Masataka Iwao

Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.

This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kimchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought the Japanese yakuza organization to its knees. He breaks out of prison while being transported back to Brazil and then begins to seek to get even with the organization.

The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.

V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.

Based on Edogawa Ranpo Award winner "Hanazono no Meikyu" by Yoko Yamazaki. A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.

Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?

While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on.

The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa.

Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition.

Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced prostitute. Even though he has been taken off the case for beating up a suspect, he refuses to let it go and recruits his mistress to act as a decoy for the killer. Her involvement turns out to be a fatal mistake, and when her husband gets out of prison, Detective Otaki is in worse trouble than ever.

Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.

Юноша из благополучной японской семьи учится в Америке. Но неожиданная гибель в автокатастрофе его родителей и исчезновение брата вынуждают Джоди срочно вернуться на родину. Хватит ли у него сил в одиночку справляться с мафией и отомстить за смерть родных?

Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in Africa where the family had been living throughout most of Jo's life. Once the funeral was over, he missed the boat that was going to take him back home, and, because of an altered itinerary, he ends up stopping in a town for awhile -- striking up an acquaintance with a teenager and her grandfather when he captures their runaway horse. He would have been glad to leave after the proper amenities were completed, but the girl's journalist brother is murdered -- he was getting too close to wrapping a major news story. At that point, Jo and a friend cannot easily drop the matter as though nothing had occurred, and the two start to track down the source of the trouble -- a factory that makes poison gas for Third World buyers. Now their task is to dismantle the operation, prevent one train shipment from arriving at a transfer point, and find the journalist's killer.

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.

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.

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...

Кано — якудза. Он должен убить Мацуоку, который предал их босса. Кано знал, что у Мацуоки была трёхлетняя дочь, поэтому прежде, чем сдаться полиции, он попросил, чтобы его человек, которому он доверял, заботился о ней. В тюрьме Кано продолжал посылать письма девочке, маскируясь под дядю из Бразилии. 15 лет спустя Кано выходит из тюрьмы. Бывший якузда настроен жить, не нарушая закон, однако жизнь вносит свои коррективы.

The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The police comes to the conclusion that its the work of a pyromaniacal serial murderer. The murder victim is identified as Mayumi Tamaki, a native of Ishigaki, Okinawa. As the investigation unfolded, her former boyfriend, a former rider of a motorcycle named Chōei Mikawa emerged as a suspect. But Kano did not agree Mikawa is the suspect. Kano started conducting the investigation himself to search the real criminal person.

Лето 1977 года. В расщелине у подножия горы Фудзияма найдены окаменевшие яйца динозавров. Миллионы лет пролежали они без движения, но природные катаклизмы пробудили их от спячки. И началось… Исчезают люди, на дорогах находят обезглавленных животных. Начинают оживать все новые и новые твари. Кто или что сможет остановить кровавую вакханалию?

In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.

Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be recruited as one of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna's (Kantaro Suga) concubines. While attempting to win her back, Zenjiro becomes involved in increasingly murderous palace intrigues.

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.

After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.

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.

Фильм состоит из двух новелл, первая рассказывает о преследовании христиан в средневековой Японии. Вторая — о жизни японского дома терпимости 19 века. Фильм изобилует кадрами изощрённых пыток и казней.

Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.

Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she sneaks into a movie studio in Kyoto where a drug dealing syndicate is based.

The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports comedy/drama. Sonny Chiba's brother Jiro Chiba stars as a Rugby player whose team must find a way to beat the opponent. It's a standard storyline without any major surprises, but works surprisingly well. Training scenes are relatively nuts; much better than the actual matches actually, which tend to go on forever. There is no sex, nudity or graphic violence, making this a family friendly affair. Sonny Chiba appears for about 7 minutes during the last third as a truck driver who comes to Jiro's rescue.

Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.

It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido and how he did it. We can see why he developed aikido and where he has learned martial arts.

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes natters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...

Ироничная и трагическая история о любовных приключениях юной Нацу и её замужней сестры Осити. Любовь дает им шанс вырваться из загнивающего дома, заселенного слизняками и пиявками. Цинизм и практицизм Нацу контрастирует с наивностью и самоотверженностью Осити. В конце концов, каждый добивается того, к чему стремился.

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

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.

Based on a manga by Kosuke Miki and Tadashi Matsumori, this film follows the adventures of Yuki, who works in a Kyoto red-light district house of ill repute as a "tamawari," or "virgin-breaker." She's the gal who gets first dibs on the new recruits to the brothel (some willing, some not), and it's her job to break them in for future clients. The film finds Yuki involved with a group of political rebels and anarchists after the Peace Preservation Law was passed in 1925 and walks a fine line between black humor and severe cruelty.

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.

Терри Цуруги нанят кланом преступника Овады, чтобы найти пару кассетных лент, которые содержат формулу для изготовления синтетического героина.

This is the second film of the ZA KARATE trilogy (AKA BRONSON LEE CHAMPION). Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion and must faces dozens of worldwide pretenders, such as the Guillotine Brothers of New Guinea, Killer Samson, Dracula Jack (Bolo) who all want a shot at him at all cost and also to steal the famous Orikirimaru Sword.

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...

The most dangerous hired gun in Tokyo's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?

Мафиози Отагуро, пользуясь репутацией мастера каратэ Масаоки, выманивает у людей деньги, якобы на строительство нового центра боевых искусств. Когда двое его подручных «смываются», он прибегает к услуге наемника Терри Сугури, чтобы тот наказал изменников.

Злой князь Ягю Рэцудо, которому до сих пор не удалось устранить Огами, решает применить своё последнее оружие. Это оружие — его дочь Каори, неофициальный сын от наложницы Хайеи, и сверхъестественные воины клана Демонов Гор ташигумо, которые могли передвигаться под землёй, как будто бы это была вода. Если и на этот раз не удастся убить Огами, у Рэцудо не останется иного выбора, кроме как поднять против него всех воинов своего теневого клана. При численном превосходстве Ягю Огами никак не сможет выжить. Для этого ему придётся сразить всех воинов клана Ягю и клана Ташигумо. Огами Итто и его сын всегда готовы к смерти. Но готов ли к смерти Рецудо?.

Каратиста-убийцу по имени Джинджи должны сегодня казнить. Его брат с сестрой нанимают другого каратиста-убийцу по имени Терри Цуруги для того, чтобы он спас их брата.

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…

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their seperate ways. With the help of a young mechanic, who's also on the lam, Ruriko tries to realize her dream of leaving the island of Japan behind. But the authorities are always one step behind her...

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.

Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He takes her to his apartment where he brutally rapes her and keeps her hostage and bound in chains. Christina's alluring beauty eventually enchants the rapist and he is soon consulting his 'How to Stimulate a Woman' sex book in an effort to please her...

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

Итто Огами мёртв. Живо лишь желание отомстить клану Ягю. Понимая это, злой гений Рэцудо отдаёт приказ особому подразделению своего клана — женщинам-ниндзя Акаси-Ягю — убить Огами. В то же время Огами нанимает клан Ава, чтобы убить изменника, который пытается продать сёгунату секрет производства красителя, которым живёт клан Ава. Чтобы защитить перебежчика во время его поездки в Эдо, сёгунат нанимает трёх грозных воинов, известных как Боги Смерти. Но истинный Бог Смерти один — это Итто Огами.

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.

Клан Абэ собираются несправедливо расформировать по причине опрометчивых действий соседнего князя, оказавшегося братом сёгуна. Управляющий клана Абэ разрабатывает план, чтобы убить обидчика во время возвращения из Эдо, но ситуация осложняется, когда в неё вмешивается один из старейшин. Одиннадцати самураям поручается отомстить обидчику.

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.

Part one.

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of death by a magic bird sent by a wizard. Ten years later, Ikazuki-maru embarks on an adventure to avenge his parents and the wizard's death with his magic powers he learned from the wizard. He kills Yuki Daijo but then must battle Oroki-maru in a battle to the death.

Заключительная, пятая часть пенталогии Утиды Тому о легендарном мастере меча Миямото Мусаси. Этот персонаж хорошо известен по трилогии Инагаки с Тосиро Мифунэ в главной роли. Здесь роль Мусаси с успехом исполняет не менее талантливый и разносторонний актер - Накамура Кинноскэ. Дороги двух прославленных мастеров сходятся, Мусаси и Кодзиро предстоит вступить в поединок друг с другом...

The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfil a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the townspeople have been unable to defend themselves and Inaba sets out to teach them how to stand up for themselves. Meanwhile the vile Lord Yasumasa has sent the 4 finest swordsmen in the clan out to hunt Inaba down and kill him. Led by the magnificent Ichibei (Konoe), a master of weaponry in his own right, everything points to an ultimate showdown between the former friends in a battle to the death.