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Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima (1980)

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel. ...

The Execution Game (1979)

The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him. ...

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to ...

Golden Partners (1979)

A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth of the Imperial Navy's gold, team up to salvage it. ...

Devil's Flute (1979)

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists and turns and surprises at every corner. ...

Empire of Passion (1978)

In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him. ...

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan. ...

Winter's Flower (1978)

Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters t ...

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye (1977)

Komori Chiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day while training, her coach hits a ball into her eye on accident. At the hospital, the news that she will never regain the sight in her eye leaves her heartbroken. As a last resort, she undergoes a ...

Sugata Sanshiro (1977)

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself. ...

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. ...

New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1976)

Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all wome ...

The Rugby Star (1976)

The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports comedy/drama. Sonny Chiba's brother Jiro Chiba stars as a Rugby player whose team must find a way to beat the opponent ...

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful "Fukasaku and Bunta" collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and "bleed in vain" in gang wars. ...

The Machine Gun Dragon (1976)

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia. ...

The Return of Sister Street Fighter (1975)

When Koryu's childhood friend Shurei is abducted by gangsters, the desperate young woman recruits a female martial artist and a tough-as-nails stranger to join her for a dangerous rescue mission. ...

The School of Chaos (1975)

Based on the manga by Tetsu Kariya and Ryouichi Ikegami. ...

Great Jailbreak (1975)

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a traveling da ...

The Four Roughnecks (1974)

Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! Takeo Natsuki (Yusaku Matsuda) was just released from prison. He was the leader of three rascals; all they did was cause trouble. When they meet a girl whose f ...

Father of the Kamikaze (1974)

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold ...

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. ...

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974)

The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-generation cat-burglar Lupin as an obstacle, countless assassins are sent to kill him on sight and kidnap his girl Fujiko! Can Lupin get the loot before the Ma ...

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)

Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries. ...

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 ...

Jeans Blues: No Future (1974)

Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up ...

The Street Fighter (1974)

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions. ...

Yokosuka Navy Prison (1973)

When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison. ...

Stray Dog (1973)

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto. ...

Men and War III: The Final Chapter (1973)

Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war. ...

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 Bodyguard (1973)

Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward ...

The Hard Core Criminal (1973)

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate. ...

Quarreling with Yakuza (1973)

Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most powerful gang in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya ward. ...

When the Night Breaks (1973)

In a bustling shopping district, a humble tailor accompanies his daughter for an afternoon out — until a trio of thugs begin harassing her in broad daylight. Unable to stay passive amidst the crowd's indifference, he intervenes with tragic results. Two y ...

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. ...

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

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

Hikage-Mono (1972)

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita ...

Yakuza Skirmishes (1972)

In the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively with prostitutes, politicians and the police. ...

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 ...

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

Woman His Prey (1972)

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972)

Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend will confess and get him pardoned once she dies. Monjiro is sentenc ...

Rogue Of The Night (1972)

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory (1972)

A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction. ...

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 ...

Lullaby for a Tough Guy (1972)

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor's guards. ...

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 ...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter (1971)

The Gambler's Counterattack (1971)

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving i ...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape (1971)

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator. ...

Expelled from the Kanto Mob (1971)

In the late Taisho era. Umeshima Jinbei, the president of the Kanto Umeshima Kai, divided the area into the Kuroda family to the south and the Takeuchi family to the north in order to protect the security of Kame no Ii, which had opened up in place of the ...

Patience Has An End (1971)

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza. ...

Follow the Girls (1971)

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers. ...

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- ...

Dagger (1971)

Dagger ...

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 ...

Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over. ...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow (1970)

High-School Outcasts (1970)

Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes to Tottori, on the Japan Sea coast, to enter a high school. On the beach, he meets a young fisherman, Yusuke (Norihiko Yamamoto) also a student of the same ...

The Last Kamikaze (1970)

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn betwee ...

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny (1970)

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. His sister died in the Great Kanto Earthquake and his father is also gone. His b ...

A Wad of Notes (1970)

A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza's ill deeds. ...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri (1970)

Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud. ...

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. ...

Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss (1970)

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his former brother attempts a hostile take over. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters (1970)

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

Modern Sorority (1970)

Rise and Fall of Chivalry (1970)

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member. ...

Born Fighter (1970)

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

Brave Red Flower of the North (1970)

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Yakuza film history, Fuji Junko and Takakura Ken. Since the death of death of her father, Yuki who has trave ...

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. ...

Second Generation Young Boss (1969)

Takeshi Nanjo, a junior lieutenant in the navy whose father, the head of the Nanjo-gumi yakuza family, was killed, is forced to leave the army and become the head of the Nanjo-gumi in the second generation. He brutally chivalrously avenges the death of his ...

Team of Ruffians (1969)

Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission. ...

A Gambler's Certain Death (1969)

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt trap by a rotten gambling den owner (Tatsuo Endo) and his dishonest card dealer (Isamu Nagato). The plot is ...

Prison Break (1969)

Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father's murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father's turf and he seeks vengeance against the puppet master behind the enti ...

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)

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. ...

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo (1969)

Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tr ...

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 ...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri (1968)

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

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968)

With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936's Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki's story for Uch ...

Red Peony Gambler (1968)

Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, ...

The Cheating Underworld (1968)

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

The Bandits (1968)

Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits. ...

The Marked Man (1968)

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

Gambler's Farewell (1968)

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power. ...

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 Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm (1967)

Convict son revenges innocent father's death. ...

Parole (1967)

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold. ...

Organized Violence II (1967)

Classmates (1967)

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II. ...

The Chivalrous Life (1967)

Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against other yakuza gangs. ...

Once and For All (1967)

Film concerning warring yakuza families. ...

Seven Fugitives (1966)

Kingdom of Samurai (1966)

The film shows the difficult life of prisoners working in the gold mines on Sado Island during the Sino-Japanese War. They are bound by a strong male friendship and humor, they confront the evil Yakuza, and they are also planning an unthinkable escape from ...

Rub Out the Past (1966)

A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation. ...

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. ...

Continental Drifter (1966)

Japanese crime film. ...

The Bullet and the Horse (1966)

A number of recently released prisoners become involved in a racket with a rancher who is a rival to a neighboring landowner and wants to use the convicts to seize his ranch. The rancher does not know, however, that he had years before killed the parents o ...

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown (1966)

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown ...

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 ...

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 (1965)

A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of jail. ...

Gang's Upward Strategy (1965)

Code of Ruffians (1965)

Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group. ...

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 ...

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. ...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 (1965)

The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang. ...

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry (1965)

Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza. ...

The Gambler (1965)

A crime film released in 1965 ...

Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people bu ...

A Fugitive from the Past (1965)

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest. ...

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return. ...

Police Precinct: Missing Person (1964)

Two people disappeared, engineers of the companies Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol together. According to the sushi restaurant employee who delivered an order around 9 p.m., the two were arguin ...

Revenge (1964)

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire c ...

Storm Party (1964)

Many outlaws are gathered at the front line of the Japanese Army in a shock troop. ...

Prison Gambler (1964)

A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series Gambler / Bakuto directed by Shigehiro Ozawa. ...

The Great Killing (1964)

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, t ...

Life of Hishakaku 3 (1964)

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy. ...

Police Precinct: Confession (1964)

The corpse of a debt collector, Sakai, is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo. Kinoshita, a shoe shiner who was in debt to Sakai, was soon apprehended. During interrogation, Kinoshita said that he was the one who killed Sakai. However, after a while, he admit ...

Judo Hall Demon (1964)

Sequel to the movie Judo Ichidai (Judo Life) with Sonny Chiba ...

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance (1963)

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era. ...

Element of Surprise (1963)

1963 Toei war / action film. ...

League of Gangsters (1963)

A yakuza is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating a new gang and attempts to pull off a huge ransom score. ...

Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps (1963)

A 16-year-old high school student Midori Matsumoto was found dead on the banks of the Tama River. The only clue is shoe marks on rubber soles. From the interview of witnesses, it became clear that Midori was walking with a guy last night. In addition, it t ...

Police Precinct Part 21 (1963)

A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But th ...

Life of Hishakaku 2 (1963)

Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To reciprocate the kindness of the Kikkyos, Hishakaku heads to meet the leader of Domoto, Osumi, and finds himself e ...

Judo Life (1963)

Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura). Akira Kurosawa's Sanshiro Sugata is based on the same character and ...

The Big Boss (1963)

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman Yamaoka, whose territory is in the Jonan district, in response to Kikuya, the head of the Asahina family, refusing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Paper Crane (1962)

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists. ...

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete ...

Revenge for His Lover (1962)

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin ("Sir Quarrel") Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men. ...

Nerai uchi buraikan (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Mid-August Commotion (1962)

A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War. ...

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19 (1962)

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled ab ...

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone (1962)

A young girl named Michiko is kidnapped and later found dead in a bag. But the kidnapper strikes again. The 18th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari". ...

The Mad Fox (1962)

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover's twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter ...

The Challenge (1962)

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspense ...

All Rascals (1962)

Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together. ...

The Escape (1962)

Film about the 2-26 Incident. ...

Devil's Nursery Rhyme (1961)

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

Police Precinct Part 17 (1961)

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When ...

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery (1961)

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan's friend in Arizona. ...

Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)

Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens, Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric ...

Flower, Storm and Gangster (1961)

A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons. ...

A Fishwife's Tale (1961)

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful bus ...

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō (1961)

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate). Shot by Nishikawa Shoei (I Am the Magician of Hell). ...

The Harbor Lights (1961)

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind (1961)

The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush." Taro, who had painstakingly graduated from the University of Merchant Marine after six years, was on his way to work ...

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman (1961)

Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. The ugly behavior of adults hidden in the name of social welfare is exposed by the investigat ...

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 ...

Hell's Juggler (1961)

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 ...

Police Precinct Part 13 (1960)

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents of the ...

The Man of Seven Faces (1960)

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case. ...

One Passed Through Hell (1960)

Delinquent Angel (1960)

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

The Great Road (1960)

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

The Second Bullet is Marked (1960)

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu. ...

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 (1959)

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask. ...

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. ...

Police Precinct: Car 108 (1959)

Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes its getaway. ...

Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla (1959)

Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film. ...

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face (1959)

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying to throw something in from a car with a license plate num ...

The Bastards of Lawless Town (1959)

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film. ...

The Outsiders (1958)

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda. ...

Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters (1958)

The masked hero 'Moon Light Mask' battles the villainous 'Skull Mask' and his numerous masked henchmen who are trying to steal the secrets of the deadly HO evaporation bomb. This movie is part one of a two-part story arc that continues in the second movie. ...

Detective Duel (1958)

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family. ...

Moonlight Mask (1958)

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film. ...

Police Precinct Part 8 (1958)

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out and escape. From inside the truck comes the body of the taxi driver. ...

Police Precinct Part 7 (1958)

The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin manufacturing company. At the age of 26, she was a widow with a child, and she went missing after he went to collect her salary from the bank. A colleague at ...

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer (1957)

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wa ...

The Eleventh Hour (1957)

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan's national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida's rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure o ...

Police Precinct Part 5 (1957)

The fifth installment of the Metropolitan Police Department story series. This time, detectives from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division are once again in action, full of thrills and speed, in pursuit of the perpetrator ...

Men Fighting Whales (1957)

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will have to face a giant, monstrous whale. ...

Employee Full of Fight (1957)

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon (1957)

A luxury car was stolen near a certain nightclub in Akasaka, and the owner of the car was shot and killed. The investigation by detective Nagata, head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Headquarters, revealed that the perpetrator shot a ...

Pure-Hearted Unit (1957)

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs. ...

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer (1956)

A robbery and murder occurred at a gas station facing the national highway at 1:00am. Detectives Nagata, head of the First Investigation Division, begins investigating. Two bullets were removed from the corpse of a staff member on duty at the station, and ...

G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization (1956)

The fourth installment of G-men of Japan ...

Excursion to Treasure Isle (1956)

The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with his trusted companions of dog, monkey and pheasant fought against evil in olden times. ...

Three-Headed Tower (1956)

Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never heard of. The lawyers haven't located Shunsaku yet, allowing Otone to think about whether she accepts the ...

Police Precinct Part 2 (1956)

Police Precinct (1956)

A taxi robbery and murder occurred in Fukagawa late at night. Detectives Nagata and Miyagawa of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, who suspect the perpetrator as a habitual offender, flew to Yanagibashi using the remains as ...

A Doting Parent’s Lullaby (1955)

Murder on the Last Train (1955)

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo. ...

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei (1955)

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos, focusing on the daily life of Sanpei Mejiro, a salaryman for over twenty years who finds a little happiness i ...

Foul Play (1955)

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game. ...