Michitarō Mizushima

Ronin-gai (1990)

Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes. ...

Hoshi wo tsugu mono (1990)

An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII. ...

Sensei (1989)

In one of the districts of Tokyo, an old school is planned to be torn down after the summer holidays. The only person who is seriously worried about this is the Japanese language teacher Nakajima. He decides to hold special additional classes for the laggi ...

Tetsugen (1981)

Japanese film based on the life of Zen Master Tetsugen Doko. ...

The Executioner (1974)

Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer. ...

Third Generation Boss (1974)

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan. ...

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. ...

Japan's Top Gangster (1973)

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang. This epic film is the first part of greatest true-life series based on autobiography of the Yamaguchi-gumi ...

The Incident at Takanodai (1973)

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die (1972)

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series. ...

The Horrible Obsessions (1972)

Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after shooting heroin. There, he encounters the usual assortment of addicts, dealers, pimps and sleazy American GIs. ...

Informal Dress (1972)

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. ...

Girl Boss Guerilla (1972)

Sachiko is the leader of a girl gang from Shinjuku who wind up in Kyoto and make a bid to take over the local girl gangs there. ...

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm (1972)

The Brawling Angel (1972)

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi. ...

Rogue Of The Night (1972)

Modern Lady Gambler (1972)

Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betrayed her, and destroying her family and her life. When she discovers that man had already died, she loses her will to live. But in a twist of fate, she meets ...

Gang Warfare (1972)

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 ...

Delinquent Street (1972)

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter (1971)

The Man (1971)

Japanese movie. ...

Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us (1971)

Detective Hayata's friend is killed by criminals. ...

Trials of an Okinawa Village (1971)

A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangsters and indirectly by American GI influences. She must battle a yakuza organization with her employees to he ...

The Battle of Okinawa (1971)

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are div ...

The Killer (1971)

A former gang leader and lone wolf who has left the organization works behind the scenes in a new city to take revenge on a giant alliance of organizations. This film is amongst the last "straight" yakuza films made at Nikkatsu before the studio's switch- ...

Bloodiest Flower (1971)

A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining being a predominately male domain. Overcoming the natural hardships, a more serious threat to Tei and her mi ...

Fate Deals the Card of Death (1971)

Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after, and they promise each other to meet again a year later. However, Seijiro gets jailed for five years. Unable to find him, Shizue gets married to a yakuza boss w ...

Kanto Drifter (1971)

Young man returns from prison and sets out to destroy the gang that killed his friends and boss of his former gang. ...

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. ...

The Drifting Gambler (1970)

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series. ...

Modern Sorority (1970)

Born Fighter (1970)

Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city. ...

Peonies And Dragons (1970)

Yakuza Ryuichi, nicknamed the Dragon-killer, went on a journey with his son Tatsuo after he lost his wife. Due to Tatsuo's sudden illness, Ryuichi had money problems, and he became dependent on the head of the local tekiya and finds himself involved in the ...

Woman Boss (1970)

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town (1969)

Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Katsuji's friend. ...

Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best (1969)

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. ...

Showdown at Nagasaki (1969)

When Keiji Takama returns to Nagasaki, he finds many changes. The rights of the entertainment field that had been held by his family have been taken over by the Matsui Group, a new gangster setup. So he becomes head of the Takama Group to regain lost terri ...

Fill the Cup with Blood (1969)

Second delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn between the organization and his old friends. ...

Chivalrous Pride (1969)

Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza (1969)

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino ...

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 ...

The Domain: Flower and Dragon (1969)

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. ...

Outlaw: Kill! (1969)

Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and the Kanto Touyu-kai were in the midst of a territorial dispute. Goro was quick to notice, but had no intent ...

Exiled to Hell (1969)

It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining a ...

Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City (1969)

Kosaka Hiroshi is a small time swindler and the boss of a motorcycle gang in Shinjuku. Living only to make money, he never made the big time until he gets involved with a Yakuza's daughter. ...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri (1968)

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan. ...

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and b ...

The Cheating Underworld (1968)

Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yen. ...

Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)

Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three yea ...

Gambler's World 2 (1967)

Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks. ...

Gambler's World (1967)

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 (1967)

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro's rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business. ...

Organized Violence II (1967)

Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows (1967)

During the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a small town. But he does not know that his prowess has already attracted envious attention and that Senzo, the boss of the local gang, plans to have him killed. Sei ...

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. ...

Wild Spirit (1967)

It has been 5 years since Eijiro Kikukawa of the Asakusa Kaminarimon family killed the head of the Suzaki family. Finally he gets out of prison and comes to the city of Odahama, where he had a mistress, Okei, whom he could not forget. He accidentally helpe ...

Rampaging Dragon of the North (1966)

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader. He sets out to avenge his father, keeping his plans secret from his mother who is cold to him s ...

The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate (1966)

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

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era (1966)

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role. ...

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 ...

One Man's Chivalry (1965)

Tokizо, the boss of the Tenmaru-gumi group, assists Kikujiro, a traveler on the run. At this time, a tender is being held to conclude a contract for the construction of the railway. Tokizo, who made the highest bid, was bought by the head of the Wakatsuki ...

Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his ...

Homeless Dog (1964)

First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka ...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 (1964)

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings. ...

13 Assassins (1963)

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the ...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 (1963)

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima. ...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 (1963)

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the smartest and strongest of all the gang bosses, he went on to survi ...

Blind Wolf (1963)

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge (1963)

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized ...

Life of Hishakaku (1963)

After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family's turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness, Hishakaku swears to dedicate himself to protect the Koganes in time of crisis. Hishakaku's humble life comes to a sud ...

A Revengeful Raid (1962)

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young yakuza named Eijiro after he runs afoul of the new samurai officials who have taken over his hometown. Expertly ...

Yakuza Official (1962)

Bunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death. ...

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido (1962)

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu. ...

Hibari is Fashion Crazy (1961)

Under a decree by the Shogun, people of all classes are forced to lead a frugal lifestyle. However, Omitsu, a woman who is thought to have gone insane after the sudden death of her father, openly disobeys this order and goes around town fancifully dressed ...

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving h ...

Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern (1961)

Detective Umon's services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a stone wrapped in a towel. ...

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region (1961)

He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji, Yoshimoto's lender, and Kanehira Akagi, the older brother of the former loan of Mishima, played a challenge ...

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. ...

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow (1960)

The fourth film in the Tales of a Gunman series. When Ryuji throws his pistol into the sea, he is attacked by a man who calls himself Sabu and says that he is the younger brother of Colt Jo's killer. When Ryuji escaped difficulties with one blow knocking o ...

Covered Wagon (1960)

A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's major islands, to Hokkaido, it's northernmost. ...

Honno-Ji in Flames (1960)

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi Mitsuhide is credited with causing Nobunaga's downfall. ...

Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)

A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer. ...

The Devil's Sigh (1960)

Japanese crime film ...

Mighty Rules (1959)

Wounded Beast (1959)

A tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and his lover, and the desperate pursuit of a detective who is trying to catch a fleeing young criminal. ...

Hijo tehai (1959)

Fighting Disposition (1958)

With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death of his close friend. ...

Roar of the City (1958)

This action drama depicts a horrifying murder case over a photo of a mysterious beautiful woman hidden in a wallet, and the justice and love-hate relationship between the men involved in the case. ...

I'll Kill the Women (1958)

A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unaware that he has fallen into a trap set by his younger brother. ...

Underworld Beauty (1958)

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane ...

The Naked Woman and the Gun (1957)

A Tokyo newspaper reporter goes after the Japanese king of cocaine trafficking but he's tricked by a woman who works for the gangster and gets framed for a murder he didn't commit. ...

Devil Flesh (1957)

Early pinku. ...

Mehyō to Narazu Mono (1957)

A poignant entertainment epic about a righteous mountain man, a young company director with new ideals, and a beautiful woman with wild charm, whose love and action unfold against the backdrop of a rice field in the middle of a vast forest. ...

Saigo no totsugeki (1957)

A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The original work of Yoshinori Matsuura was dramatized by Toyama Tetsu of "Smuggling of the Body", also directed by Yutaka Abe, and Shigeyoshi Mine of "Densuke's P ...

Flesh Smuggling (1956)

A true semi-documentary drama depicting a record of a sheriff's challenge to the vivid evil of a sailor who embarked on a single underworld to uncover the crime of an inhumane international prostitution organization called "Japanese women's smuggling. ...

Semyonov's Gold Ingots (1956)

Ippei, a bored private detective hears from his assistant Hideko an interesting story that General Semyonov who has been exiled to Japan buried his gold bullion somewhere. ...

Evil Reward (1956)

After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sent by his wife's cell and Kenmochi detective of the Metropolitan Police Department, but the real Kenmochi detective arrived a few minutes later. The corpse o ...

Such is Life (1955)

Japanese drama film. ...

Three Faces (1955)

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Shinagawa Station, which was crowded with repatriates. , ...

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf (1955)

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens. ...

Jirocho in Disgrace (1954)

Last of the Wild Ones (1954)

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power. ...

Yasen kangofu (1953)

In 1942 South China, hardened field hospital nurse Yukiko secretly loves Sergeant Nemoto. The arrival of a fragile new nurse, Keiko, reawakens Yukiko's warmth but also sparks intense jealousy when Nemoto shows Keiko kindness. As the two bond over a shared ...

Kimi yue ni (1953)

Japanese drama film and Setsuko Miyuki's film debut. ...

Picture Book of Sarutobi Sasuke (1953)

Japanese film. ...

Night in Hawaii (1953)

Shimizu no Jirocho den (1952)

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho. ...

Ushiwakamaru (1952)

Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952)

In pre-war Shanghai, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman, but she eventually disappears. Back in Japan, he is obsessed by her memory and tries to recreate the world he knew then. ...

Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth (1952)

Period film about the legendary detective Umon ...

Akatsuki no Kyūshū (1951)

Japanese drama film. ...

Farewell to the Highland Station (1951)

A young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in love with a nurse there. ...

Pursuit At Dawn (1950)

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring Ryô Ikebe as a young policeman it is part crime drama, part social study. Definitely not an undiscovered masterpi ...

Hyōchū no Bijo (1950)

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

Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather (1948)

Lost for 70 years until 2022, Shimizu's second postwar film recalls Mr. Thank You as he frames the narrative in a familiar setting, tracking an autumnal bus ride from a hot spring town through a mountain pass. When the jaunty bus unceremoniously breaks dow ...

Gate of Flesh (1948)

A pickpocket falls in with a group of prostitutes who have one strict rule: none of them may ever sleep with a man without taking his money — falling in love is forbidden. ...

The Man From Chungking (1943)

Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy? ...

New Snow (1942)

Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to him. Kayo, a strong-willed doctor, is also attracted to him. A mediator tries to arrange a marriage but ju ...

Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon (1942)

The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until subduing almost all his enemies, the lonely comprehension of knowing that he actually can not take over the w ...

Horror of the Fifth Columnist (1942)

A spy (Yukiko Todoroki) infiltrates an aircraft company as an employee and tries to obtain a report on a new engine developed by engineer Morimoto (Ichiro Izawa). Behind it is a spy organization which aims to destroy it. The crew, who fail to rob the repor ...

Nazo no satsujin jiken (1938)

Chibusa (1937)

Japanese drama film. ...

Utsunomiya tsuritenjō (1937)

Japanese horror movie from 1937. ...