Shôki Fukae

Yakuza film directed by Hiroki Matsukata.

A lone wolf yakuza vs detective. It was supposed to be an undercover investigation into the Yakuza organization… A drama of friendship and betrayal between men living in different worlds.

The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's mortal enemy, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, who masterminded Ogami's fall from grace. Brilliant sword actor Takahashi Hideki takes over as the former shogunate decapitator, and his stunning swordsmanship is second to none! The story of Lone Wolf and Child has been told many times, but never before like this. With the magnificent sword skills of Takahashi Hideki as Ogami Itto, the Shogun's Decapitator and Wakayama Tomisaburo as the power hungry Lord Yagyu Retsudo the story has come full circle.

The ronin, Sako Kanbei has to rescue the beautiful Princess Tsubaki from danger while young samurai of the Numata Clan stand up against their corrupt Chief Retainer and evil clan mistress. Kanbei wants to develop his swordsmanship only for himself, he finds that he has been implicated in a crime and must fight for justice in the ultimate battle to redeem his innocence. The swordplay in this film is reminiscent of the Lone Wolf and Cub series with its brutal and extended action sequences and awesome finale. A powerful motion picture about honor, love and cold steel!

Dr. Cat Kagami was hoping to leave her torrid past behind, but a failed assassination attempt has now put her square in the crosshairs of a team of brutal killers. Now no one is safe, including her lesbian co-worker and a mysterious woman with a terrible secret that could bring down an entire Japanese company. Cat must take the law into her own hands and enact her own special kind of revenge!

Kei and Atsuo were both enrolled in summer school. Kei was an honor student, and Atsuo was the polar opposite - but opposites attract. After school, the two head to the beach, where they find another student from their school competing against a local gang member, to see who is able to hold his breath longer under water. Overwhelmed by the excitement, Kei and Atsuo decide to try themselves.

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete. Now sides are drawn among the local yakuza guys who used to be best friends since their childhood, and brother fights brother. It results in the biggest yakuza war in Okinawa.

A junior high school teacher is raped by several students inside the school.

Based on the comic by Toshiya Masaoka.

Yasuaki Kurata plays a masked ring brawler who is out for revenge against an evil, megalomaniac entrepreneur played by Japan's most reliable bad guy of the '70's, Masashi Ishibashi.

Third film in the series.

This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.

Каратист Киба Наото выходит из тюрьмы и устраивается телохранителем к боссу Акамацу, владельцу ночного клуба Плаза. Тот хочет порвать с двумя подельниками, с которыми он три года назад совершил вооруженное ограбление и для этого нанимает Кибу. И не только, еще один участник ограбления сидит в тюрьме и скоро должен выйти и потребовать долю. Так и происходит. Подельник требует долю и Кибе поручают с ним разобраться, однако тот узнает в нем своего друга Нандзё, с которым он успел подружиться в тюрьме.

Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most powerful gang in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya ward.

Когда-то давным давно, при первом сегуне Иэясу Токугава, клан Бохати оказал большую услугу сегунату - помог усмирить политические волнения, доставив в нужный момент сотни женщин для рабочих. Сегунат в благодарность даровал клану Бохати монополию на проституцию. Но времена меняются, конкуренты поднимают головы, и тут очень кстати пересекаются пути Бохати и убийцы Сино, имеющего большие проблемы с властями. В обмен на временную защиту от властей, Сино будет убивать всех, кто мешает клану. А помогут ему женщины Бохати - наполовину проститутки, наполовину убийцы.

Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.

The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.

In the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively with prostitutes, politicians and the police.

Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.

Masuda Toshio film starring Watari Tetsuya and Mori Masayuki, about a lone-wolf type (Watari) seeking love and defending the honor of an elderly widower (Mori).

The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.

Затойчи приходится платить за все свои добрые дела. После того как он принял роды у умирающей в поле женщины, он выполнил ее последнюю волю: отнес ребенка в Сиобара. Но там не оказалось отца ребенка и он отдал его тетушке Ойа-э. Испытываю симпатию к Ойа-э, он решается помочь ей, когда постоялый двор, на котором она работала, начальник Тецугоро превращает в бордель.

Patronized by a gang ruling the city, Mako delinquently plays around a night club every night with her bad company. One night, a guy Hideo gets closer to her for one-night stand, and they consequently fall in love. However, Hideo is killed by the gang. Mako swears vengeance on her beloved's murderer.

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

End of the Taisho period. In the city of Kiryu, where the wind is constantly blowing, the heads of the yakuza families of Kanhasshu (eight Kanto provinces) were to raise funds for the construction of the Chuji Kunisada monument. Responsible for the fundraiser was Jokichi from the Asami family, but Matsugoro from the Kuromatsu family, who wanted to become the greatest boss of the Kanhasshu yakuza, is trying to take over the textile market that Jokichi controls and intercept the fundraiser.

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has sprouted into a boomtown and business is good. Two of the most infamous mobs of Tokyo want a piece of the pie. As out-of-town yakuza flood the city overnight, the crime boss of the Akiba family, Tezuka (Joe Shishido), is released from prison after a five year sentence. He does not like the "change" he sees.

A former gang leader and lone wolf who has left the organization works behind the scenes in a new city to take revenge on a giant alliance of organizations. This film is amongst the last "straight" yakuza films made at Nikkatsu before the studio's switch-over to pinku eiga.

Pinku from 1971.

Yojiro orders a samurai to kill a debtor. The samurai decides not to trust the judgment of his master, which makes him an outcast and he has to flee...

Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...

Hanamura, widely known in gangland a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed on his chest. His follower is his sworn partner Kurahara. They attempt to help the Towada-Gumi gang against its rival group the Kamioka-Gumi which is seeking the chance to conquer the Towada-Gumi in collusion with Noda, a big shot in the town operating a real estate firm.

The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover his piercing eyes. Befriending a like-minded lone wolf by the name of Gebasaku, Tetsu builds a coalition against higher forces. A graphic portrayal of irrepressible anger and a friendship worth dying for.

In a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo is trying to take away the interests of the local Isetoku family. Setsuko, the adopted daughter of the Isetoku family, falls in love with Seijiro, a travelling raven she meets on a whim. However, Koide, a businessman connected to the Masukawa clan, wants Setsuko to become his mistress... Setsuko puts aside her love and her regrets and bets on the greatest female challenge of her life!

A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.

Japanese crime film

Beginning of the Showa era, Takasaki City in Joshu (Gunma Province). Gambler Inufushi Yoichi continues to lose at Takamasa's gambling house. The authoritative female gambler Ai gives him money and advises him to think seriously about his life. She has to leave Takamasa because of him. She travels to Tomioka for advice from Matsumiya Seiji, who previously helped her. However, the latter is killed due to a conflict with the Kaizu-gumi yakuza family, making his wife Tane a widow...

Nomi-gumi, who plans to control Tama City, has begun to hurt Takase-gumi. Muraki, an executive, was entrusted with the destruction, but he was a brother of Takase-gumi's substitute, Tsukada. Muraki, who missed Tsukada and the old days at Tsukada's wife Shizue's shop, took the future of turning to the enemy painfully.

Japanese crime film

Japanese crime film

It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining action film bursting with righteousness and humanity, centred on men who try to live righteously against a corrupt boss who preys on the performers.

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino

A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his girlfriend, Yuri. Goro had sent her to safety, but she had returned, aching to see him. Caught between Goro and his enemy knife, she reunites with her love - the price was her life.

Story of a nineteen-year-old office girl who loses her virginity.

On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret. When Goro is released 2 years later, Masahiko is dying in prison hospital and entrusts his last wish; "find my sister and take care of her." Goro leaves as a free man with a mission, but soon finds that he might have been better off in jail.

Two years before they collaborated on the immortal Stray Cat Rock series, director Yasuharu Hasebe and soon-to-be-superstar Meiko Kaji teamed up for this potent gangster flick that also stars the great Joe Shishido (Branded to Kill) and Akira Kobayashi, who would shortly thereafter star in Kinji Fukasaku's epic yakuza series Battles Without Honor and Humanity. Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa (Kobayashi) discovers that his gang has disintegrated while he was in the pen. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang (led by Shishido) who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds are made to be broken, and pledges of loyalty soon give way to competition, betrayal and — naturally — retaliation. Tough, cynical and violent, Retaliation cheerfully overturns romanticized notions of underworld honour, paving the way for Fukusaku's revisionist yakuza pictures of the 1970s.

Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for money. Goro wants to help and knows that there is only one way to come up with fast money.

Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.

It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to star as the lead in "My Sweetheart". One day, half way through production, he meets his friends from a popular rock group, "The Spiders". Through their discussion regarding the climax scene, they criticize that the script is too grim. In a notion to protect their friend's career, they decide to pay the scriptwriter a little visit.

A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.

Kuroda (Jô Shishido) is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji (Tatsuya Fuji) and aspiring boxer Saburô (Jirô Okazaki), the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no one will stop until one faction emerges victorious.

Film from 1967.

During the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a small town. But he does not know that his prowess has already attracted envious attention and that Senzo, the boss of the local gang, plans to have him killed. Seiji, the disowned son of the innkeeper, has run up a big gambling bill and, to settle it, the hoodlums decide to kill him. He is saved, however, by Hanako, star of the dancing troupe also staying at the inn. Gengo meets Hanako and learns that the troupe cannot open their show because the local police corruptly demand too much of the receipts. After another fight, Gengo sees the police-chief on behalf of the troupe, but is refused. So he suspects that the police and the hoodlums are implicated with each other. There seems no way to open the show until they hear that the governor is coming to the town for a local banquet. They appeal to him and he promises to investigate. It is decided that a duel will settle the matter...

When Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his beloved girlfriend Akiko (Ruriko Asaoka). She joyously agrees, promising a life together. On the day they were to be joined in matrimony, Akiko suddenly goes missing. Toru waits hours for her to show, but he is only greeted by the darkness of night. Four years later, his fiancée turns up at a night club in Yokohama with another man.

Япония - страна маленькая, и восемь миллионов способов умереть кажутся для неё перебором. Сюдзи Камимура, без сомнения, не занимали такие мелочи, когда он шел на дело. Он не стал изобретать ничего нового, когда ему заказали господина Симацу, а выбрал старый проверенный и безотказный - пулю в голову. Но ситуация слегка осложнилась, и теперь Камимуре придется сделать для себя выбор: мораль или деньги, дробовик или бегство.

A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.

A crime film from 1966

A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. After one last job, they intend to run off together to Hong Kong, but their plans are hindered when an uninvited yakuza stirs up a vicious shootout. In the midst of it all, Ayako is kidnapped.

1884. The samurai days have come to an end. Capitalism and democracy flourished across Japan. But in Chichibu, an area just north of Tokyo, samurai spirits still lived. Out of the many schools that taught Japanese swordsmanship, the school of Ono and Kogen were most dominant. Every year, they each selected a master swordsman to fight a dedicatory match held at the Chichibu Shrine. Gengo (Hideki Takahashi) represented the school of Ono. His opponent Danhichiro of the Kogen school was feared by many as the "Devil".

Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a regular on the scene, and she is fascinated by the dice and the one who throws them. A year before, Yuriko's father died in mysterious circumstances; she decides to go in search of the truth.

The new head of a powerful family faces danger from an evil rival out for blood.

An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia organization based in Japan. To defeat the villains, Joe uses his unprecedented skills of fast shooting and karate secrets!

Koji Himuro, a brilliant gambler, was killed by his brother and lover for discovering cheating gambling. As a result, he vows never to roll the dice, but gets involved in the incident everywhere he goes. The first in the "Black Gambler Series". The feature of this series is that the existing gag was mainly created by accumulating lines and small actions, but in this series, gag is done by exaggerated gimmicks. Film critic Hideo Nishiwaki points out that it may be the influence of the 007 movie series.

Токио, начало 1900-х. Кикудзи — один из тех, кто работает на банду Мурата-гуми. По непонятной причине на него нападает таинственный наемный убийца в плаще и шляпе — Ёсимура. Затем Кикудзи навлекает на себя гнев Сакурады и других членов Мурата-гуми, которые однажды вечером подстерегают его в засаде…

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.

One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand funeral. He had been unwilling to take over the family business and had chosen a life as a middle school teacher far away from home, but considering the circumstances, he changes his mind. As the new chief of Hojuin, Harumichi scrambles around day after day for donations. He has kept strictly to the straight and narrow, until he passes a bicycle race track where the sounds of cheering fans induce him into a new way of life...

Молодежный фильм.

A crime film released in 1962

Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible and, sick at heart, left the circus for a life at sea. On land again Shoji goes to a cabaret where he is soon involved in a brawl. Kasamatsu, the owner of the cabaret, impressed by Shoji's strength, offers him a job as his bodyguard. The next morning Shoji visits Shingo's grave and meets Miyako, Shingo's former sweetheart, who is still a trapeze performer and now the star of the Kuroko Circus which Shoji realizes Kasamatsu intends to control.

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.

A yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek revenge only to fall in love with the daughter of the man who framed him.

Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the mine.

Strife between competing lumber mills.

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.

One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had captured one of the bandits who had held up the armored payroll car headed for the dam construction site, takes the wounded man to the police and claims the reward offered. He is told to wait until the driver of the armored car returns to identify the bandit and goes over to the Blue Star where he is introduced to Mishima, the owner of the cabaret, who is highly respected in the town. Joe then meets Saburo, while fishing, and his lovely sister, who seem to sense the real man beneath the rough appearance and take him into their home. Word reaches Joe that the bandit he'd captured had been shot and he hurries over to the hospital.

Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that he knows he won't be able to afford, a former marksman-turned-bad, Ishioka approaches him. Ishioka is looking for an unaffiliated hit-man who is willing to handle some business. Nakata is just the right man for the job.

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.

Полиция и журналисты устраивают засаду, ничего не подозревающий Акира попадает в капкан. Он проклинает газетных писак, которые сдали его полиции. После освобождения из тюрьмы он случайно встречает обидчика и решает ему отомстить. Насилие, обман, джаз, музыка Чайковского, абстрактная живопись и реальные жертвы - это «Заводной апельсин» по-японски.

After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts not to get drawn back into crime, and to find his missing sister.

The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Bandai. Of course he solves the problems in the town while encountering the sinister rival, Masa "the pistol guy".

An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the remains of the pilot can be found.

Дзюмпэй Уэки перед выходом на пенсию два года проработал в представительстве своей компании в Гонконге и возвращается в Японию. В порту Иокогамы его встречают жена и дочь, жених дочери — газетный репортер Сётаро Касаи, а также горстка сослуживцев невысокого ранга. Как видно, уход Уэки на пенсию не станет для его фирмы большой потерей. Тем не менее, глава компании на следующий вечер после возвращения Уэки устраивает банкет, и… после его окончания герой банкета исчезает. Родные бьют тревогу, но тщетно, и лишь звонок из бара от девушки по имени Акэми, которой Уэки накануне вечером украдкой сунул кольцо и свою визитку, дает надежду.

Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then commit suicide, though Toshio was able to save the lives of their two children. Just transferred from Shimizu to Tokyo, Toshio hopes to produce a program that will expose the drug trade in Tokyo. One day, Toshio stops into a noodle shop where he is mistaken for a drug dealer and passed a bagful of drugs. The real dealer arrives in time to follow Toshio home. That night Toshio is attacked by the dealer, who turns out to be Kenji, one of the children Toshio had saved. Kenji can't bring himself to kill Toshio, so he runs away and goes into hiding from the mafia. While continuing to investigate the drug trade, Toshio searches for Kenji to get Kenji's testimony for his program.

Сигэо Ибуки — тромбонист, а его возлюбленная Хироми — солистка в том же джазовом ансамбле. В день свадьбы невеста внезапно исчезает. Подозрения вызывает и отсутствие Мориваки, друга Сигэо и менеджера группы. Сигэо начинает поиски в тех барах в Токио, где обычно пела Хироми. Вернувшись домой, он обнаруживает ее мертвой. Полиция считает Сигэо главным подозреваемым, к тому же у Хироми найден героин. Будучи под наблюдением полиции, Сигэо неустанно пытается добраться до истины, хотя менеджер советует не вмешиваться в расследование. Сигэо подозревает в причастности к убийству Мориваки и его подружку Каёко, которая, похоже, опоила Сигэо наркотическим средством, когда он разыскивал Хироми. Сигэо, пытаясь выяснить, откуда в его доме появилось платье, которое он никогда не видел на Хироми, начинает распутывать дело.

Also Known As: Abashiri Native Ground

Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One day Kensuke saves a suicidal woman, Fukiko Uzu, who jumps into a waterfall. Having injured his eyes in the process, he is brought to Tokyo for medical treatment. In Tokyo, Kensaku visits his mother Kaneko who left her son years ago. She now owns an exclusive club and has a son, Isao, with the president of Kobe Concern. Isao plots to steal Kensuke's farm as part of a land development scheme with Fukiko's husband. Without knowing they are blood related, their conflict over the farm intensifies.

Нобуо – необузданный хулиган, только что вышедший из школы-интерната, который изо всех сил пытается полностью порвать со своим прошлым.

Миямото выходит из тюрьмы после трехлетнего срока. У него на руках бриллианты, повисшие с последнего дела. Он хочет продать их, а вырученные деньги отдать Михаре, который по его вине стал калекой. Проведение сделки поручается Ояне, бывшему компаньону. В условленное время на встречу приходят продавец, покупатель и неизвестные с оружием…

Действие фильма происходит в Токио в 1950-е годы. Сёити мечтает стать барабанщиком в джазовом ансамбле. Он не обделен талантом, но из-за своего необузданного характера часто попадает в неприятные ситуации. Хозяйка джаз-банда Мияко берет его под свое покровительство, после того как ее протеже и любовник Чарли Сакурада изменил ей с танцовщицей Мэри и ушел из ансамбля, чтобы начать самостоятельную карьеру. Соперничество Сёити и Чарли не ограничивается музыкальной сценой, иногда свое превосходство приходится доказывать кулаками. Но больше всего Сёити страдает оттого, что мать считает его ни на что не годным тунеядцем. Пример младшего брата Эйдзи, учащегося в музыкальном колледже, служит ему постоянным укором…

Главные герои этой криминальной драмы, — Дзёдзи Симаки, бывший боксёр, отстранённый от ринга, ныне владелец небольшого кафе и Саэко, клубная певица, частично потерявшая голос и находящаяся на грани самоубийства. Потерянные души, они встречаются однажды ночью у причала, где она хотела совершить попытку суицида. Дзёдзи приглашает её к себе в кафе. Какое-то время они живут и работают вместе в его заведении. Герой имеет чёткую мечту — уехать к своему брату в Бразилию, а героиня мечтает найти свою любовь. Но тёмное прошлое Саэко не отпускает её, ибо дружки гангстера Сибаты, на которого она раньше работала, уже рядом. Дзёдзи узнаёт, что его брат оказывается не смог добраться до Бразилии, ибо был убит ещё здесь в Японии из-за своих сбережений, на которые он и собирался купить себе ферму на далёком континенте. И к его смерти причастна та же банда гангстеров, что сейчас пытается вернуть себе Саэко, которую он уже успел полюбить. Дзёдзи объявляет войну преступникам.

Этапируемый к месту заключения бандит Гондзо Оба совершает побег. Он осужден за грабеж и убийство, в то время как его напарник Хаясаки остался непойманным. После побега Оба со своим подручным Кимото прячется у китайца Вона, владельца казино в центре Токио. С его помощью Оба планирует со временем перебраться в Гонконг.

В конце Второй мировой войны отряд японской императорской армии в Бирме сдается британским войскам. В дни испытаний и позора солдаты находят спасение в хоровом пении. Рядовой, которого все считают погибшим, скрывается под одеянием буддийского монаха…

В процветающем токийском районе Гиндза женщина, продающая коллекцию произведений искусства своего бывшего мужа, пытается опознать мужчину, который нарисовал её портрет пятнадцать лет назад.