Wakayama Tomisaburo

Wakayama Tomisaburo was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His father was Tohiji Katsu (or Katsutoji Kineya), a noted kabuki performer and nagauta singer, and the family as a whole were kabuki performers. He and his younger brother, Shintaro Katsu, followed their father in the theater.…

Yayan Ruhian

Yayan is an Indonesian actor. By the age of 13, hoping to "show his masculinity", he began studying the traditional martial art, Pencak Silat. Yayan trained with what later became Pencak Silat Tenaga Dasar, eventually becoming a trainer and referee – although he later learned that this disqualified…

Hu Yu Xuan

Hu Yu Xuan is a Chinese actor known for the "Ever Night" series and the movie "Yakuza Campus".

Takakura Miyuki

Miyuki Takakura was born in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Mekura Okami (1963), Meiji Keppurouku: Taka to Oukami (1968) and Yakuza Bangaichi: Massatsu (1969).

Machida Kyosuke

Machida Kyosuke is a retired Japanese actor. Before his retirement, Machida had appeared more than 150 films, including many yakuza films produced by Toei. When he was a child, he became Mas Oyama's pupil. Now he is the advisor of the International Karate Organization Kyokushin-kaikan. (Source: Wikipedia)

Miyaguchi Seiji

Seiji Miyaguchi was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as Kyuzo, the master swordsman), Ikiru as a yakuza boss from "restaurant row," and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan. At the age of 71, he succumbed to lung cancer.

Fukumoto Nobuyuki

Nobuyuki Fukumoto is a Japanese manga artist well known for his unique and original gambling ideas, deep psychological analyses of characters, and distinct artstyle. Yakuza and gambling are recurring themes in his manga. In English-speaking countries, he is known best as the author of Akagi, a mahjong-related…

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…

Fukasaku Kinji

Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the Japanese portion of the Hollywood film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), yakuza films including the seminal Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), samurai period pieces such as Shogun's Samurai (1978), and his controversial…

Aoyama Hikaru

Aoyama Hikaru is a Japanese gravure idol, model and actress, know for Futari Ecchi (2019) and Yakuza Kiwami 2.

Theater of Life: Hishakaku

8.0

Story of yakuza's honor, duty and loyalty. Hishakaku asks his woman, Otoyo, a former geisha, to move to Tokyo, where they are taken in by Boss Kokin. Due to his obligation to Kokin, he is involved in a gang war and…

Gale of Tokai

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu. (Source: Letterboxd)

Ore no Senaka ni Hi ga Ataru

4.0

A combination yakuza-youth action with heavy romantic overtones. (Source: IMDb)

Zatoichi Challenged

7.3

After an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against…

Stray Dogz 4

7.2

When a friend from his yakuza past gets released from prison, a loan shark Tadaomy Ando and his former-male-host sidekick Tsukasa help the ex-con get back on his feet.

KAMIKAZE TAXI

7.4

A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his…

Prisonization

7.6

Depicts the life of a former yakuza who was released for the first time in 14 years. (Source: News Yahoo)

Outlaw: Gangster VIP

7.7

Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However,…

A Girl & Her Guard Dog

7.1

Being the granddaughter of a yakuza leader was only troublesome. Senagaki Isaku had difficulty navigating her life due to others fearing her for her background. Determined to have a normal high school life filled with…

Let's Go Karaoke!

8.2

Narita Kyoji is a high ranking yakuza member. On a rainy day, he wanders on the street. He hears a singing sound and he walks towards the sound. There, he meets junior high school student Oka Satomi and he invites…