Akira Shioji

Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant God (1992)

The spirit of Princess Lena, the last emperor of the planet Lectorius who vanished 700 years ago, arrived on Earth as a sphere of light, seeking to inhabit the body of Tsushima Reina. Reina finds herself torn between her lover Kensuke and her stepmother Mi ...

Asian Beat: I Love Nippon (1991)

Commentary: The first work in the "Asian Beat" series, in which young directors from six Asian countries, including Japan, compete to create the same protagonist (Masatoshi Nagase). The main character "TOKIO" becomes involved in various incidents when he m ...

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990)

Junko pretends to be a yakuza and gets more than he bargained for when he is tasked with avenging the murder of a fellow gang member. If he turns the task down, he will face the consequences for betrayal. ...

Dream Street (1989)

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka. ...

Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso (1989)

A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee. ...

Gate of Flesh (1988)

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 re ...

A Taxing Woman (1987)

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets ...

Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escap ...

Blue Rain Osaka (1983)

A woman who runs a bar with her older sister has her life disrupted when she has a chance meeting with an old lover. ...

Amagi Pass (1983)

Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a prin ...

Fall Guy (1982)

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet. ...

Goyou Sen Enjou (1982)

Indecent Family: Mother & Daughter (1982)

A rich retired middle-aged man is seduced by young bar dancer and she moves into his mansion. He enjoys his newfound girlfriend when her sexy mother shows up. The mother and daughter both proceed to seduce him to exhaustion. But when some relatives of the ...

Flames of Blood (1981)

​The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and shelter. As their lives become intertwined, they attempt to find a sense of peace and domesticity while caught ...

Uniform Experience Trio: I Am Ripe (1981)

Three high school student girls are on their spring break. They are expecting to get some sex of course. One becomes an adult magazine model. The second one nets a boyfriend. The third one is a little shy and needs helps from her friends. This last girl ha ...

Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie (1981)

The Dogma Kingdom attacks the Matagi (mountain tribe) village of Yamabiko to steal the sacred Flying Dragon Fortress and wreak havoc all over Japan. Six children from the fallen village take refuge in a nearby town, keeping their identities as Matagi citiz ...

Shinnyû Shain: (Maruhi) OL Ôoku Monogatari (1980)

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An Ocean to Cross (1980)

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin. ...

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya (1979)

Iemon Fukasawa, a masterless samurai, marries Oiwa but is repulsed by a dark mark on her face. He descends into alcoholism and starts an affair with O-hana, a maid carrying another man's child. Together, they conspire to poison Oiwa, killing her and dispos ...

The Fighting Rascal (1979)

The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978)

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 mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete. Now sides are drawn among the local yakuz ...

Puppets Under Starry Skies (1978)

A young Japanese man finds himself in the company of a strange, effeminate gay man and a girl with a seedy sexual history and who even now is pregnant again. They share a predisposition for drug use and spend time together in an old house. He refuses the a ...

The Extravagant Cops (1977)

The Story of a Geisha (1977)

In the year 1873, a Japanese woman is sold as a mistress to an American diplomat stationed in Japan. ...

A Scream from Nowhere (1977)

In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy industrialist who may have been leading a double life. ...

Nuns That Bite (1977)

A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling sna ...

The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)

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 re ...

Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977)

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 ...

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat (1976)

The fourth film of the "Truck Yaro" series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers, "Momojiro" and "Kinzo," who travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. Momojiro goes to Shikoku this time, and he falls in love with a beautiful designer n ...

Oxen Split Torturing (1976)

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with a young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his ...

The Most Perverted Post War Crimes (1976)

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

Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist (1976)

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. ...

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)

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. ...

Karate Warriors (1976)

Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs. ...

The Racketeer Ishimatsu (1976)

Action-comedy film featuring the adventures of an itinerant merchant (Hiroki Matsukata) that becomes an unlikely hero. ...

Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)

Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's brother, a corrupt cop, a motorcycle gang and every police officer in the Kanto region. ...

Female Ninjas: In Bed with the Enemy (1976)

Female ninjas nudity and sword-weilding action directed by Takayuki Miyagawa is bawdy and thrilling! The female ninjas are sent undercover (sometimes under bed covers) to investigate the disappearance of a gold chest. ...

The Decisive Power of Aikido (1975)

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. ...

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)

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 f ...

Story of a Nymphomaniac (1975)

Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of ...

Company Buggers (1975)

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

Cops vs. Thugs (1975)

When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kun ...

The Viper Brothers and the Young General (1975)

The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in need as his naivety prevents him from seeing their true nature. ...

Graveyard of Honor (1975)

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa. ...

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorabl ...

The Yakuza (1974)

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate. ...

The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)

Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy. ...

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)

Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back. ...

Code of Wolves (1974)

In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake. ...

Third Generation Boss (1974)

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan. ...

The Karate Man and the Spy (1974)

In the beginning of the World War I in 1914, Japan is being invaded spies from Russia and Germany. To eliminate the spies the army hires Sakuragi, a famous Karate and Kempo master. ...

The Tattooed Hitman (1974)

The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu'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 a ...

Woman Mobsters (1974)

Bank robbers steal 30 million yen and try to elude the cops and escape with the cash. Of the three, only one manages to avoid capture. Yoko, a female accomplice, is tossed in a women's prison where she meets Yuki, and the two of them manage to escape. Thei ...

The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges (1974)

Part 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Katsuji finds his long lost mother, who is a rich lady of a ...

The Street Fighter (1974)

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions. ...

Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974)

The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Bloo ...

Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates (1973)

We find Reiko Ike once again cast as a tough schoolgirl who has to band together with her enemies to upset the reign of their private Catholic high school administration where institutionalized sexual abuse is endemic. The tables are turned on the principa ...

The Blossom and the Sword (1973)

Tai Kato's early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto. ...

The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers (1973)

Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on a bus full of old women, Masa finds out that Katsu tried to fake a car accident and get some money for Mas ...

Japan's Top Gangster (1973)

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang. This epic film is the first part of greatest true-life series based on autobiography of the Yamaguchi-gumi ...

Miyamoto Musashi (1973)

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Pa ...

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973)

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 separate ways. With the help of a young ...

The Hard Core Criminal (1973)

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate. ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)

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, S ...

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)

The Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang territory, where they end up getting kidnapped by sinister underworld thugs. After breaking free, the girls set their sights on one thing: revenge. Miki Sugimoto s ...

Eight Men to Kill (1972)

The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causin ...

Hikage-Mono (1972)

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita ...

Informal Dress (1972)

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972)

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as ...

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972)

Part 4 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of gettin ...

The Pledge (1972)

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

Sex, Gamble and Big Money (1972)

Having lost everything at a local yakuza gambling den, Genta comes to Osaka hoping to make a comeback. He falls in love with Chigusa, the woman who gives him the opportunity to hit the jackpot at the bicycle race track, but his hopes are dashed. Then, at a ...

The Brawling Angel (1972)

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi. ...

Modern Lady Gambler (1972)

Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betrayed her, and destroying her family and her life. When she discovers that man had already died, she loses her will to live. But in a twist of fate, she meets ...

Lullaby for a Tough Guy (1972)

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor's guards. ...

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)

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 tryi ...

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972)

President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to th ...

Zorome no San Kyoudai (1972)

In Osaka, a family sets up shop in Tsuruhashi. Trouble brews for three brothers – Jinzuke, Tadayoshi, and Eizo – when they come together in their hometown, Nakano Village, after getting word of their father's critical condition. In a Nakano Village div ...

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972)

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. ...

The Man (1971)

Japanese movie. ...

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen (1971)

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety. ...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape (1971)

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator. ...

Patience Has An End (1971)

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza. ...

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by ...

Dagger (1971)

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Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival (1971)

The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil Hiroshi Nawa, who at one point employs rebellious young hood Tsunehiko Watase and Kagawa. Tatsuo Umemiya also ...

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler (1971)

Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and comes into conflict with gamblers plotting to take over a rustic hot-spring town. Handling a gun and sword as ...

The Silk Hat Boss 2 (1970)

The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami. ...

Yukyo-retsuden (1970)

A street vendor who eloped with his girlfriend and injured her brother loses her to illness, and now has to confront the brother and some dirty local yakuza. ...

Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel (1970)

The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddler, who this time ventures to Osaka where he defends a blind girl at a street market. The area is targeted by rotten yakuza (Asao Koike and Tatsuo Endo), wh ...

The Drifting Gambler (1970)

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series. ...

House of Gamblers (1970)

Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of his family being insulted by the Tanuma's family goons, by retaliating on his own. After injuring the head of Tanuma's family, and slaying others along the w ...

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970)

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater. ...

Gambler's Legacy (1969)

A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mita Family, searches for the man bearing a tattoo of a dragon who is said to be responsible for the death of their former leader. ...

Kanto Street Peddlers (1969)

Kokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run by an elderly boss (Kanjuro Arashi). They come into conflict with an unholy alliance of evil Yakuza bosses (Watanabe, Amatsu and Kawazu). ...

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history. ...

Team of Ruffians (1969)

Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission. ...

Killer's Mission (1969)

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior... ...

Samurai Geisha (1969)

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era. A stellar all-star cast, a thrilling story, and Takakura Ken's violent swordplay, make this a classic Yak ...

The Cross of Vengeance (1969)

Film with Junko Miyazono. ...

Brothers Serving Time (1969)

While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers. Tatsu and the sworn brothers he acquires weren't really gangsters before their prison time, just ruffians. ...

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969)

The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livelihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept ...

Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage (1969)

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 a ...

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)

The third chapter of the 'Red Peony Gambler' saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu's life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of ...

Gambler Biography (1968)

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

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1968)

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the earl ...

Enlisted Yakuza (1968)

It is the third film in the Gokudo series. In this episode, set in 1937, the main character of the series gang leader Shimamura is drafted into the military and fight in China. ...

Wicked Priest (1968)

During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two factions. One of these factions was led by the Chief Abbot and his protege, Shinkai. When Shinkai intercedes in a fight between a rival priest and some ruffian ...

The Bandits (1968)

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

Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger (1968)

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A railroad line brings changing times to a community. Because Tetsu can't stand by and allow a bunch of yakuza ...

Eleven Samurai (1967)

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the ...

Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy (1967)

Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf. ...

Heiji, the Detective (1967)

Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seigoro. ...

Black Ninja (1967)

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period. ...

Code Between Brothers 5 (1967)

Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan's most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro, the ...

Gambler: Victory Without Death (1967)

Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in Kyuushu. Quickly there's trouble with the local mining ...

Samurai Wolf II (1967)

Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a do ...

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (1967)

The second part of the Gamblers series. ...

Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)

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. ...

Watari and the Fantasticks (1967)

Based on Episodes 27 through 28, 33 through 35, Episode 37 and 39 of the 1967 Akakage TV Series "Upon learning of the evil general Yuri Danjo's rebellion, Oda Nobunaga rushes to Kyoto with a small force from his castle in Kiyosu. However, along the way, Ne ...

Golden Ninja (1966)

Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of the defeated forces hide the Toyotomi treasure. When the leader cuts down the rest of the team, a bloodstained footman seems to be the only survivor, and his ima ...

Samurai Wolf (1966)

This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without sc ...

Watari, the Ninja Boy (1966)

Adapted from Sanpei Shirato's classic manga, a legend unfolds as Watari, a young boy skilled in ninjutsu, takes on the corruption inside the Iga clan and avenges many unjustly killed ninja by the acts of Sandayu Momochi's scheming vice-leader. ...

Seven Gamblers (1966)

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 Protector (1966)

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to continue the five generation long run of the business, Mine is put to the ultimate test when a former gangst ...

The Magic Serpent (1966)

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and the evil wizard Orochi-Maru. The lords young son Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of death by a magic bird sent by a wizard. Fourteen years later, Prince ...

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown (1966)

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Blood of Revenge (1965)

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun's hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue. ...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 (1965)

The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang. ...

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry (1965)

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. ...

The Gambler (1965)

A crime film released in 1965 ...

Three Yakuza (1965)

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 Off ...

The Tattooed Lord (1965)

The Domain: The Naniwa Story (1965)

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 K ...

Gamblers and Racketeers (1964)

Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will stop at nothing to undermine the vendors and take over the territory. Masakichi will do all he can to prot ...

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall (1964)

A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true identity and intentions. ...

The Ninja Hunt (1964)

Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate's plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord. ...

Giant Rumble (1964)

In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home town. Swearing allegiance to his fiancée's father, a decent boss, he had taken to the road after a gang fi ...

Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (1964)

Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in love with her. Yasaburo, the oyabun of the Nishikawa Gang, loves her very much too. However, as he likes Ta ...

Warrior of the Wind (1964)

A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and romance of Shinzo and a beautiful Princess who find themselves at the center of an intrigue surrounding the legendary land of Yasurai in the mountains of Kumano. ...

Sasuke and His Comedians (1963)

Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armour when they encounter a young boy named Sasuke with magical powers he says came from a meteor t ...

13 Assassins (1963)

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the ...

Duel of Blood and Sand (1963)

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 ...

Blind Wolf (1963)

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella (1963)

Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who is later himself killed. His dying words in Umon's arms were, "I didn't kill the guard." The murdered crimi ...

Tenamonya Sandogasa (1963)

The Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jirocho of Shimizu and becoming the strongest in Japan. Tokijiro is a fallen yakuza who is trying to make his mark by heading for Shimizu Port with his partner, ...

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai (1963)

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness ...

Five Ronins (1963)

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal. ...

The Duel at the Satta Pass (1962)

A variety of characters, including ninja Noto, a swordsman disguised as a komuso monk, and a young samurai chasing them, participate in a chaotic bloody battle for 4,000 gold coins that were stolen from Nijo Castle. ...

Tengu Priest (1962)

Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father's death. ...

Mark of Blood (1962)

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil. ...

Abekobe dōchū (1962)

The Mad Fox (1962)

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover's twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter ...

Sakura Official (1962)

As Japan's Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his career. In a masterfully woven tale, he has to face the truth about his estranged father's possible involv ...

A Warrior Generation (1962)

Knightly Advice (1962)

Good Rascals (1962)

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives. ...

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey (1962)

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer's investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater. ...

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido (1962)

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu. ...

Restoration Fire (1961)

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan's inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse int ...

Whistling Drifter (1961)

Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido. ...

The South Sea Wolf (1961)

Namie's in trouble again, getting snatched by an evil gang in search of treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart, and falls in with a band of pirates who are also hunting the hidden stash. ...

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 (1961)

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda. ...

The Spear of Heroism (1961)

Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The order has been sent from up on high that if Gennosuke won't change his mind then Suzue must be dealt with o ...

Miyamoto Musashi (1961)

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the hist ...

Bride of White Castle (1961)

A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young master. ...

Morning Breeze in Edo (1960)

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends' missing family members in Edo. ...

Castle of Flames (1960)

In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds to be mysterious circumstances, and his mother's married to his uncle, whose ruthless ambition is causing ...

The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins (1960)

The film adaptation of the novel "Three Little Rats" by Tatsuro Jinde. In this fascinating story, the rebellious Jirokichi and three men, united by a sense of justice and love, confront an evil merchant and an official who fills his pockets with gold, and ...

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage (1960)

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to rescue them. ...

Road Warriors (1960)

A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow, Ayame 's Gantaro, with the turbulent and exciting Wakizashi Hitoshi . ...

Sunny and Cloudy Days (1960)

Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return (1960)

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who can save the shogunate from the dastardly plot to take over the country. ...

Echo in the Mountains (1959)

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom. ...