Keiji Takamiya

Taikouki

Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who uni...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war betwee...

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After...

Great Jailbreak

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashir...

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin

On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed...

Blackmail Is My Life

Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of h...

Otoko no Uta

1962 Japanese movie

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail

Part 5 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but...

Organized Violence

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.

The Blazing Sword

Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Sh...

A Lively Geisha

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When s...

Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival

The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with femal...

Shōwa Gokudōshi

Woman His Prey

The Cheating Underworld

Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yen.

A Kamikaze Cop

An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza g...

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but...

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers

When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu's underworld, three brothers and their yakuza family are the...

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony

The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes betw...

Ai to kanashimi to

1962 Japanese movie

A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw

Back after four years, Goro learns his younger brother's been thrown out of the gang and his girlfriend's marri...

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

Hikage-Mono

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō

1963 Japanese movie

The Final Gamble

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only...

Shichinin no keiji

Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The m...

Cave Queens

Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens...

The Gambler's Law

Harbor Light Yokohama

A hit-man returns to Japan after a long sojourne.

Jealousy

Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.

Black Curtain

Two pharmaceutical companies in Tokyo and Osaka engage in a fierce battle of wits over the sale of aphrodisiacs...

This Is a Man's World

Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku

Japanese war film.

Flame and the Code

Brutal Woman

Tired of poverty, Keiko leaves home and soon takes a lover, but leads a wanton life without paying heed to his...