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 ...

Genre: Crime

Actors:Akira Nishikino, Akira Oda, Atsushi Watanabe, Hiroki Matsukata, Hiromi Kurita, Jirô Chiba, Sonny Chiba, Takao Yamada, Yayoi Watanabe, Yumiko Nogawa

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 ...

Genre: Action,Comedy,Crime,Drama

Actors:Gorō Ibuki, Hajime Hana, Hiroki Matsukata, Kō Nishimura, Mikio Narita, Sanae Nakahara, Sonny Chiba, Takeo Chii, Tatsuo Endō, Yumiko Nogawa

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he’s in contact with.

Genre: Crime,Drama

Actors:Asao Koike, Jōtarō Senba, Mayumi Nagisa, Mikio Narita, Raizō Ichikawa, Saburo Date, Sachiko Kobayashi, Tatsuo Matsushita, Yūji Hamada, Yumiko Nogawa

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of ...

Genre: Action,Drama,History

Actors:Junko Ikeuchi, Kan'emon Nakamura, Keiju Kobayashi, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kinya Kitaoji, Toshirō Mifune, Umenosuke Nakamura, Yōko Tsukasa, Yumiko Nogawa, Yuriko Hoshi

Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

Genre: Action,Adventure,Drama

Actors:Hiroshi Hijikata, Hisataro Hojo, Hōsei Komatsu, Jōtarō Senba, Kayo Mikimoto, Kyōsuke Machida, Shōbun Inoue, Takashi Shimura, Yumiko Nogawa

Volunteering as a “comfort woman” on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is ...

Genre: Drama,Romance,War

Actors:Daizaburo Hirata, Isao Tamagawa, Kazuko Imai, Kotoe Hatsui, Shoichi Ozawa, Tamio Kawachi, Tomiko Ishii, Toshio Sugiyama, Tsutomu Shimomoto, Yumiko Nogawa

A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence.

Genre: Comedy,Crime,Drama

Actors:Fumio Watanabe, Hiroko Shimizu, Katsuo Nakamura, Kei Satō, Mariko Kaga, Masako Yagi, Rokkō Toura, Shoichi Ozawa, Toshiko Higuchi, Yumiko Nogawa

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, ...

Genre: Crime,Drama

Actors:Chico Lourant, Eimei Esumi, Isao Tamagawa, Jō Shishido, Kayo Matsuo, Kōji Wada, Misako Tominaga, Satoko Kasai, Tomiko Ishii, Yumiko Nogawa