Takashi Ebata

Shangri-La (2002)

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a c ...

All About Our House (2001)

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn't licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife's father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa's contempora ...

The Accomplice (1999)

This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kiuchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought the Japanese yakuza organization to its knees. He breaks out of prison while being transported back to Bra ...

Blood (1998)

Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him. ...

Pinch Hitter Togo Trouble #1 Skyscraper Bombing Notice! (1994)

Original video film. ...

Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode (1990)

Some of the greatest battles during the Age of Civil Wars were fought between the Uesugi and Takeda clans. Leading up to them was the incredible life of Uesugi Kenshin, who rose from a son out of favor with his... ...

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent ...

Mystery of the Coral Seas (1988)

A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man. ...

The Forest of the Little Bear (1987)

Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a troublemaker. ...

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 ...

Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita (1985)

The Black Cat Mansion of Hatred (1984)

Mysterious incidents occur around geiko in Fukagawa, and there is always the presence of a black cat at the scene of the tragedy. The woman, unaware of her presence, is pulled away by the banya, but a ronin, pretending to be a bouncer of the geisha distric ...

Appassionata (1984)

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") ...

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun (1983)

Samon Kamiyama, a yoriki of the Minami-machi magistrate infiltrates the Denzū-machi prison disguised as Mushuku Sahēji. Samon is mistaken for a snitch and about to be beaten up when he was saved by the quick thinking of a ferryman Sanji. The infiltration ...

Stray Wolf (1982)

Matoba Kokingo, who once served as a retainer for a hatamoto, becomes disillusioned with his master and elopes with his lover, Oyuki. They flee their lord's household, taking with them 30 ryō of official funds. However, the money is stolen from them at an ...

The Shogun's Vault II (1982)

A mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of the shogunate one after another and steals the shogun's treasures, has been shaking the public authorities. The identity of the thief is Ichibei, a medicine sell ...

Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu (1981)

Here is a school that has never expelled a single student, believing in its children even after betrayal and betrayal after betrayal! Yoji (Yoichi Sase), the son of a doctor in Suwa, and Nobuko (Mayuki Kirihara), the daughter of a weaver in Kyoto, are tran ...

Willful Murder (1981)

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical ...

The Detective Journey (1980)

A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in by chance. Shosuke Ikashima and Ryuji Kabaya, who repeatedly screw things up, encounter a real robbery during a bank robbery simulation training ...

Kagemusha (1980)

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over ...

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. ...

Nomugi Pass (1979)

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and ...

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. ...

A Cheerful Yakuza (1976)

Sandakan No. 8 (1974)

A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974)

The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Bloo ...

Internal Sleuth (1973)

When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth. ...

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. ...

Eight Men to Kill (1972)

The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causin ...

The Brawling Angel (1972)

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi. ...

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate. ...

Companion to Hell (1972)

The second work in the "Japanese Evil Man Den" series, which depicts the devilishness hidden in the depths of the human heart. The script is done by Takayuki Yamada. The director is Shinji Murayama of "Japanese Bad Man Den". Shigeru Akatsuka of "Modern Por ...

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972)

President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to th ...

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen (1971)

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

Story of Japanese Bad Men (1971)

Toei yakuza film. ...

Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu (1971)

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple. ...

Demons (1971)

Tells the story of the samurai Gengobe, who seeks revenge after falling prey to the schemes of a geisha and her husband. ...

Dodes'ka-den (1970)

On a Tokyo dump's shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who "drives" an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindne ...

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970)

An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws. ...

Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him. ...

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 ...

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless (1969)

Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes. ...

The Yakuza Awaits (1969)

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

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1968)

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the earl ...

In Broad Daylight (1968)

After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends start getting caught. Katsuji decides to play a high stakes game of robbing the proceeds of a department store. ...

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. ...

Human Torpedoes (1968)

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War. ...

Code Between Brothers 6 (1967)

Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan. ...

Onna no issho (1967)

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 ...

Tears of Banishment (1967)

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling's name. ...

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (1967)

The second part of the Gamblers series. ...

Three Gamblers (1967)

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro's family. ...

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. ...

Gamblers' Luck (1966)

A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge themselves on cruel landlords, animate the corpse of a money-lender in order to frighten people. Then they assi ...

The Abalone Gals (1965)

South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playland and the girls, who had been abalone divers, now become geisha, and the old ways of the island are all to ...

The Scarlet Camellia (1964)

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her. ...

Edo Ninja Scroll: Seven Shadows (1963)

During the reign of Shogun Tsunayoshi, seven ninja of the Koga clan secretly plot against the illegitimate son of the former shogun. ...

Let's Meet in Our Dreams (1962)

Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We follow her ups and downs on the way to stardom as she falls in love with two men, a petty thief and a music writer and teacher, and makes her way in the industr ...

Pursuit (1961)

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film. ...

The Man with a Shotgun (1961)

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill. ...

Living by Karate (1961)

Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss. ...

Yabure Kabure (1961)

Ambitious action drama about a young man living a carefree life of women and money, struggling to crawl out of the mire, and his lover who tries to save him at his own peril. ...

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)

Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battl ...

Hadaka no Machi (1957)