Gōzō Sōma

Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case (2004)

A couple died in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, in an apparent double suicide, the circumstances of which were unclear. ...

Parco Fiction (2002)

Witness a bizarre job interview and a dotty grandma in these five short surreal stories revolving around legendary Japanese department store Parco. ...

Lifetime Insecurity (1994)

In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen ...

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses (1991)

After his fiancée is killed in the crossfire of a yakuza turf war, a man on the edge remorselessly hunts down the gangsters responsible. ...

Virgin Road (1989)

Based on the comic book by Tatsuo Kanai ...

The Forest of the Little Bear (1987)

Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a troublemaker. ...

House on Fire (1986)

In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work ...

Fire Festival (1985)

Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways. ...

Heaven Station (1984)

From a true incident that happened in 1960's Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on a tangled web of murder and deceit encountered by a beautiful woman, Kayo after her abusive husband is mu ...

Hariko no tora (1983)

Nishimura Gosaku, an aspiring photographer who loves mountain scenery, meets a boy named Sada Ichiro one evening who asks to borrow train fare. For some reason, Ichiro follows Nishimura everywhere. When told to go home, Ichiro refuses, claiming he doesn't ...

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. ...

Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

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 Bear Storm (1980)

An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in search of agricultural land to the land of the pioneers in Hokkaido led a peaceful life. One day, one of the pio ...

Port Arthur (1980)

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserv ...

The Revolt (1980)

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha ...

Run Truck Rascal, Run! (1979)

Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving in to collect the sheets for her and ends up falling in love. ...

A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun (1979)

Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he meets the wild and beautiful Natsu. ...

Dead Angle (1979)

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s. ...

Stop the Zero Plan - Kidnap the Prime Minister! (1979)

Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "stop it... zero plan! February." Learning that Takada is dead, Samonji begins an investigation. He and his younger sister Fumiko investigate major events hap ...

I Am A Man of Honor (1977)

The sixth film of the "Truck Yaro" series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. In Kyushu, Momojiro falls in love again... this time with a beautiful college student Masako. ...

Proof of the Man (1977)

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime. ...

Boxer (1977)

In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and start living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Haya ...

Curse of the Dog God (1977)

A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals. ...

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido (1976)

Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own. ...

The Classroom of Terror (1976)

Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by Hiroshi Tachi. ...

Festival Champ (1976)

Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in love with a stripper while delivering his colleague's love letter to her but forgetting to mention it's from another man. ...

Dragon Princess (1976)

A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend. ...

The Wild Trucker (1975)

The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year's together. ...

Deep Throat in Tokyo (1975)

Kumi Taguchi is a model who leaves her boxer boyfriend after he sustains an injury. She meets and quickly marries Hideo, the heir to a corporate empire. Hideo's father, Takehiko, lusts after Kumi. Takehiko sends his son away, ostensibly on a business trip, ...

Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me (1975)

The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting ...

The Bullet Train (1975)

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb. ...

Great Jailbreak (1975)

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a traveling da ...

Wolf Guy (1975)

Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabare ...

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. ...

Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974)

Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretl ...

Violent Fraternity (1974)

Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs. ...

A Single Flower Withered (1974)

Shiratori Shinichi, is released from prison and now roams the streets in search of his sister. While at a red-light district in Chiba, Shiratori finds out that his sister is in Tokyo. However, things take turn for the worse as he gets into a fight with the ...

Sister Street Fighter (1974)

Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, his sister Li Koryu turns to his former martial-arts school, including the powerful Sonny Kawasaka, for help in the inevitable battle royale. ...

Oh Wonderful Utamaro! (1974)

Pinku from 1974. ...

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)

Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthles ...

Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar (1973)

17 year old naïve country girl Emiko Yamauchi has a hash wakeup call when she's welcomed to Tokyo by a bunch of rapey hoods. Fast forward past the opening credits and we have her working in Mitsuko Mori's Shinjuku girlie bar managed by manager/pimp Takeo ...

The Ando Gang Documentary Film (1973)

This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi. ...

Bodyguard Kiba 2 (1973)

Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters. ...

Three Little Geisha (1973)

A young girl works as a geisha to earn money for travel. ...

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973)

Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated streets of Tokyo, a desperate and ambitious group of war veterans and gamblers struggle to take control of the Ginza district's underworld with the help of a ...

Quarreling with Yakuza (1973)

Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most powerful gang in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya ward. ...

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners. ...

Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences (1972)

Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre. ...

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)

The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he's released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. ...

A Narcotics Agent's Ballad (1972)

Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld. ...

Woman His Prey (1972)

Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)

Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she's a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city ...

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)

A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after ...

The Armed Organization (1971)

Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsuruta as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Waka ...

Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate (1970)

An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack on the boss he is assigned to kill a rival boss. ...

A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life (1970)

A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels. ...

Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers (1970)

After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki family was always deserted. Ryūzaki, the boss, declared his retirement in response to the changing times. It was th ...

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers (1969)

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence. ...

Village of Eight Tombs (1969)

Japanese horror thriller from 1969. ...

The Private Police (1969)

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans to join their group. In Ginza, the Togawa gang have taken over Sakurada's territory. After several fight ...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 (1969)

Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator. ...

Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of ...

Quick-draw Okatsu (1969)

This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a sword herself and her talents far overshadow that of her brother, and real child of the man who adopted her. Her brother unfortunately has a gambling habit, and ...

Girl in College (1969)

Prison Boss (1968)

Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track. ...

Parole (1967)

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold. ...

Gambler's World (1967)

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido (1967)

Dissolution Rites (1967)

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced t ...

Organized Violence (1967)

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans. ...

The Top of Mount Fuji (1967)

A touching drama based on the novel of the same name by Eikichi Hashimoto. In the 23rd year of the Meiji period, weather forecasts were rarely correct, and people endlessly suffered from typhoons and natural disasters. Nonaka Itaru, a private meteorologist ...

The Pretty Jade (1966)

Part 3 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series ...

Nerves for Victory (1966)

A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother. ...

The Kamikaze Guy (1966)

An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII. ...

Women Doing Time (1966)

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series ...

A Circus Girl (1966)

Japanese drama film. ...

The Threat (1966)

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them. ...

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2 (1966)

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a 'karashi botan' (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro see ...

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (1965)

Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoin the Asahi gang family in order to pay back a past debt. Trouble brews when the rival gang that was responsible for sending him to prison learns of his ret ...

Chained Bitch (1965)

Japanese prison exploitation movie. ...

A Charming Devil (1965)

Movie adaptation of the TV series. ...

Tokyo Untouchable (1965)

A Fugitive from the Past (1965)

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest. ...

Police Precinct: Missing Person (1964)

Two people disappeared, engineers of the companies Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol together. According to the sushi restaurant employee who delivered an order around 9 p.m., the two were arguin ...

Wolves, Pigs & Men (1964)

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sab ...

Homicide (1964)

This film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of Military Affairs, about the beginning of the incident 2.26 and the execution of young officers. ...

An Impudent Man 2 (1964)

A House in the Quarter (1963)

With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to serve Takamatsu, one of the brothel's top customers. But while Takamatsu falls madly in love with Yuko, she fin ...

Blackmail (1963)

The Navy (1963)

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his best friend Shinji to join him. As it turns out, however, Takao's poor health prevents him from entering t ...

Police Precinct Part 21 (1963)

A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But th ...

A Devil of a Gentleman (1963)

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape (1963)

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５ (1963)

Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo Kanko-sha are directly sent to Daikokuya. President Jirocho learns that the geishas he is fond of, including ...

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation (1963)

A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "backing investigation" to determine whether his confession is true, because the law states that a confession alone is not enough to make the case. The 20nd wo ...

Operation Diamond (1962)

60s crime film by Masuichi Iizuka ...

Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Tokyo's Business District (1962)

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19 (1962)

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled ab ...

Four Sisters (1962)

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life. ...

The Thinking Leaf (1962)

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto. ...

G-Men in the Pacific (1962)

G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama. ...

All Rascals (1962)

Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together. ...

The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy (1961)

A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It's a musical comedy that shows Segawa's talent. ...

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm (1961)

Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Meanwhile, the body of an orthopedist is discovered in the ...

Police Precinct Part 17 (1961)

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When ...

Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)

Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens, Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric ...

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley (1961)

The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resor ...

Police Department Part 15: Alibi (1961)

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alibi for the suspects. A security guard was killed in the building, the safe was broken into, but nothing was ...

Challenge Beneath the Waves (1960)

1960 Toei action film. ...

G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves (1960)

G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels all the way from Kyushu to Tokyo. Disguising himself as a yakuza member, he intends to root out the underworl ...

The Second Bullet is Marked (1960)

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu. ...

Police Precinct: Car 108 (1959)

Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes its getaway. ...

Police Precinct Part 7 (1958)

The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin manufacturing company. At the age of 26, she was a widow with a child, and she went missing after he went to collect her salary from the bank. A colleague at ...

Yellow Fangs (1990)

Based on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi tells the story of a group of bear hunters that are tracking a 900 pound brown bear nicknamed Red Spots that is terrorising the area. It attacks and kills men ...