Gannosuke Ashiya

Pom Poko

The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shoppin...

Asuka

The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candy-maker, Asuka is t...

Inferno of Torture

Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production"....

Story of Yakuza in Naniwa

A dramatization of Ryotaro Shiba's novel of the same title about the life of Kobayashi Sahē, a chivalrous man w...

Ichiban Daiko

The 35th NHK Asadora about a man who enters the world of popular theater.

Nunnery Confidential

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.

Chie the Brat

Chie Takemoto is a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka. Un...

Ohyaku: The Female Demon

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of governme...

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her...

Sea of ​​Wandering

Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacu...

The Tattooed Lord

Muddy River

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.

Taking the Castle

The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near....

A Country Boss

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

Hot Springs Geisha

A look at the lives of a troupe of geishas working in a small seaside resort town. For the most part, their liv...

Records of loyal vassals

In the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death of their maste...

The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story

Sent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating artworks using torn...

Tenamonya Sandogasa

The Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jirocho of Shim...

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road...

Dianas of the Campus

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. M...

For Love and Money

Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise

Alone Across the Pacific

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in...

Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom

Yakuza G-Men

34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to find out who r...

18 Roughs

Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside re...

Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo

Nothing But Bones

The harrowing journey of Kinu Wada, a young woman who is sold into prostitution to pay her family's debts.

Legends of Honor

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel

At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, the ronin Kurayoshi Norizen rents the second floor of a hardware store a...

The Dropout

Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a stude...

Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon

1961 Japanese movie

The Confusing Journey of Jirocho

An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, such as Makoto...

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