Uno Koji

He was born on April 21 , 1924 in Fukuoka Prefecture Omuta born in Fukuoka Prefectural Miike Junior High School (now Fukuoka Prefectural Miike high school), 1944 (Showa 19) he graduated from the Japan film school. In the same year, he was dispatched to the acting section of Toho Photo Studio. After…

Kishida Shin

Kishida Shin was a Japanese actor, best known for his memorable supporting roles in films and television series. Kishida Shin was born at Kawakita General Hospital in Asagaya, Suginami, Tokyo. His uncle was playwright Kunio Kishida, and actress Kyoko Kishida and children's author Eriko Kishida were…

Kobayashi Shigeo

Shigeo Kobayashi is a Japanese actor. Born and raised in Tokyo, Kobayashi worked on over 80 films, theatrical productions and TV drama series. In 2008, he played the leading role in a short film "Todai (the Light House)" a part of Otokotachi no Uta. His most recent work includes the role of a Japanese…

Gosha Hideo

Gosha Hideo was a Japanese film director born in Arasaka, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from high school and served in the Imperial Navy during the Second World War. After earning a business degree at Meiji University, he joined Nippon Television as a reporter in 1953. In 1957, he moved on to…

Shimura Ken

Ken Shimura (志村 けん, Shimura Ken) (born Yasunori Shimura (志村 康徳, Shimura Yasunori), February 20, 1950 – March 29, 2020) was a Japanese comedian. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama. He was known as "Japan's Robin…

Kago Ai

Kago Ai born in Yamatotokada, Nara, Japan is a Japanese singer, actress, author and former Guinness World Record holder. At age 12, Kago won the 4th National Audition of Morning Musume held by Up-Front Works Agency in 2000, which led to her admission into the extremely popular idol group as a 4th generation…

Nakamura Shido II

Born in Tokyo, the son of Kabuki actor Nakamura Shido I, young Nakamura made his Kabuki debut at the age of eight. He took the name Shido the following year, following his father's retirement. Twenty-one years later, despite being a relative latecomer to the silver screen, the 30-year-old Kabuki actor…

Kaji Meiko

Kaji Meiko is a Japanese actress and singer born in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. She has appeared in about 100 films, with her most famous roles being outlaw characters in early 1970s films, such as the rebels of the "Stray Cat Rock" series, the assassin Lady Snowblood, or the murderous Sasori from the "Female…

Beat Takeshi

Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television personality, director, actor, author, and screenwriter. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, abroad he is known almost entirely for his filmwork. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost…

Miike Takashi

Miike Takashi is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over ninety theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions in the years 2001 and 2002 alone. His films range from violent and bizarre…

Tokyo Noir

Yakuza's Narumi decides to retire, after doing his last job, but the gun fires during weapons trafficking transaction, killing an undercover investigator disguised as his opponent. Narumi, who has been chased by the…

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 8

3.0

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. His sister died in the Great Kanto Earthquake…

Modern Lady Gambler

Yakuza revenge movie with wandering yakuza gambler Fujiko first out to kill the man she once loved and then slicing through the yakuza who betrayed her lover Tatsumi. (Source: IMDb)

MISTY

Yakuza's Fujikawa, returns to his hometown, after learning that his pregnant sister, has committed suicide. The man is convinced, that the woman couldn't have done it, and tries to find out what really happened. His…

World Apartment Horror

6.3

A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail. Soon his problems get worse as an evil spirit makes its presence known.

Yasha

6.7

Retired yakuza gangster Shuji moves back from Osaka to a remote coastal village to start a new life as a fisherman with his family, his arrival from the city coinciding with that of the beautiful bar hostess Keiko.…

A Notorious Gambler

A lone gambler tries to keep a Yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitayushu. After being away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from Yakuza's ill…

Onibi

7.1

A yakuza hitman gets out of jail and decides to start a new life, but soon his old life catches up with him.

Happiness Come On

7.1

Fumie marries yakuza Tetsuo and she gives birth to their son Tetsuya. Fumie raises Tetsuya with love, but while she experiences tough times she becomes addicted to drugs. After Fumie receives treatment at a hospital…

Shura no Mon 2

Continuing to the first movie of the series, the conflict between the yakuza groups turns Osaka into a battlefield. (Source: MyDramaList)