Machiko Yashiro

Spider Woman (1973)

Japanese horror movie from 1973. ...

Troops of Darkness (1971)

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind. ...

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen (1971)

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

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. ...

Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life (1971)

End of the Taisho period. In the city of Kiryu, where the wind is constantly blowing, the heads of the yakuza families of Kanhasshu (eight Kanto provinces) were to raise funds for the construction of the Chuji Kunisada monument. Responsible for the fundrai ...

The Sucker's Blunt Dagger (1971)

A man aspires to be a big boss but falls in love with a beautiful woman boss. ...

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai (1971)

King of the Widow-Killers (1971)

The third installment of the Emperor series, starring Tatsuo Umemiya as the man who rules the night world. Hiroshi rose through the ranks in Tokyo by fighting with women. However, when he returned to his hometown in Kyushu for his father's memorial service ...

Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô (1970)

The Experience (1970)

Two boys and two girls become acquainted and fall in love. ...

Fear of Sex (1970)

A Kamikaze Cop (1970)

An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out. ...

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters (1970)

The hoodlum group tries to help a little printing factory against gangsters. ...

Modern Sorority (1970)

The Bad Guy Blues (1969)

A story about club hostesses in Osaka. ...

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. ...

The Biggest Gamble (1969)

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place. ...

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 ...

Sex and Life (1969)

Dr. Mikami is an elderly somewhat clumsy, very popular therapist, his patients turn to him with all possible and impossible questions. Because Dr. Mikami's specialty is sexual clarification... The world's best-selling sex literature was filmed here in a m ...

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968)

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord's wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige's efforts to steal another woman trigger ...

Secret Information (1968)

A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to find out who squealed on him. ...

Dice and Swords (1968)

The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his dau ...

The Man of Victory (1967)

Three Wild Cats (1966)

Three women, deceived by a man, make full use of their feminine weapons, replete with daring and unbridled seduction strategies. ...

The Tale of Genji (1966)

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of ...

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 ...

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape (1963)

Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers (1963)

A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop. ...

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 ...

The Mysterious Cape (1963)

Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at ...

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. ...

Waka zakura kenka matoi (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Jigoku no kagebōshi (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Nerai uchi buraikan (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Gang vs. Gang (1962)

The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member's crime. However, his former gang boss seems to have gone to seed, with people now killing each other and dealing in drugs. The hero ...

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 Ambitious Youth (1962)

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer's food business. ...

The Injured Boy (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Love School (1962)

The Eighth Enemy (1961)

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. ...

Run, Genta, Run! (1961)

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother. ...

Devil's Nursery Rhyme (1961)

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel. ...

Tale of a Company Boss 3 (1961)

A story about the nature of office workers today. ...

Greed in Broad Daylight (1961)

After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other. ...

Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues (1961)

The Yellow Climate (1961)

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

Mist and Shadows (1961)

A veteran reporter and a young journalist doggedly pursue clues through sheer persistence and intuition to unravel the mystery behind the sudden death of a teacher in the remote Hokuriku region. In pursuit of the truth, they are led to a web of corporate f ...

Man with the Funky Hat (1961)

Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business dealings involving a kidnapping. ...

Red Flowers of Hell (1961)

1961 gangster film. ...

Darling Escape (1961)

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 ...

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 (1961)

A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business. ...

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush (1960)

An upstanding young man's racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love. ...

Police Precinct Part 14 (1960)

An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, informed the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The detectives had a bad feeling which hit the mark, an unidentified drowned body is identified as Hirasaka. Some pr ...

The Great Road (1960)

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war . ...

Police Precinct Part 12 (1960)

In a corner of a warehouse at Shiodome Station, a alumni trunk, is found with the terrible smell of decay. The dead body of a woman is inside. ...

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - The Final Trump Card (1960)

The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar. ...

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Million Dollar Showdown (1960)

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar. ...

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Horror of the Black Hand (1960)

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar. ...

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha (1959)

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argument between their two fathers. Can their love survive in spite of the bitterness between their two familie ...

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene (1959)

A man who uses marriage as bait goes from woman to woman, and then a horrific murder is committed for money. Seven police man chase the vicious criminal who disappeared into the vortex of the big city. ...