Akira is a hunter in a village where wolves disappeared 100 years ago. After he overspends community money on his obsessive hunts, his coleagues spurn him. He decides to go into the forest to kill a wolf.
Father
Молодой парень из Китая нелегально переезжает в Японию, чтобы улучшить уровень жизни и заработать деньги. Он покупает фальшивые документы и с радостью принимает предложение о работе за другого человека. Но новое место окажется не таким простым, как ему казалось на первый взгляд.
Ittetsu Suzuki
Ittetsu and Maitsuko are married, but they are not just any normal couple. They robbed a bank and took a cool million or two from the capitalists. Then they duly vanished. Years have passed and their children have congregated to divide their parents' money, but first there is the matter of arrangements and a funeral.
Commander Tsugeharu Yui
The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and occupy parts of the Hateruma archipelago. Members of the Japan Coast Guard are detained. Under the extremely tense situation, the Japanese government sends Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and an escort fleet to the area. Ryota Akitsu is the captain of the Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and Toshiya Niinami is second-in-command. It is now 6:23 am. and Japan faces one day which they never have before.
Masaru
Masaru and Yukiko have been married 44 years. They have three children who live independently from them. Masaru and Yukiko enjoy their peaceful days, but, one day, Yukiko tells her daughter Naoko that she wants to divorce Masaru.
Kitabayashi / Juzo
The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.
Aya's Father
He is rejected by his sister when the brother floats the idea that their father move from his house to her apartment. The father has other ideas however and shows up unannounced at her doorstep with his belongings. She has little space, a boyfriend she lives with it and does not need a cranky father.
Ryuzo
Бывший боец якудза, давно ведущий размеренную жизнь пенсионера, становится жертвой мошенничества и решает основать новый клан якудза вместе со своими престарелыми друзьями, чтобы вернуть славные времена и, разумеется, воздать по заслугам обидчикам…
Kazue Akimoto
В 1860 году, у ворот Сакурада в Эдо, убивают премьер-министра Ии Наоске. Позор и ответственность за это принимает на себя Симура Кинго, обещавший князю защитить его своей жизнью. Он ищет последнего выжившего убийцу, чтобы положить его голову на могилу своего господина. Но времена меняются, происходит Реставрация Мэйдзи, путь меча не в чести теперь и объявлен вне закона. Что это означает для Симуры Кинго?
Oshio
After losing everything in a tsunami, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. They live as father and daughter but share a profound sense of loss. Jungo works as a cook for the coast guard, leaving young Hana alone for days at a time. In wintry Hokkaido, Jungo and Hana both desire to fill their empty, love-starved hearts as they set foot into a forbidden world. Eventually, an elder benefactor in their small town learns of their illicit relationship. When he tries to separate them for Hana's own good, it provokes her emotional rage. Soon after, a murder quietly occurs atop the ice floes. With their dark secret, Jungo and Hana escape to Tokyo. However...
Shuntaro Osaki
Жизнь в семействе Осаки наполнена заботами, ссорами и разногласиями. Ко всем неприятностям добавляется неожиданно возникшая болезнь дедушки, который теряет память и становится беспомощным. Семья в растерянности. Все пытаются помочь дедушке, и постепенно появляется надежда на то, что им это удастся.
Teruo tokumoto
A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.
Yasunobu Marukawa
In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an asteroid. Seven long years later, Hayabusa achieved its goal and was the first of any kind of craft launched from Earth to safely return samples of this kind to home base. The story was one of such great national pride for Japan, and in the wake of the tsunami and resulting tragedies in Japan it’s strong nationalistic message became the subject of no less than three rival films. Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s high-profile effort, simply titled Hayabusa (2011) starred the incomparable Toshiyuki Nishida. Most recently, Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012) was released to Japanese audiences. Slipping in between those two was Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, concentrating on the people on the ground who helped return the probe safely.
Chūzaemon Inui
Средневековая Япония. Подчинение господину есть высшая обязанность самурая. Но как поступить, если господин требует сделать то, что никак нельзя сделать? Инуи Сакуноске получает приказ от своего господина убить Сакуму, самурая, который является его другом и мужем его младшей сестры, Тасу. Что, если Тасу, обучавшаяся владению мечом, обнажит клинок, чтобы защитить мужа? Честь самурая, забота о семье, внутренние переживания и противоречия…
An abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified middle-aged man and a dog who seems to have died months later. This is the story of the life of the loving and faithful dog and his owner told from the dog's point of view. City hall employee Kyousuke Okutsu is assigned to uncover the man's identity for a proper funeral. As he investigates the situation, he remembers his late family and his own dog's unfailing loyalty.
Tony Tanaka
Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.
Wang Qing Kuo
Выходец из Китая Ван шеф-повар и владелец популярного местного китайского ресторанчика «Маленький Шанхай» в Японии. Он готовит свои любимые блюда по рецептам из родного Шаоксинг — маленький южный городок, что в Китае. У него есть круг постоянных гурманов из местных жителей. Овдовевшая мать Такако Ямасита работает в универмаге, она частенько захаживает в «Маленький Шанхай». Ямасита предлагает Вану открыть филиал в универмаге, но повар и слушать не хочет об этом. Однажды Вана разбивает паралич. Ресторанчик под угрозой закрытия. Ямасита бросает работу и идет в ученики к шеф-повару Вану…
Primeminister Takafumi Watarase
A stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers from Japan's Defense Force must reach the craft before the enemies do.
Takuma
Twenty-three-year-old Ken has difficulty coping with the death of his father. His mother send him to his uncle Takuma in Japan.
Takeo Kanno
Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United States and discovers professional wrestling, he becomes a hero back home.
Chief Taro Minamoto
The movie "Umizaru" is the story of 14 young Japan Coast Guard officers who take part in a grueling training to become rescue divers. They must endure and survive a 50-day training. Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito) and 13 other recruits take part in the training. With his love for the ocean and dream to work as a rescuer at sea, a rescue diver seemed like the perfect occupation for Daisuke.
Takahashi Kenichi
Hanatani Village in the valley of Tokushima Prefecture is going to be submerged when a dam is constructed. In order to preserve the beauty of the place for future generations, the villagers decide to take photographs of all the families in the village. Kenichi, the only photographer in the village, is put in charge of the project. He calls his son Takashi, an aspiring photographer, to help him with the task. Takashi is puzzled since his father and he are not at all close, but as they visit each family in turn and Takashi sees his father working, Takashi's feelings towards his father begin to change.
A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.
After his father figure like mafia boss is murdered, Azusa Moribe (Masaya Sato) goes on a one man killing spree to exact revenge.
Himself
Initially, Ambivalent Future was intended as a film about the production of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Bright Future". But director Fujii has taken the "behind the scenes"-concept to unprecedented heights with this unique documentary offering a close look into the world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the auteur. Scenes from the surprisingly low key and relaxed production of "Bright Future" are of course sprinkled liberally throughout the documentary, but between these we are treated to interesting and revealing interviews with actors, producers and Kurosawa's many other collaborators. And perhaps the most surprising thing of all is how much of Kurosawa there is, talking candidly about his working methods and the philosophy behind it all.
Shin'ichirô Arita
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.
Ultimate Gun Action!
Sakota
A scientist desperately wanting to prove that mermaids exist is ostracized from the scientific community in Japan. He settles down in Australia steadfast on his hypothesis. When a Japanese student visits him in Australia with strange questions about mermaids, how the young man survived in the ocean, and why he doesn't remember anything.
A hard-boiled touch love story that depicts the momentary love between a hitman and a woman who had a dangerous escape together.
Yuta Suzumori
As famous photographer, Yuta Suzumori's (Tatsuya Fuji) health is worsening he tells a childhood story of when he saw a kappa in his hometown village of Kitagawa.
Ryusuke Kaji
An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional life of a Japanese detective. Just as it seems he can't go any lower, he is suspended from the force for disregarding orders to halt his criminal investigation of a Congressman. However, even this setback won't stop the determined cop from getting to the bottom of the scandal.
Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.
Daisaburo
A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.
shindou tsuyoshi
A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman and busts a few heads.
Genpei
Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.
A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth of the Imperial Navy's gold, team up to salvage it.
Toyoji
В 1895 году в деревне возле Токио женщина и ее любовник убили мужа-рикшу и бросили тело в старый колодец. Три года они встречались тайком, и ей и другим жителям деревни являлся призрак покойного. Их разоблачили, и после пыток они были казнены. Все это время их страсть не остывала, и последняя встреча любви состоялась на дне колодца среди останков убитого.
Kichizo Ishida
История патологической любви и страсти, которая не знает преград и морали.
Anabuki
По одноименной новелле Кэндзи Маруямы. Два друга отправляются на север Японии, чтобы в портовом городе найти корабль, который сможет отвезти их в Африку. Эта нелепая идея не сулит им ни денег, ни славы, ни уважения местных жителей. Малобюджетный фильм изобилует потасовками, издевательствами и эротическими сценами.
Tetsu Nakagawa
Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
In the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively with prostitutes, politicians and the police.
The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.
This is the thirteenth film in the series.
Tanabe
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.
Seiji Nakai
The film tells about Masayoshi, a noble Yakuza who lives by the laws of honor and humanity, and who is bound by an oath to his brother in a conflict between the Gamblers' family and the Tekiya family.
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.
Kijima
2 years ago, Kumi broke up with Shuhei and decided to forget everything about him for good. However, after being told that her younger sister, Junko, fall in love with a man and is currently living with him. She was determined to discover who was the man who won her sister's heart. But what will happen when she found out that the man in question is Shuhei, her first love?
Pinku from 1971.
Mappo
The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
Nobo
Two Japanese men help a Vietnam war deserter escape from Japan for Sweden. They plan to fund the escape by selling LSD pills. After word of the drug deal gets spread around they find themselves fending off rival gangs.
Drama is afoot at Shirobara Middle School when the bold Henmi Ryoko transfers into Class A, 9th Grade. She immediately picks a fight with, Masuda, the head of the preparation committee. The girls' battle for control of the gang soon grows out of control as it sweeps up the entire school. Brawls. Seduction. Yazuka. And more!
Baron
Байкерша-одиночка Ако на задворках Синдзюку знакомится с девчонками из банды красавицы Маки. У Маки назначена дуэль на ножах с соперницей из другой стаи, но та привела на помощь толпу бандитов-чернорубашечников. Если бы не молчаливое вмешательство Ако, инцидент мог бы закончиться плачевно, но кровопролития все же удалось избежать. Ако стала тусоваться вместе с «кошками», выступая у них в роли альфа-парня, и вскоре оказывается втянутой во все их проблемы.
Ganishin
Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.
Seiji Takigawa
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.
Naito
В 1943 году, военное положение Японии становится затруднительным. Хамамура Синкичи, оставив свою возлюбленную Михо, изъявляет желание поступить в Военно-Морской Авиационный Корпус "Цучиура", несмотря на то, что его отец погиб на войне. Проходя тяжелую учебную подготовку, он становится отличным пилотом, и вместе со своими однокашниками планирует отдать свою жизнь ради спасения своей страны. Также, Акио, младший брат его возлюбленной, поступает в Юношескую Летную Школу. А в это время, в Военно-Морском Флоте идут работы по созданию управляемой ракеты, на основании немецкой ракеты V1. Но из за сложного военного времени, у создателей ракеты не остается времени на создание управляющего блока ракеты, вследствие чего принимается решение предоставить управление ракетой человеку. Эта ракета, длиною в 6 метров и имеющая вес в 1.2 тонны, получила название "Токкотай-Оока", что по-японски означает "Божественный ветер, сносящий лепестки цветущей сакуры".
Katsuya
A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.
Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.
Yakuza movie directed by Yasuharu Hasebe
A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.
Japanese crime film
Tappei Kominato
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...
Kakizawa Takatsugu
The love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of her father's yakuza clan, after his death.
Kazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public pressure, and the territory belonged to the Hirata group.
Shigeo Minato, Oonogi Clan member
A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a campaign to take over Tokyo's drug, prostitution, and gambling rackets. Someone wants to stop them. Is it the police? Rival gang members? Or is it an entirely new group of hired killers who will stop at nothing to gain complete control of Tokyo's "bloody territories"?
Japanese crime film
Taro
A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the young hoods run afoul of their underworld idols when they rob the wrong gang, led by brutal boss Konno. When Zenkichi's pals start to bite the dust, he hooks up with a more traditional yakuza, Tetsugoro, to retaliate.
Hayazaki
Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) is the recruiter and protector of hostesses at the Club Rose. One day he visits Club Aron, to complain about attempts to lure hostesses from Club Rose. Aron's madam Hisayo reminds him of a tragic experience five years before, when a lovely girl named Kumi committed double suicide with a man in a hotel. For Aron's madam is Kumi's elder sister. Kagari's friend Hayazaki introduces him to Chie, the young sister of the man who died with Kumi, who has come to Tokyo to learn the truth about her brother's death. Kagari sends them both away. But he continues to be haunted by the warmed-over memories. When Club Aron is found selling bootleg whisky Kagari learns that Hisayo has been a tool in the hands of the Akune group who are also responsible for trying to steal his girls, and that Fujikura, the public prosecutor who presided over the case of Kumi's death and ruled it suicide, is now the personal lawyer of the Akune group...
Asami
Pinku from 1969.
Japanese crime film
A professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a lawless slum. He is shocked to learn that his younger sister had committed suicide after being raped by unknown men. One day, he rescues a girl from being attacked by some gang, and discovers that the same gang had driven his sister to death. Using his lethal hunting skills, Tetsuya begins to take revenge…
Masuda
Around Ginza there is a night-city of bars and cabarets, hostesses, customers. Assisting to keep order here is Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) who specializes in the women, their problems and troubles. He has saved many a girl from blandishments of pimps, makes customers pay up and women play straight. So he is called 'the woman's police-man' and he takes his job seriously.
One day, Chiyoko (Yukiyo Toake), a former hostess, comes to him. Her husband has been murdered and she wants help. The man had been a college classmate and Kagari decides to do what he can. In his investigation he overturns a whole nest of intrigue. Men he had thought irreproachable turn out to be corrupt; solid citizens are seen as the worst kind of scoundrels. Until now, Kagari has specialized in women and their problems. But, realizing the real state of affairs, he rolls up his sleeves for a good cleaning- up-at the same time discovering the murderer of his friend.
A college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school student, he cheerfully encourages his student, captivates him with the spirit of sports and falls in love with the daughter of the owner of the house. A masterpiece of youth drama starring the eternal idol Kazuo Funaki.
Masahiko Murata
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.
Shinjo
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.
Ryuichi Rouki
Suzuki
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.
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.
Eiji Kuroda
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.
George Inoue
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
Eiji Kokubu
A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.
Three women, deceived by a man, make full use of their feminine weapons, replete with daring and unbridled seduction strategies.
Miyagawa
Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.
Kazuya Yoshida
A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a woman he loves.
Yoshio Nagata
A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each of the daughters has a romantic interest and it's noticeable that the father, too, has someone in mind.
Detective Endo
Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza.
Detective Endo
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.
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.
Akira's Buddy
Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.
An original warrior directed by Toshio Takagi, directed by Eisuke Takizawa of “Kiriko's Tango” by Toshio Yasumi, a comedy, cheerful widow. The photo was taken by Minoru Yokoyama from “Asakusa no Toko Odoriko Monogatari”
Today is a new day with hopes. A youth hymn that depicts a young truck driver growing up in love with a dream while being supported by his friends who are always close to him. A movie adaptation of a hit song by Kazuo Funaki.
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of wolves. By chance, they were found by and became a members of a yakuza family. Five years later, Take dominated the port town as a young boss.
Kojima
Сэйдзи Фудзикура работает в магазине электротоваров г-на Такэи и ухаживает за его дочерью Ёко. Под впечатлением от боксерского матча, в котором победил Хисаси Исихара, Сэйдзи приходит в клуб бывшего чемпиона Адзумы. Гангстер (и тоже бывший боксер) Кэндзиро Ёсида пытается переманить парня в банду якудза. Сэйдзи выигрывает матчи, но продолжает работать электриком. Он проигрывает важный матч, вместе с тренером уволен и дисквалифицирован на три месяца: делавшие ставку на него думают, что он проиграл по сговору. Спустя время, Сэйдзи возвращается к тренировкам. Ему предстоит матч с Исихарой за чемпионский титул, но публика ему не доверяет. Бандиты шантажируют Сэйдзи: бармен Хаясаки якобы потерял рассудок от его удара, Сэйдзи придется плохо, если он не проиграет матч на восьмом раунде. Сэйдзи выходит на ринг с готовностью поддаться...
Добросердечный силач Дзиро и вспыльчивый Ёсио — школьные товарищи, они живут на окраине Токио. Мать Дзиро готовится открыть кафе, а отец Ёсио, плотник, работает у нее. Дзиро и Ёсио умудрились выиграть на скачках солидную сумму, но эти деньги отобрал у них молоденький якудза, только что появившийся в округе. Якудза оживились с ростом экономики, и все хозяева лавочек и забегаловок платят им дань.