Bunta and other members of his outfit grew up in the shanty, and they would be muscling their friends and neighbors. This sets the stage for an internal struggle that complicates the violent struggle with a rival mafia organization in Tokyo.
Ryuji Kashigawa
A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza’s ill deeds.
A crime film released in 1969
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?
Inagaki Chokichi
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.
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
Asaichi Isobe
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.
Itsuki Masaji
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.
Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt trap by a rotten gambling den owner (Tatsuo Endo) and his dishonest card dealer (Isamu Nagato). The plot is standard stuff and features too much talk, but there's also a decent balance between melodrama and lyricism in the form and storytelling. Tsuruta was a perfect fit for these kind of roles, with the stoic and emotional sides nicely mixed in his screen persona.
Tsukamoto
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.
Shogun Ieshige
Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...
Yûjirô Wakamatsu
Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.
Shûtaro Kazama
Второй фильм о женщине якудза Орю по прозвищу «Красный пион». В небольшом городке местный босс якудза устраивает празднования и нанимает для этого Орю. Босс добр к Орю, он разрешает ей жить в своём доме, она присматривает за его детьми. Когда конкурирующий клан якудза, желающий подчинить себе все кланы города, убивает босса, Орю принимает на себя обязательство защитить его детей и клан.
Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.
Gorô Yajima
Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yens.
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.
Хисякаку освобождает свою возлюбленную Отоё из публичного дома, которым управляют босс Оёкота и другие гангстеры. Хисякаку убивает нескольких членов банды, включая своего лучшего друга, который его предал, и бежит, преследуемый полицией. Он находит убежище в странном доме, где встречает Кирацунэ, пожилого человека, который спокойно приглашает его к себе, угощает и советует сдаться. Пораженный благородством и мудростью старика, Хисякаку следует его совету. Проходит четыре года после ареста Хисякаку. Теперь в Отоё влюблен телохранитель Миягава. Но ни он, ни Отоё не дают волю вспыхнувшему чувству, так как это нарушило бы «рыцарский кодекс» якудза. Хисякаку выходит из тюрьмы с помощью Кирацунэ и присоединяется к Отоё и Миягаве. Банда подсылает убийцу к Хисякаку, Миягава спасает его, но погибает сам. Теперь наступает очередь Хисякаку отомстить за смерть друга…
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.
Yônosuke Minami
Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.
Ryuzô Okamoto
The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Izu in Shizuoka during the early Showa period. Representatives of three different yakuza gangs - Tatsuo Umemiya, Tomisaburo Wakayama and Koji Tsuruta celebrate male friendship and male chivalry in action.
Kōjirō Kogarashi
5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.
Toru Kuroki
The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.
Shinjiro Nakai
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.
Два главных героя, капитан-лейтенант Осато и лейтенант Мисима прилагают все усилия для развития подводных диверсионных сил, торпед-камикадзе и их использования в японском флоте. Однако они наталкиваются на стену непонимания и неприятия. Только в тот момент, когда поражение Японии в войне почти неизбежно, принято решение о внедрении этого разрушительного оружия. При одном из тренировочных погружений Осато погибает и теперь завершить дело всей его жизни должен Мисима.
Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.
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.
Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in Kyuushu. Quickly there's trouble with the local mining competition, who doesn't always play a fair game. True to his hot-headed nickname, Tsune only gets into deeper trouble.
Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.
First Lieutenant Jinnouchi
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
The fourth part in the series "Code Between Brothers". The story takes place in Fukagawa, Tokyo, at the beginning of the Showa era, where five players following the harsh path of a knight defeat a despicable Yakuza gang.
Unosuke Aiu
The second part of the Gamblers series.
Sawaki
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.
Part two.
A war breaks out on the streets between rivalry Yakuza clans.
Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, who also just happens to be the master who had tattooed the magnificent dragon on Tsuruta’s back, is now a dissolute, bitter drunk living with his son in law and sickly grandson. His daughter, the boy’s mom, is indentured at the brothel run by boss Nakamura and daughter Matsuo. Nakamura’s two faced second in command Amatsu will not let the mother see her son…
Toru Sagara, a lone wolf assassin, is imprisoned for betraying his employer, Hanawa. After completing his sentence, he immediately takes revenge on Hanawa, but as he leaves, he is unaware that a boy is watching him. Toru's new employer asks him to kill a competitor in drug sales, but...
Naojiro Oshima
Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.
Shûkichi Hayakawa
Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.
Toshihiko Mikami
A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.
Takeshi Kageyama
A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
Chojiro Inagami
The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend Risaburo.
Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with the help of six handicapped guys.
Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.
The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of a brutal war for territory between the clans according to the merciless laws of the yakuza.
Fujikami
Famous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great camaraderie on the road.
Isokichi Yoshida
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.
Kikujirō
Tokizо, the boss of the Tenmaru-gumi group, assists Kikujiro, a traveler on the run. At this time, a tender is being held to conclude a contract for the construction of the railway. Tokizo, who made the highest bid, was bought by the head of the Wakatsuki section of the Kansai Railroad, who was thinking about the country, and won by suppressing Takebe-gumi, who used bribes. However, not everything went as smoothly as planned...
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
Asajiro Kikuchi
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.
Kinshiro Toyama
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!!
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.
Tachibana Isaburo
A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates.
The second film in the series Gambler / Bakuto directed by Shigehiro Ozawa.
Shinjiro Kusakari
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).
Tachibana Isaburo
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.
Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
Shimizu no Jirocho
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.
Tahara
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.
First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii
A gritty, noirish gangster saga.
Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To reciprocate the kindness of the Kikkyos, Hishakaku heads to meet the leader of Domoto, Osumi, and finds himself emotionally involved with her.
Hishakaku
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.
菊川志郎
A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.
Gondo
Shiro Kikukawa
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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.
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However, his former gang boss seems to have gone to seed, with people now killing each other and dealing in drugs. The hero then teams up with a lone operator (Tamba) who specialises in shaking down gangsters.
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Kuroki
Герой картины, репортёр-коммунист Куроки, изгнан из крупной газеты во время чистки красных в 1950-е годы и теперь ведёт богемный образ жизни. Он подрабатывает в небольшой газетёнке и в поисках сенсационного материала случайно обнаруживает тайную организацию, снабжающую оружием реакционные правительства стран Азии, в том числе и антиреволюционные силы в Южной Корее. Однако, когда ему в руки попадают нити этого грязного дела, накопившееся в нём неприятие властей и Америки вдруг прорывается, и он с головой уходит в расследование. Но всех свидетелей убивают у него на глазах. Ему удаётся установить, что этой организацией руководит некий Такаяма. Но материал, собранный журналистом, газета боится публиковать, не желая вступать в конфликт с американскими властями, с которыми связан Такаяма. Тогда Куроки решает обратиться за поддержкой к прогрессивной печати Японии, потому что бороться с врагом в одиночку нельзя.
As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his career. In a masterfully woven tale, he has to face the truth about his estranged father’s possible involvement in a nefarious plot to take over rule of the Hizen Shimabara clan by assassinating the rightful lord, his son, and install one of Shogun Ienari’s offspring as daimyo.
A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.
1962 Japanese movie
Kakutaro Ogata
A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved fiancé, comes to a sudden halt, Minako finds herself in search of new love which in turn leads her into a complicated love triangle.
Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Kazahaya
Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.
Umihebi-no-Asanosuke
Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals representing rival gangs to lend his services to them. Branded an enemy for his refusal to become involved with either side, he soon finds himself caught up in an intrigue extending beyond petty gang rivalries, involving a plot by Daimyo in Kyoto to overthrow the government.
'Hong Kong Joe'
A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons.
A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young master.
When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he must find the culprit and exact revenge. His return sets off a series of violent incidents and incites a high ranked female skilled in sword to test his mettle after he unwittingly offends her. The ever delightful Misora Hibari co-stars with the great Tsuruta Koji in this exciting tale set in the earliest days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Lots of exciting swordfights highlight this entertaining motion picture!
A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu” himself.
Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive all-star cast, a must see!
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
Dr. Soda
До окончания Второй мировой войны остаётся месяц. В центре маньчжурской пустыни в маленьком посёлке находят пристанище бандиты, торговцы опиумом, русские эмигранты и японские барыги. Среди всей этой грязи романтичный доктор Сода пытается спасти мир от болезней и несправедливости.
Lt. Tomonari
Период в истории японского Императорского флота с декабря 1941 по июнь 1942 гг. Атака на Перл-Харбор, победоносное шествие по Юго-Восточной Азии и Индийскому океану и, наконец, апофеоз истории Императорского флота, — сражение у атолла Мидуэй. Рассказ об этих событиях с точки зрения молодого штурмана японского палубного торпедоносца Кодзи Китами, который разрывается между долгом к родине и желанием жить ради матери и молодой жены.
Masaru Kirioka
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
Tetsuo Maruyama
Японского полицеского детектива по имени Сабуро Фудзиока, подозревающегося в коррупции, понижают в звании и отправляют на службу из Токио в город Кодзин. Этот небольшой населенный пункт по справедливости считается средоточием криминальных разборок между различными соперничающими бандами. Герою фильма «Последняя перестрелка» поручают расследовать обстоятельства смерти жены гангстера Тэцуо Маруяма из банды Кодзука. Главный подозреваемый в ее убийстве — член банды Оока. В завязавшейся перестрелке Маруяма спасает Фудзиоку, они становятся друзьями. Но Тэцуо во что бы то ни стало хочет отомстить за гибель любимой женщины...
Bandit Chieftain
Вторая мировая война близится к своему логическому завершению. Во время сражений в Китае Окубо ранен, в результате чего попадает в военный госпиталь. Там он узнает о самоубийстве младшего брата. Зная его, Окубо не может поверить в то, что брат решил самостоятельно свести счёты с жизнью. Под видом военного корреспондента он возвращается на фронт, чтобы разобраться в случившемся. Вскоре он узнаёт, что к трагическим событиям могут быть причастны солдаты из так называемого «отряда вольных головорезов».
Taro Toki
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting and befriending Taro, Rokuro decides to return the money to Taro. But Taro's unscrupulous brother Jiro falsely accuse Taro of the theft, and Taro reactively joins the outlaw band and encourages them to steal from the nobles and give to the poor.
Ryuta Komatsu
16-летняя Канако — официантка в дешевой японской столовой. Однажды она случайно становится свидетельницей убийства, но отчетливо видит лишь лицо водителя автомобиля, в котором киллер скрывается с места преступления. За рулем машины сидит знакомый ей Минэо Комацу из группировки Екомицу, мечтающий завязать с криминальными делишками и стать настоящим джазовым певцом. Босс считает, что теперь Минэо должен прекратить выходить на сцену, а Канако необходимо срочно устранить... Впрочем, среди членов банды Екомицу находится человек, который готов помочь героине фильма «Босс города гангстеров» избежать гибели.
Kyoshiro Nemuri
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Kin'emon Okano
Ещё одна экранная версия знаменитого подвига 47 преданных вассалов. Сценарий опирается не на театральную пьесу "Канадэхон Тюсингура", а на реальные события 1701-1703 годов, когда, оставшиеся без сюзерена, вассалы кланы Ако готовят и осуществляют месть за своего господина. Грандиозный проект студии Дайэй знаменует 255 лет со дня исторических событий.
Senshiro
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them. In Part II, the search for the scrolls continues.
Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
Ishiro
Senshiro
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
Kyoshiro Nemuri
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
Tomoshichi
Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.
Kyoshiro Nemuri
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue. Furuya himself has fallen in love, with a nurse after his recent hospital stay. As the gang grows more jealous of the favoritism Furuya shows Shoji, they decide to reveal Shoji's relationship with Natsue. But Furuya's affection for Shoji cannot be easily destroyed, even in the gang war that erupts.
Kojiro Sasaki
Бескомпромиссное и завораживающее завершение летописи доблестного пути Миямото Мусаси. Именитый защитник добра и справедливости намерен уйти на покой, но на горизонте вновь появляется тень его заклятого врага Сасаки Кодзиро. Тучи сгущаются над островом Ганрью, где великим самураям суждено сойтись в решающей битве…
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war. Hayase has been secretly married to Otsuta, a former geisha, and has been unable to tell Sakai of the marriage, aware as he is that Sakai wants him to marry his daughter, Taeko. Otsuta wants Hayase to tell Sakai about her, but understands the difficulty of his position. At a festival, Otsuta is mistaken for a pickpocket and taken to the police. Because of her background as a geisha, newspaper reporters eagerly delve into her past and report that she has been married to Hayase. Unaware of what has been printed in the papers, Hayase decides to tell Sakai about his marriage. Sakai shows the newspaper to him and orders Hayase to part with Otsuta. Given no chance to explain, Hayase accepts Sakai's order.
Kojiro Sasaki
Миямото Мусаси настигает его мрачное прошлое, и только сразившись с ним и демонами в своей душе, непобдимый странствующий самурай сможет и впредь следовать кодексу чести, не запятнав себя позором.
Ken
Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match in which Maki has an interest in one of the fighters. After a terrible brawl, the two gangsters discover that they have both been played for suckers by their bosses. They join forces to turn the tables on the bosses.
A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according to his own desires. Against all the odds, he manages to push through his business idea – the foundation of an airline. At the same time, his ex-girlfriend refuses to accept their separation and attempts to force her way back into his life by any means possible. He in turn feels attracted to a young woman, who turns out to be the wife of one of his airline investors and who has herself had a secret lover for several years.
Lieutenant Uji
В апреле 1945 года японские войска были на грани развала. В находящемся на острове Лусон подразделении растёт число дезертиров. Среди убежавших в джунгли оказался и военный хирург Ханада, захвативший с собой влюблённую в него местную девушку Тиэ. Вместе со своим подчинённым, сержантом Такасиро, поручик Удзи начинает преследование беглецов.
Navy Lieutenant Yamamoto
Japanese war drama.
A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
Noboru Okada
Жена не любит своего мужа и даже презирает его, а он спокойно и стойко всё сносит. Но, в конце концов, жена понимает, что не может без него жить и очень любит.
Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a man just back from the war front visits the doctor with a medical emergency, followed by a woman who claims to have been molested. Then a yakuza arrives to ask the doctor to cut his finger off...
A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.
Also known as Crazy Uproar.
