Kenjiro Uemura

Blood for Blood (1971)

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of "K City". With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has sprouted into a boomtown and business is good. Two of the most infamous mobs of Tokyo want a piece of the pie. ...

Pay Off Your Debt! (1970)

Asakura was told he could leave the gang if he killed Takahata, but he failed and was sentenced to two years. When he was released, the Oyane group was crushed, and instead, the emerging gangster Hokuyokai was in charge of the Oyane group's territory. ...

Abare chōhan (1970)

Gambler's Dilemma (1969)

The love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of her father's yakuza clan, after his death. ...

The Spiders' The Noisy Parade (1968)

Gangsters smuggle diamonds through customs by embedding them in The Spiders' tambourine, then go on a cross-country chase of the rock-and-roll band in order to get them back. Another gang is searching for something The Spiders have, too, and now the two ga ...

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 ...

The Gambler's Law (1967)

Gang's Upward Strategy (1965)

Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko (1965)

The Hoodlum Brothers (1965)

A crime film released in 1965 ...

The Gambling Samurai (1964)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing (1964)

A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is b ...

The Third Ninja (1964)

Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga. ...

Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes (1963)

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari cla ...

Blind Wolf (1963)

Duel of the Underworld (1963)

Hell's Kitchen (1962)

The Thinking Leaf (1962)

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

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5. ...

Love at the Fogged Harbor (1962)

A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko. ...

Mahiru no wana (1960)

On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amidst a forest. A few days later he loses his job after a run-in with some punks, but is offered a job by a gangster impressed by his fighting skills. He tries ...

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy (1960)

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers. ...

Delinquent Angel (1960)

One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga ...

Who is in the Background? (1959)

Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the second in the "Ginza Whirlwind Child (Mitsutogai)" series in which Asahi Kobayashi plays an active role in the death of a divine ghost in a skillful disguise. Takuya Nikaido a ...

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)

Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battl ...

Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero (1959)

An action masterpiece about Might Guy Akira, a hot-blooded man who explodes against the backdrop of a large landfill full of intrigue and violence. ...

Tokyo no Kodoku (1959)

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love. ...

The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine (1959)

Ninth and final film in the Boy Detectives Club series. Features Tatsuo Umemiya's film debut. ...

Yutaro's Secret Story (1959)

Yutaro Kodan, born under a cloud because his aristocrat father died opposing the shogunate, stumbles onto a treasure map. Lusting after the treasure, Lord Sumi Tadamasa convinces trusting Princess Tsu that the gold will help to avenge her lost clan. ...

Immoral Lecture (1959)

Moonlight Mask: Claws of Satan (1958)

Gekko Kamen faces off against Satan's Claw, who is after the treasure of the Kingdom of Baradai. ...

Voice Without a Shadow (1958)

Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she ...

Why Cry (1958)

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Anko naze naku" by Takeo Fujishima. ...

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (1958)

"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara. ...

Flesh Pier (1958)

Director Teruo Ishii's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style. ...

Princess Tsuki (1958)

Freelance Samurai (1957)

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy. ...

Teen Age Trap (1957)

Japanese drama film. ...

I Am Waiting (1957)

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer. ...

Small Rats of the Edo Town (1957)

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling against the contradictions of feudal society. ...

The Temptress and the Monk (1957)

A Buddhist monk becomes ensnared by a seductive woman who, according to legend, transforms her lovers into beasts. ...

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can't pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a "commission" for his ...

Eight Hours of Terror (1957)

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers. ...

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 (1957)

A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami. ...

Saigo no sentō-ki (1956)

The first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed ...

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off in ...

Phoenix (1956)

Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she performed enthusiastically on the stage that night, attracting a crowded audience. ...

I'm Not the Criminal (1956)

Japanese crime film. ...

Cell No. 8 (1956)

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city. ...

Duel at Sundown (1955)

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie. ...

The Green Music Box (1955)

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth ...

My Pistol Is Quick (1954)

Turbid Youth (1954)

Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayashi and seeked their own careers in the film industry. ...

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival (1954)

Japanese musical. ...

Gate of Hell (1953)

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married. ...

The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the b ...

Lightning (1952)

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has rejected. ...

Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)

The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Compa ...

Honoo no hada (1951)

Tōkaidō wa kyōjō tabi (1950)

Adaptation of the original story by Hida Yoshiro, whose depiction of the world of the yakuza is unparalleled. Gisuke, a weather-beaten yakuza with nostalgia and memories of love in his heart. ...

Hyōchū no Bijo (1950)

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

Town of Violence (1950)

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses. ...

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru (1949)

Based on a novel by Tei Fujiwara ...

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 ...

The Quiet Duel (1949)

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father's clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée's future, even as he confronts the irr ...

Ghost Tower (1948)

Horror film directed by Kôzô Saeki. ...

Todoroki Sensei (1947)

Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi ...

The Palette Knife Murder (1946)

Based on the short story The Psychological Test by Edogawa Rampo. ...

The Tiger of Malaya (1943)

A band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya. ...

The Day England Falls (1942)

Strategy for Hong Kong: The day when Britain collapses ...