Isayama Hiroko

Isayama Hiroko, a Japanese actress and writer born in Fukuoka, Japan, graduated from Fukuoka Jogakuin High School before pursuing a career in acting. Moving to Tokyo in 1971, she trained at the Actor's Studio attached training institute and made her film debut in 1972 with "Play of White Fingers" (白い指の戯れ).…

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Kimura Daisaku

Daisaku Kimura was born in Tokyo, Japan. He is a cinematographer (over 50 credits) and a director, known mainly for: "Samurai's Promise" (2018), "Memory" (2017), "The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones to Serenity" (2009). He worked as the Assistant Cameraman on many of Kurosawa Akira’s movies from "The…

Nanaumi Nana

Nanaumi Nana is a Japanese actress, talent, singer, former gravure idol, and former adult film actress from Nagano, Japan. She was previously affiliated with Prime Agency/Rokahi Management and became a freelancer on June 1, 2023. Nana made her gravure debut in May 2007, appearing in the magazine Bejean…

Arthur Kuroda

Arthur Kuroda was born on February 1, 1961 in San Francisco, California, USA. Arthur Kuroda was the oldest actor to portray a Kamen Rider (he was 38 years old at the time of filming) until Hiroyuki Watanabe was cast as Gaoh/Kamen Rider Gaoh in Kamen Rider Den-O the Movie: I'm Born! At age 51, followed…

Sakurai Takeharu

Sakurai Takeharu is a Japanese screenwriter and producer, born in Tokyo, Japan. Occasionally works under his pseudonym "Takeshi Iida" (飯田武), mostly when referring to original creations and drafts.

Osman Yusef

Osman Yusuf was a Turkish actor from the Ottoman Empire who lived and worked in Japan. He moved to Japan before World War II and obtained permanent residency. Yusuf was notable for his fluency in Japanese, which allowed him to act in films and television programs. He played a significant role in the…

Uchida Yuya

Yuya Uchida was a Japanese singer, record producer, and actor. Apart from his solo acts, he was also a part of Flower Travellin' Band. He died on 17 March 2019 due to pneumonia. (Wikipedia/TV Asahi)

Suga Kantaro

Suga Kantaro was a leading Japanese actor. His film credits span three decades, from 1960 to 1990. One of his prominent appearances was in the lead role in Pastoral: To Die in the Country. Suga also appeared in The Gate of Youth, Sword of the Beast, and Theater of Life. He also portrays Akizuki Soichiro…

Kawachi Tamio

Kawachi Tamio was a Japanese actor. He was a student at Kanto Gakuin University when Ishihara Yujiro, one of his neighbors in Zushi, Kanagawa, invited him to join the Nikkatsu studio. He made his debut in A Slope in the Sun (1958) playing Ishihara's younger brother. The studio initially sold him as…

Victory is Ours

6.0

A sailor tries to help his younger brother, a horse-racing jockey, escape from the yakuza after double crossing them in a fixing scam. Seijun Suzuki’s directorial debut. (Source: letterboxd)

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…

Lucky Stars Go Places

6.8

Kidstuff has been asked by the police to investigate a case of international ammunition trade between two gangs. One of the gangs is the Japanese Yakuza in possession of stolen diamonds, and the other is a group of…

Dangan Runner

7.0

A bumbled shoplifting attempt forces Yasuda to nix his planned bank robbery and run for his life. His pursuer? A strung-out convenience store clerk and part-time rock musician Aizawa. Along the way they earn the ire…

Junpei, Think Again

6.8

Twenty one year old Junpei is a low ranking Yakuza who is one day given the mission to kill a high ranking yakuza from a rival gang. Wanting to up his standing in his gang, he accepts. Junpei meets OL Kana and they…

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…

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…

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

7.5

Ichi seeks out on a pilgrimage to 81 temples, exploring spirituality to atone for his bloody past. On the way, Ichi stumbles into a village that's being bullied by a violent Yakuza boss and his henchmen.

Zebra

7.0

Dora and associates run a badger game scheme to extort victims out of money. One day, though, their target looks like an ordinary guy, but he turns out to be a yakuza. Dora and his associates fall into a far darker…

Ninkyo Helper

7.6

Tsubasa Hikoichi is a yakuza underling who runs a loan shark operation in Roppongi. Hikoichi is brutal and efficient, and has no compunction about cheating the weak and poor out of their hard-earned money. When Hikoichi's…