Kanbi Fujiyama

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight wh ...

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 ...

Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack (1975)

Toei studios last ninkyo eiga of the 70's. ...

Yakuza of the Present (1973)

In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his former family being overrun by a modern yakuza group from the Kansai region. ...

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 ...

The Man (1971)

Japanese movie. ...

A Scarred Life (1971)

Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set about rebuilding after the death of their Oyabun (big boss). Battles erupt as tempers explode as someone seeks to fill the seat of power. ...

A Lively Geisha (1970)

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Industrial Spy (1968)

Kogure, an industrial spy, is tasked by Sawada, head of the research department of the Nisshin Corporation, to learn the secrets of the design of a new engine invented by a rival company. Kogure manages to obtain the secrets, but Sawada's goal was not the ...

The Domain: Severed Relations (1968)

The Domain: Severed Relations ...

Human Torpedoes (1968)

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War. ...

Gambler's World (1967)

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 ...

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (1967)

The second part of the Gamblers series. ...

The Domain: White Blade (1967)

The Domain: White Blade ...

Gamblers (1967)

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, who also just happens to be the master who had tattooed the magnificent dragon on Tsuruta's back, is now a dissolute, bitter drunk living with his son in law ...

Debt of Honor (1966)

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza. ...

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 ...

Seven Fugitives (1966)

Judo vs. Karate (1966)

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

The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate (1966)

The life of entertainers in Asakusa's pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action. ...

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. ...

Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph (1966)

Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this beautiful young woman, sitting quietly in a suburban train, is the only woman able to beat the best professional players in Japan; or that she is wearing the ...

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown (1966)

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown ...

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)

Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to troub ...

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. ...

Murder Unincorporated (1965)

When the mysterious "Joe of Spades" (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate, his colleagues, fearing for their own lives, call on the services of assassin agency Murder Unincorporated to take care of the problem. This unique entry ...

The Gambler (1965)

A crime film released in 1965 ...

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 ...

Black Thief (1964)

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun's ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land. ...

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 ...

Blue Eyed Bride (1964)

The Honest Fool (1964)

Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His does not declare his love because she is married, but he goes on a mission to please her, and is blinded. Then her husband dies and she remarries before Ya ...

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 (1964)

Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent overseas to China as a part of the military dog unit. He's ridiculed by others due to his inability to advance. ...

Jolly Barbers (1963)

To Your Majesty, The Emperor (1963)

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up. ...

Pachinko (1962)

Comedy directed by Horiuchi Manao ...

Naite waratta hanayome (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Kanbi no san-tō shain (1961)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Osaka Tough (1961)

The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who find themselves at the bottom of society, and about the courage of a man who defies the city of violence in search of his beloved sister. ...

Adventures of Princess Anmitsu (1960)

The Bride from Japan (1959)

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya. ...

The Adventures of Kantaro (1959)

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa. ...