Bumon Kahara

Shadow Hunters (1972)

Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and some ...

Eros Schedule Book: Female Artist (1971)

The wife of a struggling artist is raped and begins painting a series of erotic images in an attempt to exorcise her demons. However the men in her paintings all have the same face as her rapist, and as her work becomes more popular the man begins to take ...

Blind Woman's Curse (1970)

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 ga ...

Greatest Boss of Japan (1970)

A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city. ...

Abare chōhan (1970)

Bloody Territories (1969)

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 poli ...

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler (1969)

Japanese crime film ...

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin (1969)

Japanese crime film ...

Outlaw: Kill! (1969)

Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and the Kanto Touyu-kai were in the midst of a territorial dispute. Goro was quick to notice, but had no intent ...

Retaliation (1968)

Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds are ma ...

Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)

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 yea ...

Hawk of the Harbour (1967)

A Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets harassed by the yakuza. ...

The Singing Gunman (1967)

Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has been killed by the gangsters who held up the bullion transport. ...

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster (1967)

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 ...

Birth of a Fighter (1967)

A young boss proves his right to rule his gang. ...

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil (1966)

The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player Kôji, control the international casino empire and use the profits to achieve world domination. But Japan's mo ...

Adventure With Him (1965)

Mitsuo Hayama, who is preparing for his entrance examinations, secretly plans to take a trip with his classmate Akira, alone and undisturbed. Noriko learns of the trip by chance and tells Mitsuo and his friends that she will join them, and they reluctantly ...

Traveling Alone with a Guitar (1964)

Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Henmi. The third work in Nikkatsu's "Gambler" series. ...

The Flame of Devotion (1964)

The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman's son, and her devotion to him during a time of war. ...

The Flower and the Sword (1964)

A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful gangster plans to stop the project. By any means necessary. ...

Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel (1964)

An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia organization based in Japan. To defeat the villains, Joe uses his unprecedented skills of fast shooting and karate se ...

Juvenile Delinquents (1964)

Follows a bunch of school renegades and their downfall into criminality in a docu-drama style, completely refreshing for its time. ...

Tiger of the Sea (1964)

A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth. ...

Intentions of Murder (1964)

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life. ...

Bad Girl (1963)

Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her mother had died years ago. She spends her nights at a rundown bar, sharing drinks and cigarettes with the lowlife drunks. She has nowhere to turn and no on ...

Hore tatte dame yo (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Satsujin-sha o oe (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Night of Bloody Hell (1962)

A motorcycle daredevil is murdered by a gang that wants to take over the circus to become the cover for their drug operation, but his replacement (Akira Kobayashi) has other ideas. ...

Naku n janai ze (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Man From the Sea (1962)

Japanese action film. ...

Solo Traveler (1962)

12th in the Joe of Aces series. ...

Quick Draw Sanshiro (1962)

Koji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea gangsters! ...

Song of a Traveller (1962)

A crime film released in 1962 ...

Taiyō no yō ni akaruku (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Yami ni kieta shisha (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Kimagure tosei (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Cat Changed Into Tiger (1962)

A life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He heads to another town to sell insurance, but to his surprise, the elderly are all healthy thanks to a special local sake. Along the way, he meets an eye-patch-weari ...

Pigs and Battleships (1961)

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together. ...

An Angel is Chasing Me (1961)

A comedy-action film depicting a kind-hearted protagonist who, feeling disillusioned with the world, asks a hitman for assistance with suicide, only to find himself embroiled in a thrilling and hilarious journey involving money and women. ...

He Killed Dad (1961)

The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murdered. Kunio sets out on a manhunt to avenge his father and will stop at nothing until he finds the killer. Setsuko, Kunio's fiancée, is unable to keep up wit ...

Yami wo saku kuchibue (1960)

A unique action film about a battle between two students and a yakuza over the eviction fee for a family that abandoned their home at the bottom of an artificial lake. ...

The Day of Youth (1960)

At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wishes to prepare himself for a better life away from gang activities despite the wishes of his father who wants him to assist strengthen the gang against the ...

My Second Brother (1959)

The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zain ...

Hijo tehai (1959)

Zattō ni hikarume (1959)

1959 Japanese movie ...

Underworld Beauty (1958)

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane ...

Tree of Love (1954)

1954 Japanese movie ...

The Paths of Two Maidens (1952)

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers. ...

Hyōchū no Bijo (1950)

Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo. ...

The Rainbow Man (1949)

When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on aboun ...

Woman on the Night Train (1947)

Mysterious incidents occur one after another on the express train as it plows through the dark night on the railroad tracks! The first woman is robbed! The second woman is almost killed! The third woman attempts suicide! ...

Aru yo no seppun (1946)

The romantic struggles of three close friends who came back from the war. ...

Who Is the Criminal? (1945)

1945 Japanese movie ...

The Man From Chungking (1943)

Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy? ...

New Snow (1942)

Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to him. Kayo, a strong-willed doctor, is also attracted to him. A mediator tries to arrange a marriage but ju ...

Passion to Soar (1941)

Pasion to soar ...

The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)

A servant girl is seduced and abandoned by her lover, a man from a higher social class, forcing her to navigate a harsh world as an itinerant performer to survive and raise their child. ...

Oyuki the Virgin (1935)

When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women prove to be morally superior to their betters. ...

The Scent of Pheasant’s Eye: An Episode from the Tales of Flowers (1935)

Mitsuo the Counselor's son marries writer Miyoko, however a tender romance blossoms between Miyoko and Mitsuo's sister Kaoru. When the family falls to bankruptcy, heartache ensues; Miyoko's illness worsens and she is sent to a sanatorium, separating the lo ...

And Yet They Go On (1931)

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film. ...