Suekichi
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.
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.
Главарь молодежной банды влюбляется в девушку из католической семьи. Его сердце разрывается между любовью к уличным дракам и любовью к воспитанной красавице.
Братья Асари рано потеряли отца, главаря банды якудза. Гэндзи Асари был зарезан наемным убийцей, подосланным соперничавшей группировкой. При жизни отец успел высказать желание, чтобы сыновья не связывались с якудза. Старший брат Рёта и младший Синдзи воспитывались матерью так, как завещал отец.
Рёта стал менеджером ночного клуба, а Синдзи — сотрудником рекламной фирмы. Однажды в дом к братьям приходит Усигоро Тобита, якудза старой закваски, и признается в убийстве их отца. Синдзи в гневе избивает пришельца, Рёта же ведет себя сдержанно. В действительности Рёта давно уже работает на группировку якудза Нанивада, но не хочет такой судьбы для младшего брата. Скоро выясняется, что дух якудза в крови у обоих братьев.
В центре картины — небольшая группа проституток, пробующих выжить в хаотической, находящейся во власти преступления арене послевоенного Токио.
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
В деревне на горе Сюрэй поселяется странник Рёдзи, вооруженный охотничьим дробовиком. Хозяин лесопилки Нисиока держит при себе подозрительную троицу телохранителей. Обеспокоенные жители деревни выбирают шерифа. Им становится Окумура, твердо решивший отомстить за изнасилованную и убитую жену.
