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- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsEiji FunakoshiMako MidoriNoriko SengokuA blind sculpter and his mother kidnap a young model.
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsAyako WakaoAkio HasegawaGaku YamamotoA seductive woman gets kidnapped into prostitution. After getting a spider tattoo made on her back, she grows vengeful, leaving several men in her path.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsJô ShishidoHideaki NitaniYôko YamamotoKuroda (Jô Shishido) is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji (Tatsuya Fuji) and aspiring boxer Saburô (Jirô Okazaki), the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no one will stop until one faction emerges victorious.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert MitchumKen TakakuraEiji OkadaAmerican private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiBunjaku HanTakeo ChiiFive freewheeling friends conjure up a plan to rob 30 million yen from a religious movement.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsTatsuya FujiNoriko KurosawaEiji GôTwo Japanese men help a Vietnam war deserter escape from Japan for Sweden. They plan to fund the escape by selling LSD pills. After word of the drug deal gets spread around they find themselves fending off rival gangs.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiTatsuya FujiYoshio HaradaThe series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsMeiko KajiRikiya YasuokaTatsuya FujiA street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTetsuya WatariMeiko KajiTatsuo UmemiyaWhen a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. The cop is bent on results and is not immune to becoming rough in order to get results. Matters take a different turn, however, as the policeman juxtaposes the nature of his targets with his own colleagues, examines their actions more closely and becomes acquainted with a woman on the fringe of the criminal underworld.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsMeiko KajiShin'ichi ChibaShingo YamashiroNami (played by Meiko Kaji) returns to Tokyo to find the man who killed her father 13 years ago. On the way she saves a young woman named Hanae whose father had sold her for prostitution, but by doing this noble thing she becomes involved with Yakuza gang who doesn't want to let their property go and wants to keep a tight control over the Ginza district. With the help of Ryuji (played by Sonny Chiba) she has to find the man who killed her father and deal with the Yakuza threat.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsMeiko KajiTatsuo UmemiyaTsunehiko WataseNami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsJô ShishidoMakoto SatôMeiko KajiA uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. This also has one of underrated and comparatively-unknown-in-the-west composer Kaburagi's most exciting and memorable scores, a testament to just how much can add to a story's already intoxicating momentum and suspense.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsMichael DouglasAndy GarciaKen TakakuraTwo NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.
- DirectorKoreyoshi KuraharaStarsTamio KawajiChico LourantYuko ChishiroOne is a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and other is a black American GI on the lam in Tokyo. The two outsiders become outlaws and the movie depicts their growing bond as an alternately absurd and tragic culture clash.
- DirectorKoreyoshi KuraharaStarsKô NishimuraNobuo KanekoMari ShirakiA bank manager is blackmailed into robbing his own bank.
- DirectorKoreyoshi KuraharaStarsTamio KawajiYuko ChiyoEiji GôA juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and causes reckless mayhem, mostly directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsReiko IkeAkemi NegishiRyôko EmaDuring the Meiji era, a gambler called Ocho takes revenge on three gangsters who killed her father, shelters a wanted anarchist and confronts a British spy.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsReiko IkeMakoto AikawaArumi KuriOcho gets abducted by a yakuza clan that uses a gang of women to smuggle drugs in their vaginas. Finding out that the kingpin had killed the last boss and abducted his daughter, Ocho joins forces with the drug mules against the clan.
- DirectorYukio NodaStarsTatsuo UmemiyaShin'ichi ChibaShigeru KatsumiHiroshi and his biker buddies get out of jail and start a human trafficking ring but a local yakuza group puts a stop to their business. Desperate for money, Hiroshi gets mixed up with a plot to blackmail the yakuza group with the help of Ocho, a traveling gambler.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsAkira KobayashiJô ShishidoHideaki NitaniFresh out of prison, yakuza lieutenant Jiro Sagae is recruited by a new gang to help defeat a powerful rival family in this bloody, stylish crime film that inspired Japanese yakuza films of the '70s.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraKunie TanakaMayumi NagisaThe great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he's released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent.
- DirectorToshio MasudaStarsTetsuya WatariChieko MatsubaraMitsuo HamadaYAKUZA GANGSTER THRILLER.
- DirectorKeiichi OzawaStarsTetsuya WatariChieko MatsubaraKôji WadaAlthough Goro is a known assassin, he has always been against the ways of the yakuza. In "Outlaw Kill!" he deals with the dilemma of living such a lifestyle more than ever: the sacrifices, the time wasted in prison.
- DirectorKeiichi OzawaStarsTetsuya WatariChieko MatsubaraTamio KawajiA street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro (Tetsuya Watari) is in the middle of action.
- DirectorKeiichi OzawaStarsTetsuya WatariChieko MatsubaraKei SatôTo fulfill a prison mate's dying wish, and to right what is wrong, Gôro will kill again. Tetsuya Watari meets his archenemy Shuusuke Shirayama, a rival gangster who also wants to part with the yakuza ways.
- DirectorMio EzakiStarsTetsuya WatariChieko MatsubaraChikage ÔgiGoro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem, owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This equation can only lead to one answer. Mitsugimoto needs to pay and Goro's coming to collect.
- DirectorKeiichi OzawaStarsTetsuya WatariChieko MatsubaraRyôhei UchidaYAKUZA GANGSTER THRILLER
- DirectorBuichi SaitôStarsHiroko ÔgiAkira KobayashiShinjirô Ebara
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTetsuya WatariTatsuo UmemiyaYumi TakigawaA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsGorô KishitaniRyôsuke MikiNarimi ArimoriA barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
- DirectorToshio MasudaStarsYûjirô IshiharaMie KitaharaYukiko Todoroki50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop...
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsYôko MinamidaHideaki NitaniNobuo KanekoIshikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Three years ago, she accidentally heard the voice of a suspect who committed a still-unresolved homicide. Since then, the suspect's voice has remained lodged in her mind as a terrifying memory. One night, her husband invites over his colleagues, Kawai, Hamazaki, and Muraoka. She realizes that Hamazaki's voice sounds exactly the same as the unseen suspect's! A few days later, Hamazaki is found dead in a rain-soaked coalfield; her husband is kept in police custody as the primary suspect. Ishikawa tries to help Asako and launches his own investigation. However, the investigation soon runs into difficulty as both Kawai and Muraoka had alibis. To make matters worse, her husband implausibly confesses
- DirectorKô NakahiraStarsJô ShishidoHiroyuki NagatoRuriko AsaokaWhen one billion yen goes AWOL, "Joe the Ace" (Shishido) spies an opportunity to get rich quick, but things soon go wrong as it turns out he isn't the only one who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the missing cash.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKippei ShînaTomorô TaguchiTakeshi CaesarAmidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother.
- DirectorHiroshi NoguchiStarsJô ShishidoKon ÔmuraKiyoshi HitomiWhen a mob cartel is threatened with assassination of its leadership, and indeed one of its heads is shot, the remaining heads hire hitmen of their own via an audition as defense. With their counter-offensive army unleashed to go after the mystery assassin they should theoretically breathe easier, but the cadre is hardly conventional and the results are uneven. It is a masquerade.
- DirectorBuichi SaitôStarsAkira KobayashiRuriko AsaokaSanae NakaharaArriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.
- DirectorKihachi OkamotoStarsYûzô KayamaJun TazakiYukiko ShimazakiAfter a long stint working in Alaska, Jiro returns to his hometown. He soon learns that his father, the town's mayor, was murdered and, in his absence, the yakuza gangs have seized control of the town. Jiro quickly becomes dangerously obsessed with finding his father's killer.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraTsunehiko WataseYuriko HishimiSugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him, Kuroda targets the family bosses with a ruthless vengeance.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraTatsuo UmemiyaHiroki MatsukataActing boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraIsao BitôTakeo ChiiSugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss, only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that forbids retributions against high-level members, Nozaki forms a plot to exact revenge on his rivals, but a suspicious relationship with his own sister taints his relationship with his fellow gang members.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsAkira KobayashiChieko MatsubaraAkemi KitaA military photographer takes a cute stewardess out to dinner where she is promptly kidnapped. Deciding that he has fallen in love with the girl, our "hero" decides to investigate her kidnapping himself.
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsAkira KobayashiChieko MatsubaraDaisaburô HirataThree schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. As he gets a tattoo, two of the girls become squeamish and run off but Hanako, the best friend of the daughter of Sota Izu, boss of the Izu clan, stays to watch. She is intrigued with the yakuza .....
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsYûta SoneKimika YoshinoShohei HinoA yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience.
- DirectorHideo GoshaStarsNoboru AndôAkira KobayashiIsao NatsuyagiA retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsReiko ÔshidaMasumi TachibanaYukie KagawaDelinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsAkira KobayashiTatsuya FujiRyôji HayamaA tale of wannabe yakuza youths. Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister. But soon the young hoods run afoul of their underworld idols when they rob the wrong gang.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKôji TsurutaTomisaburô WakayamaTsunehiko WataseA yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsReiko ÔshidaYukie KagawaShuushiboThe local yakuza gangs dominating the port of Yokohama do not take well the invasion of their territory by a daring biker gang, led by a girl in black leather outfit and cowboy hat - reminiscent of the earlier war victors. Old and new grudges lead the two girl gangs to clash in several fights. However, when one of the leaders dies, the girls end up by uniting against the male gangsters that had been using them as puppets - and it all ends in a great finale mixed battle by the seashore.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsReiko ÔshidaMasumi TachibanaYukie KagawaJuvenile delinquent Rika gets released from the reform school and ends up protecting the debt-ridden father of her friend from local gangsters.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsMiki SugimotoReiko IkeEmi JôMembers of the Red Helmet biker girl gang wind up in Kyoto, where they get into conflict with other girl gangs and local yakuza thugs.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsMiki SugimotoReiko IkeMisuzu ÔtaA group of girls find themselves immersed in an Osaka gangland war when they escape from a detention transport. They form their own gang called The Gypsies.
- DirectorAtsushi MihoriStarsReiko IkeChiyoko KazamaMasami SôdaAfter her father is exploited and killed by a yakuza gang, a tough woman, fresh out of prison, exacts her revenge over said gang with the help of three girls she met in prison.
- DirectorYukio NodaStarsMiki SugimotoEiji GôTetsurô TanbaAfter a politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, a brutal policewoman is released from jail and sent after them.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsMiki SugimotoNatsuko MiuraMasataka NaruseDelinquent girl boss meets and conflicts with an orphan girl who lives an isolated life after the dramatic deaths of her parents. She plays the piano, but stands up against her lecherous guardian, who is also a school official.
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsKôji WadaMayumi ShimizuEitarô OzawaSadao and his orphaned buddies attempt to prevent his aged grandmother from being shaken down by a gangster, his goons, and his lawyers.
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsHideaki NitaniIzumi AshikawaYûji OdakaRyoji, 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.
- DirectorHideo GoshaStarsTatsuya NakadaiIchirô NakataniHisashi IgawaFresh out of prison, a broken man reluctantly takes a job to kill three men, but changes his mind when some gangsters target the same men. He then tries to find out why the men are being targeted in the first place.
- DirectorToshio MasudaStarsTetsuya WatariRuriko AsaokaJô ShishidoA young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsAkihiro MiwaIsao KimuraKikko MatsuokaJapanese sixties comedy featuring a cunning female jewel thief named Black Lizard who tries to kidnap Sanaye, a wealthy jeweler's beautiful daughter as part of a plot to steal the jeweler's expensive "Star of Egypt" diamond. To thwart the planned kidnapping, the jeweler hires Japan's number one detective, the brilliant Akechi. This sets off a dual between Black Lizard and Akechi as each tries to outwit the other. In the process, the two adversaries develop a mutual respect and affection for each other. Despite Akechi's efforts, Black Lizard and her crew are able to kidnap Sanaye and gain possession of the "Star of Egypt". Black Lizard takes Sanaye to her secret lair on a remote island which is populated by an eerie collection of naked human dolls. There Black Lizard plans to preserve Sanaye's beauty forever by turning her into one of her dolls. As Sanaye's doom quickly approaches, it is up to Akechi to save the day.
- DirectorKazuo KurokiStarsYôsuke EnomotoTatsumi HijikataEiko HoriiMurase is a bodyguard in a yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look. They decide to trade places with each other.
- DirectorKazuo IkehiroStarsRaizô IchikawaMayumi OgawaKaneko IwasakiIsazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of Yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and bravery, his impeccable manners, and his brilliant talent in gambling.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya TsukamotoAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
- DirectorTôru MurakawaStarsYûsaku MatsudaYutaka NakajimaGajirô SatôAfter making a sensational hit, Narumi has gone into hiding for 5 years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared 5 years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?
- DirectorTôru MurakawaStarsYûsaku MatsudaLilyYoshirô AokiNarumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a new job - the target is a veteran killer as good as he is.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyôji HayamaKôji NanbaraThe son of a murder crime boss exacts his revenge by pitting two rival clans against each other.
- DirectorBuichi SaitôStarsShin'ichi ChibaTsunehiko WataseReiko IkeAttacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
- DirectorHideo GoshaStarsIsamu AgoTsutomu IsobeKayo MatsuoTange Sazen is determined to protect an outrageous fortune that can save or doom the Yagyu clan from theives in all sides.
- DirectorKimiyoshi YasudaStarsMichiyo YasudaKôjirô HongôTakashi KandaA little girl survives the massacre of her family by an evil lord who wanted to obtain a rare sword in the samurai family's possession. She is left for dead, having lost an eye and her right arm. She's raised by an aging swords-master, learns to talk like a rough samurai, and is trained to use the blade in order to pursue deadly vengeance. She is beautiful enough when dressed in feminine clothes to stir love in the heart of a male samurai - but her heart is for revenge only.
- DirectorFrancis MegahyStarsDon WilsonTerry FarrellMakoA tough Japanese detective seeks vengeance after his partner is killed by a deadly Yakuza ninja.