Takada Kokichi

Takada Kokichi is a Japanese actor and singer born in Sonoda Village, Kawabe District, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Kajiura Takeichi. He is a historical drama star representing Shochiku before the war, and is known as the first "Singing Movie Star". His second daughter is actress Takada Miwa,…

Miki Norihei

Miki Norihei, born Tanuma Tadashi (田沼則子) in Hamacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor, director, and comedian. He served as the 5th president of the Japan Comedy Association (日本喜劇人協会). Raised by a mother involved in entertainment and a father with a medical doctorate,…

Ishii Takashi

A sometime manga artist, Ishii entered the film industry as a writer, scripting Roman Porno at Nikkatsu for such directors as Chūsei Sone, Noboru Tanaka, Shun Nakahara, and Shinji Sōmai. Many of his scripts were based on his own manga Angel Guts(Tenshi no harawata), which Nikkatsu adapted into a series,…

Tanaka Osamu

Tanaka Osamu is a Japanese editor. Not to be confused with the actor with the same name.

Yamanashi Yuzu

Yamanashi Yuzu is a former Japanese adult film actress who began her career in 2010. Prior to her adult film debut, she appeared in an image DVD under the name Fujii Yuzu (藤井ゆず). On December 16, 2010, she adopted the stage name Higashio Mako (東尾真子). She transitioned to freelance adult…

Tanaka Kunie

Tanaka Kunie is a Japanese actor. He had his first notable role in 1960 as a thug in Kurosawa Akira's The Bad Sleep Well and worked with the director again on Sanjuro. Tanaka is well known for his roles in Fukasaku Kinji's yakuza films, namely the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series. He also appeared…

Shirai Jirou

Used to be known as Shirai Takashi (白井孝志).

Chiba Jiro

Chiba Jiro, real name Maeda Mitsuho, is a Japanese actor. In 1976, he changed his name to Yabuki Jiro. However, from 2006 onward, he went back to using the name of Chiba Jiro.

Nanjo Reiko

Nanjo Reiko is a former actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She developed an interest in track and field during middle school and joined the track team at Bunkyo High School, specializing in long jump and high jump. She set a high jump record of 1.55 meters. In 1979, while studying English literature at Seisen…

Toda Hiroshi

Toda Hiroshi is a Japanese art director. Not to be confused with the actor or screenwriter with the same name.

Like A Shooting Star

A 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…

Kyuchan Draws His Sword

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.

Red Peony Gambler 2: Gambler's Obligation

6.8

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu…

Another Lonely Hitman

8.3

Yakuza gunman, Tachibana is released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence to find that his former gang is not nearly as respected as it once was. To make things worse, his wife has settled down with another…

King of Sha-kin 2

A normal banker decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza. (Source: Letterboxd)

The Guitarist from the Sea

4.0

Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base for drug smuggling. (Source: Letterboxd)

Jesus Is My Boss

3.0

Two men are pushed to the edge in a bloody Yakuza war. Two factions, the Sansekai and the Isamikai decide to join sides. But their mutual rival, the Nakamori faction decides to give an unexpected visit to the celebration…

Sympathy for the Underdog

7.4

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

GONIN

7.4

A team of five men plot to steal money from the Yakuza, but their plan quickly unravels and they end up on the run from hitmen themselves.