Kazuo Kasahara

Third movie of the Sangokushi animated film trilogy. The movie covers the longest time span of the three films, from Liu Bei's expedition to Shu in 211 CE to the death of Kongming in 234 CE.

Covering roughly 13 years, from Cao Cao's victory over Lu Bu in 198 CE, through the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 CE, and the aftermath up until 211 BCE. As other players are swept from the board, the story focuses on Liu Bei and his increasingly desperate attempts to prevent Cao Cao from seizing all of China. The turning point is Liu Bei's recruitment of the best strategic mind of that generation, Zhuge Kongming, the Crouching Dragon.

Beginning during the Yellow Turban rebellion that initiated the downfall of the ruling Han dynasty. At the start of the story, both Liu Bei, its eventual protagonist, and Cao Cao, its eventual antagonist, are minor players. Liu Bei is striving to find a way to bring order to a chaotic world. As he puzzles he way toward the correct course of action, he befriends two powerful warriors, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. Together, they take the Oath of the Peach Garden, to live and die together as warriors for justice. Meanwhile, Cao Cao is pondering how to fulfill his destiny as "a hero in a chaotic world or a villain in a peaceful one."

Фильм посвящён жизненному пути одного из известных японских просветителей Японии 19 века — Фукудзава Юкити. Выходец из самурайской семьи, рано осознавший несправедливость феодальной системы, отправляется в Америку изучать английский язык. По возвращении он начинает преподавать язык в школе самурайского клана, которому он принадлежал. Главы клана, обеспокоенные распространению западных идей, закрывают школу, и Фукудзава Юкити открывает новую школу Кэйо, будущий университет Кэйо. Все свои силы он вкладывает в просветительскую деятельность за проведение в Японии реформ по западному образцу и созданию Новой Японии.

Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.

Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.

О мятеже националистически настроенных офицеров японской армии, произошедшем 26-29 февраля 1936 года. Мятеж организовали молодые офицеры-националисты, которые были убеждены в том, что побороть в стране политическую коррупцию и крайнюю бедность в сельской местности можно лишь путём устранения нескольких высших политиков…

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.

В 1617 году по инициативе одного из владельцев публичных домов сёгун Токугава Иэясу издал указ о переселении всех проституток в отдельный городской квартал. В 1626 году Ёсивара был открыт. Квартал был отделён от города глухими стенами и рвом, ворота были одни, для облегчения контроля как за проститутками, так и за клиентами. Девушкам запрещалось покидать квартал за исключением вызова в суд, посещения врача и прогулки с клиентом для любования цветущей сакурой. Во всех этих случаях её сопровождал полицейский. Весна 1907 года. Сутенёр приводит в Ёсивара новую девушку по имени Хисано, проданную отцом в счёт погашения долг. Хозяйка борделя представляет Хисано трём ойран (куртизанки высокого класса, воспевавшиеся современниками в гравюрах укиё-э): Коконэ, Ёсидзато и Кобана, первая из которых отвечает за обучение новеньких.

A young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind numerous debts and his illegitimate child. Desperate to track down her missing husband, she travels to Kyushu in hopes of finding clues to his whereabouts and in the process discovers disturbing secrets about the man she loves.

Последняя глава в истории о могучем линкоре. К земле приближается неминуемая гибель в лице древней планеты некогда ставшей причиной зарождения жизни на планете Земля. Бесстрашному экипажу приходится вновь сплотить свои ряды дабы не дать свершится древнему пророчеству о гибели родной планеты. Как непобедимый экипаж будет противостоять угрозе? Кто готов встретиться с экипажем вновь и удастся ли справится с новой угрозой? Всё это вы узнаете в этом замечательном фильме!

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

В этом фильме рассказывается об осаде японскими войсками русской крепости Порт-Артур во время русско-японской войны 1905 года.

A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE

The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics

This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.

A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.

A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.

Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld.

Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.

1963 год. С того дня, как босс Охара отправился за решётку, в Курасиме не стихает война между бандами. Молодой наследник отбывающего срок босса Кэндзи Хиротани уже несколько лет намеревается восстановить власть своего клана в городе, но пока не в состоянии этого сделать. У его соперника Кавады больше денег, людей и связей наверху, но зато у Кэндзи есть своя бригада и хороший друг — инспектор уголовной полиции Куно, который всегда готов прикрыть его в случае неприятностей. Куно не считает себя продажным полицейским, так как деньги никогда не были для него приоритетом. Просто он считает, что во всём должен быть свой порядок. Если якудза — неизбежное зло, значит, его нужно просто научиться контролировать. А кому это сделать, как не сообразительному парню Хиротани? Признаться, Куно даже сам помышлял в молодости о том, чтобы стать бандитом, но потом решил, что работать в полиции куда круче и выгоднее.

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...

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

Преемник семьи Мураока, самой могущественной семьи якудза в Хиросиме, жестоко убит средь бела дня на центральной улице города. В постепенно развивающейся борьбе за место преемника проныра Утимото гнусно ставит палки в колёса боссу Ямамори, который хочет стать новым боссом семьи Мураока…

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza...

A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.

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?

Japanese movie.

A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangsters and indirectly by American GI influences. She must battle a yakuza organization with her employees to help settle things.

Bunta Sugawara replaces Koji Tsuruta as the leading man for this sequel of Okoma, the Orphan Gambler.

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.

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.

Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

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 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.

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.

The third film in the Zenka-mono series.At the beginning of the Showa period, Matsukichi Iwaki was released from prison after 10 years in prison. Matsukichi came to Yokosuka relying on his old friend Mitsuo Nakai from the Nakai gang, but Nakai was killed and the gang disbanded. Matsukichi discovers that the Shimanaka gang is behind everything, and from her the thread reaches the Navy. With the help of grenades and sword, Matsukichi, nicknamed "Bomb Man", sets off a disorderly rampage.

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

Second part of the Zenka mono series.

Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There he met Torajiro, a master of kendo, who had just left prison after slashing his adoptive father who stole his son's wife. Torajiro was on his way to his brother-in-law, Iwai. While talking about themselves, they someday felt something similar to friendship.

Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.

Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.

5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

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.

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.

The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action.

Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with the help of six handicapped guys.

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

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 tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to avenge his Boss. He must make a life or death decision as he is asked to protect a gang from attack. Part 2: A pair of gamblers chased out of a crooked game must fight not only their pursuers, but the ghosts of their pasts as well. Part 3: A wanderer who wants to live according to the Yakuza Code, but is not sure that he can do so when asked to save a town from an evil official.

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!!

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.

A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.

A dark tale of murder and revenge set in old Kyoto.

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argument between their two fathers. Can their love survive in spite of the bitterness between their two families?

Two siblings try to unveil the secrets behind a mysterious coin found at a murder scene.

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

A princess finds life behind the protection of her brother and the high walls of the mansion to be quite dull, so she takes on another identity and lives in a small house in Edo pretending to be a singer but all the while she is actually a Shogunate Detective. Framed by a crooked magistrate for a crime she did not commit, Oshichi must clear her name of false charges after a woman helps to lead a prison break of the notorious Oshu Remnants. Meanwhile the magistrate, Lord Kai, conspires to be rid of her brother, Clan Elder, Lord Abe Iyo. Her only clue is an ornate dagger with a handle made of golden coins.

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.