Ryudo Uzaki

Bad Lands (2023)

A grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back. ...

Naniwa Kinyudo - Haibara knocks on the door of Imperial Finance! (2022)

I Am Makimoto (2022)

Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone and bury them at a cemetery. Makimoto doesn't like to socialise with his colleagues or listen to them. By do ...

Odadoushikai Oda Seiji Final Chapter (2022)

10th entry in the series ...

Odadoushikai Oda Seiji 9 (2022)

9th entry in the series ...

The Voice of Sin (2020)

Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago. The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Eiji Akutsu comes across a mysterio ...

Peaceful Death (2020)

Fancy (2020)

Set in a spa town, Akira Takasu (Masatoshi Nagase) is a carver and a mailman. He keeps in touch with poet Penguin (Masataka Kubota). Penguin has a female fan with the name of Moonlit Night's Star (Sakurako Konishi). She sends letters to Penguin. One day, t ...

Welcome to the Surfing Office (2019)

Kenshi Tokunaga runs an IT company in Tokyo. Due to a big company, he has a hard time in hiring engineers. He decides to find engineers for his company in his hometown of Minami, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. ...

Hamon: Yakuza Boogie (2017)

Keisuke Ninomiya (Yu Yokoyama) works as a construction consultant. Through his work, he becomes acquainted with yakuza Yasuhiko Kuwabara (Kuranosuke Sasaki). One day, film producer Koshimizu brings a movie investment proposal to yakuza leader Shimada. Shim ...

New Gang Emblem 8 (2016)

The final 'New Gang Emblem' film. ...

New Gang Emblem 7 (2015)

The seventh 'New Gang Emblem' film. ...

Grasshopper (2015)

Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murde ...

New Gang Emblem 4 (2015)

The fourth 'New Gang Emblem' film. ...

New Gang Emblem 6 (2015)

The sixth 'New Gang Emblem' film. ...

New Gang Emblem 5 (2015)

The fifth 'New Gang Emblem' film. ...

New Gang Emblem 3 (2014)

"Why Yakuza still grows in this nation? The secret is in its soil." Starring Koji Matoba,this is the third story of this series. The former head of the Yamakura group returned to their side as a member of the Minobe group. Its opponent organization launc ...

Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2014)

For his first film in fourteen years, animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter. A dream project for the director that would hopefully establish the recently formed Ghibli Studio 7, create ...

New Gang Emblem 2 (2014)

Sequel to 'New Gang Emblem'. ...

New Gang Emblem (2014)

The first 'New Gang Emblem' film. ...

Family Bonds (2014)

Ryuuzaki (Ryudo Uzaki), a former ace pitcher for a Yokohama pro baseball team, was forced into retirement after a yakuza-linked game-fixing scandal and left the city behind. Fifteen years later, he returns upon learning that his estranged daughter and gra ...

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate. ...

Beautiful World (2012)

A gangster runs a budget nursing home. ...

Permanent Nobara (2010)

Naoko returns home with her young daughter, where her mother Masako runs the only beauty parlor in town. The local women go there to pass the time lamenting their bad luck with men and laughing over dirty jokes. Unbeknownst to them, Naoko has been secretly ...

The Homeless Student (2008)

Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older siblings do all what they can to withstand the trouble they encoun ...

Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen (2008)

In this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with his life after college while competing with Kyoko's impossibly perfect tennis coach for her affection. ...

The Musical Note and the Seaweed (2008)

The Invitation from Cinema Orion (2007)

Based on the short story from the best-selling collection "Poppoya" by Jiro Asada, "The Invitation from Cinema Orion" tells the story of a couple's undying love for the cinema and each other. ...

Devilman (2004)

A scientific exploration in search of a new energy source unleashes a group of powerful demons who begin possessing human bodies and destroying civilization. Close friends Akira and Ryo wind up on different sides of this epic struggle. Akira's inner streng ...

Antenna (2004)

Yuichiro is a college student whose sister went missing 15 years ago. That traumatic event hangs over him like a pall as he wanders Japan's S&M clubs. But his younger brother claims to be able to sense their sister with his "antenna". ...

g@me. (2003)

A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the disgruntled daughter of his enemy, he plans a vengeance scheme. The young woman agrees to play the victim ...

The Choice of Hercules (2002)

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had t ...

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spi ...

Dora-heita (2000)

A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption. ...

Assault Rakugaki Fools (1997)

This exciting work is full of dangerous behind the scenes stories from the sex industry. ...

An Angel with Many Scars (1997)

An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of the boy's mother, and the detective's buddy Hisashi joins them later. ...

Boxer Joe (1995)

A docudrama about the boxer Jôichirô Tatsuyoshi. The documentary part follows Tatsuyohi for 18 months, from his comeback from an eye injury to his match against Yasuei Yakushiji in 1994. A fictional part follows a restaurant owner, fan of Tatsuyohi, wait ...

47 Ronin (1994)

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death. ...

Erotic Liaisons (1992)

A low-key private detective agency in Paris is run by Rie and her partner Kishin, two ex-pats who tick along between cases by giving guided tours of the city to busloads of Japanese tourists. ...

God's Pinch Hitter (1991)

Ryo, Eiji and Katsuya assemble as usual in an underground car park, only this time, the woman who has always accompanied them is missing. Driving into central Yokohama in Ryo's Mercedes, the trio set their plan in motion. After altering a motorcycle's lic ...

This Heartbeat (1988)

The love and friendships of high school students ...

Umi e, See You (1988)

Team DANKAI are set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, DANKAI leader Mizuki is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii to the ros ...

Paris/Dakar 1500 (1986)

Plot missing ...

Cabaret (1986)

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater ...

The Bloody Afternoon (1985)

Anarchic parody of the crime genre set around a bank robbery. ...

Out of Focus (1985)

A magazine publisher called Out Of Focus hires a new female camerawoman. This company is located in Tokyo. The new photographer moves from outside the city to Tokyo and upon arrival and on her first day is tasked with immediately snapping pictures. Her bos ...

Shanghai Rhapsody (1984)

Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teeters over the brink into the Second Sino-Japanese War. ...

The Moments We Lived (1982)

After working as a reporter and an assistant at a radio station, Watanabe Yoshimitsu, former leader of the bosozoku gang Black Emperor, returned to his old stomping grounds and began to make a film about bosozoku. At the time, he was 21. The teenage member ...

Wolf: Running Is Sex (1982)

A serial rapist's violent daily routine is disrupted when a disaffected young woman who shares his primal lifestyle begins living with him. ...

Harlem Valentines Day: Blood Is Sex (1982)

Set in the near future after a nuclear war, the film portrays a man who is searching for his former lover. ...

Tattoo (1982)

An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank. ...

Station (1981)

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers. ...

Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)

BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective. ...

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely (1980)

Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen. ...

G.I. Samurai (1979)

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun. ...

Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie (1979)

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, a ...

Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)

Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous peopl ...

Fly, Dakota, Fly! (2013)

In January 1946 a British military transport plane departs from Shanghai on its to Tokyo, Japan. During the flight the airplane makes an emergency landing on Sado Island. The residents on the island have heard stereotypes of the British soldiers and have m ...

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009)

Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has more affection for insects than people after years of being bullied at school when he was young. Yoshida soon ...

Zen (2009)

In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and medi ...

Samurai Gangsters (2008)

Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa (Kishibe Ittoku); stinky priest Daigoro (Takashi Sasano); well-known stranger Ishimatsu Mori (Yoichi Nuku ...

Chicken Is Barefoot (2004)

A disabled child of separated parents gets caught up in police espionage due to his uncanny ability to remember license plate numbers. ...

Warau Iemon (2004)

Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in solitude while being haunted by his violent enigmatic past... ...

Kah-chan (2001)

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she save ...

Secret (1999)

A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into their daughter's body. ...

The Exam (1999)

Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking ...

Sosuke Loses His Lover (1992)

Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe. ...

The Gambler (1992)

Dioxin from Fish! (1992)

A black comedy about a former Rock'n'Roll singer, who becomes the mayor of Tokyo. ...

Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue (1992)

Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject is Shin Kazamatsuri, motorcycle racer son of Doctor Kazamatsuri. Unknown to them, ...

Company Executives (1989)

A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away. ...

Umi e, See You (1988)

Team DANKAI are set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, DANKAI leader Mizuki is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii to the ros ...

Paris/Dakar 1500 (1986)

Plot missing ...

Nuclear Gypsies (1985)

Barbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an area whose inhabitants are mainly from Okinawa. Upon her return, Barbara faces problems beyond her control. Her brother and two friends take one of their teachers ...

The Dagger of Kamui (1985)

A young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the crime, he flees from his village and meets a priest named Tenkai, who has him kill a rogue ninja named Tarouza. After fulfilling that task, Jiro undergoes train ...

Fine, with Occasional Murders (1984)

Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being. ...

The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel (1984)

In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who look ...

Kenya Boy (1984)

An 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941. Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy joins up with a beautiful native girl, and the adventure begins. ...

Again (1984)

An anthology that embodies the essence of Nikkatsu action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to find a former rival he once shared the screen with. The story unfolds as he roams, creating a distinctive ...

The Horizon (1984)

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises 4 children. After Pearl Harbor is attacked, they are interned with other Japanese immigrants in a camp, lo ...

Double Bed (1983)

Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend Yamazaki who he knew since college. Yamazaki has a girl friend Riko who lives with her younger sister Yuko who's an actress. Yamazaki is a lyric writer/wom ...

Wolf: Running Is Sex (1982)

A serial rapist's violent daily routine is disrupted when a disaffected young woman who shares his primal lifestyle begins living with him. ...

So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex (1982)

Rachi has aspirations of becoming a punk rocker. But his tendency towards self-sabotage and a budding sexual addiction makes matters increasingly difficult for him and his band mates to make it big. ...

The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September (1982)

Ryo once rode with a biker gang; ever since his friend Tetsuji died riding in September, he's retired from biking, trying to forget the past. ...

Tattoo (1982)

An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank. ...

High School Girl's Diary (1981)

A high school girl is recruited by a photographer to be a model for a photo book. Thinking that she can make lots of money she agrees. He starts innocently enough but slowly convinces her to pose for more explicit shots. ...

Station (1981)

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers. ...

Dead Angle (1979)

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s. ...

Goodbye, Flickmania (1979)

Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film maniac who spends nearly all his time at the movies and a 19-year-old going through the final rites of ...

Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)

Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous peopl ...