Masaru Shiga

Miroku (2013)

Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life. ...

The Daimon 2 (2013)

The second in the series about a former businessman who rises in the world of the yakuza. Monjiro Tashiro sets out on his path. As war with the Hamaike clan escalates, Ishimaru, the chairman of the Ishinokai, is shot dead by an assassin. Monjiro's girlfrie ...

The Daimon (2013)

Based on the manga of the same name, this hard-boiled action drama depicts the life of a man torn between being a respectable civilian and a respected yakuza. Monjiro Tashiro, a salesman for an event company, is asked by a woman who appears out of the blue ...

Hakuryu 10: White Dragon vs Black Dragon (2010)

In this series, money-related matters arise frequently, and this time, too, we find ourselves involved in a bidding war. The heated information war, the true aim of the White Dragon, and the past of the Black Dragon are all neatly summarized. ...

Hakuryu 8: Invasion of Roppongi (2010)

The main character, Hakuryu, played by Hakuryu, is bursting with unexpected strategies. The development of his attempts to take a large organization by the hand is thrilling, and at the same time, heartbreaking and exhilarating. The Kurosu-gumi is in an a ...

Road to New Don 6 (2009)

The Sixth 'Road to New Don' film. ...

Hakuryu 9: Arisa, That Woman... (2009)

Arisa, a former lady and hostess, falls in love with Hakuryu, who saved her from a tight spot, and goes to him make an oath with the Kurosu clan. The serious war drama as well as her unprecedented words and actions are a must-see. ...

Road to New Don 5 (2009)

The fifth 'Road to New Don' film. ...

Hakuryu 7: Assassination Plan for Hakuryu (2009)

Tatsuya Shirakawa, the acting head of the Kurosu clan, who has ruled Shibuya, where outlaws are thriving, and has reached the top of the underworld, is planning to expand his power to the outer cities. In the midst of all this, Hirabayashi of the Ginsei Ka ...

Road to New Don 4 (2009)

The fourth 'Road to New Don' film. ...

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7 (2008)

The seventh 'Yakuza Emblem' film. ...

Sorrowful Hitman (2008)

A Hitman must protect a 15-year-old girl ...

Emperor of the Underworld The Man Called Capone (2008)

2008 Original Video. ...

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest fo ...

白竜 シノギの報酬Ⅱ (2007)

Hakuryu 3: Ruthless Battle Royale (2007)

An unprecedented scandal of human experimentation by a well-known company is uncovered. The cool and intelligent yakuza Hakuryu confronts the big company and faces the bullets that aim at him, which makes his hands sweat. Tatsuya Shirakawa, a young head o ...

Hakuryu 2: Reward for Shinogi Chapter 2 (2006)

The Kurosu clan has succeeded in making 20 billion yen from the sale of golf course stock certificates, just as young leader Tatsuya Shirakawa had hoped. In order to make the clan bigger, Shiryu uses the 20 billion to buy stocks of companies and manipulate ...

Hula Girls (2006)

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction. ...

Bokunchi - My House (2003)

A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives. ...

Another Battle/Conspiracy (2003)

Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed by Hajime Hashimoto. ...

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)

After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers. ...

Don Woman 3 (2002)

It's 'Don Woman 3'... Are you ready to see? ...

King of Sha-kin: Final (2002)

Don Woman 2 (2001)

It's 'Don Woman 2'... you already knew! ...

Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2 (2001)

Straight to video sequel ...

Don Woman (2001)

Yakuza Girl Boss film. ...

King of Sha-kin 8 (2001)

Another Battle (2000)

Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kane ...

The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War: Final Chapter (2000)

The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War (2000)

After World War II, in Hiroshima, the Yakuza clans start a war for control of the city. ...

Debt King Part VII: Millennium (2000)

Takao, the owner of a coffee shop and brother-in-law to Anzai, the assistant manager of Hikari Bank, Osaka central branch, is caught in a scam by an online financial service. ...

The Scarred Code of Honor (2000)

Inside the Todo-gumi, the confrontation between the young head of the martial arts group and the young assistant head of the moderate group continued. Eventually, Young Head's Assistant's strategy targeting the second generation caused a divisive conflict ...

The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt (2000)

#31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwittingly involving him in a sinister murder plot. ...

Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa (1999)

Naito is serving time for his aggressive fundraising in the securities world, but returns to Osaka after completing his sentence. Although he wants to get clean, Oyodo Shinkin Bank has tasked Naito to raise funds. ...

Debt King Part V: Project Okinawa (1999)

Mizunuma is struggling to pay back his debts as always, and flies to Okinawa in an attempt to illegally sell a diamond that he confiscated from the yakuza to a jewelry broker. ...

King of Sha-kin 3 (1998)

King of Sha-kin 4 (1998)

Friendship (1998)

Fourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but receives overwhelming support from her classmates when they all shave their heads for her. ...

King of Sha-kin (1997)

In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes. ...

King of Sha-kin 2 (1997)

A normal banker decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza. ...

The Man Who Shot the Don (1994)

Horai serves an 18 year sentence for killing a rival boss, but right before his release he is attacked. ...

Gokudo Steak III (1992)

A deadly battle with mercenaries and a confrontation with big brother Yazaki! ...

KILL THEM ALL (1990)

1750 Days of Turbulence (1990)

After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years. ...

The Boss' Wife (1988)

The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge. ...

Gate of Flesh (1988)

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical re ...

Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody (1987)

College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple. ...

Blue Jeans Memory (1981)

A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the woman who runs it is in financial trouble. The three decide to help her. ...

Samurai of Hachiman (1981)

A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with white pigeons is actually Naotada Ii, the lord of Hikone Han. He was told that he had an older brother of twin by his mother on her deathbed. Hatokuro pretended ...

The First Catch (1980)

Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi. ...

The Shogun Assassins (1979)

This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu. ...

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. ...

The Rivals (1979)

No Grave for Us (1979)

A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble... ...

Dynamite Don-Don (1978)

Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* wa ...

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan. ...

Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association. ...

Gambling Code and Feuds (1977)

It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza kill ...

Doberman Cop (1977)

Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grisly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into the sleazy world of flesh-peddling, talent agency corruption and mob influence, Kano uncovers the shocking ...

Japanese Humanity and Justice (1977)

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed. ...

Karate for Life (1977)

The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a dive, he quits in disgust. However, when a friend finds herself in desperate need of medical supplies, Oya ...

Nuns That Bite (1977)

A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling sna ...

The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)

Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be re ...

Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977)

An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of "Dokufu" (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on ...

Japan's Don (1977)

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters. ...

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On (1976)

A Kawachi Rascal's Song (1976)

Even after turning 30, Matsutaro Tokuda is still single and spends his days driving a white taxi. He likes to gamble, although he doesn't have a talent for it. However, there was a woman that fell in love with such a man... ...

Yakuza Graveyard (1976)

A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice. ...

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976)

Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa. ...

A Savage Beast Goes Mad (1976)

Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few ...

Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)

Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's brother, a corrupt cop, a motorcycle gang and every police officer in the Kanto region. ...

Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover. ...

Scoundrel Boss (1975)

Daigoro Koiwa and Katsuo Rokujo, who met by chance, open a recession-resistant funeral business and a urinary treatment business, and put it on track, but each time, they are caught in the ploy of a money lender, Sumitomo Mitsui, who works a scam, and take ...

Story of a Nymphomaniac (1975)

Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of ...

Company Buggers (1975)

Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain. ...

The Viper Brothers and the Young General (1975)

The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in need as his naivety prevents him from seeing their true nature. ...

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorabl ...

The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)

Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy. ...

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader (1974)

Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang. ...

Code of Wolves (1974)

In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake. ...

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers (1974)

A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to do the same for the Mamushi bros. but the boys don't play along, which pisses Gokudo off. Things get worse ...

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers (1974)

With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose. ...

The Tattooed Hitman (1974)

The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia a ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima. ...

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)

Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment. ...

Gokudo of Kamagasaki (1973)

Ninth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his henchmen. ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, S ...

Sex and Fury (1973)

Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shunosuke, a radical set on murdering prominent p ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza. ...

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972)

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as ...

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)

Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. ...

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972)

Part 4 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of gettin ...

The Pledge (1972)

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins. ...

A Yakuza Has His Way (1972)

The eighth installment in the popular film series starring Tomisaburo Wakayama. Embarrassed by the chairman of the Seiyu-kai for not having a family crest, Seikichi Shimamura sets out with his henchmen on a journey to acquire the crest of a local bankrupt ...

The Brawling Angel (1972)

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi. ...

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972)

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. ...

Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor (1971)

The fifth and final chapter of the Kanto Street Peddlers series! Will the battle in Asakusa be enough for a complete victory? ...

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers (1971)

When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu's underworld, three brothers and their yakuza family are the only ones that stand in their way. ...

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen (1971)

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

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by ...

The Silk Hat Boss 2 (1970)

The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami. ...

Silk Hat Boss (1970)

In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler serie ...

Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel (1970)

The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddler, who this time ventures to Osaka where he defends a blind girl at a street market. The area is targeted by rotten yakuza (Asao Koike and Tatsuo Endo), wh ...

The Fort of Death (1969)

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army o ...

The Cross of Vengeance (1969)

Film with Junko Miyazono. ...

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. ...

Yakuza on Foot (1969)

An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers' losses. ...

The Yakuza Awaits (1969)

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama ...

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 ...

Return of the Outlaw (1968)

Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama ...

The Marked Man (1968)

A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism. ...

Scoundrel (1968)

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him. ...

Ninja's Mark (1968)

When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even disc ...

A History of the Japanese Underworld (1968)

The hero tries to unite various gangs. ...

Eleven Samurai (1967)

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the ...

Code Between Brothers 5 (1967)

Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan's most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro, the ...

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. ...

Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman. ...

The Protector (1966)

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to continue the five generation long run of the business, Mine is put to the ultimate test when a former gangst ...

Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza (1966)

Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night's stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Though he dislikes killing, the strength of his swordsmanship will be tested time and time ag ...