First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii…
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler …
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, t…
Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.…
1962 Japanese movie…
A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.…
As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is ca…
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the p…
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame f…