Orimoto Junkichi

Orimoto Junkichi was a Japanese actor.

Kaneda Akio

Kaneda Akio is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He graduated from Kitano High School.

Hiraizumi Sei

Born June 2, 1944 in Okazaki, Aichi. Selected as one of Daiei's "New Faces" in 1964, and made his silver screen debut in 1966. His husky voice is quite distinctive and imitated by many other celebrities.

Fuji Tatsuya

Born in China to Japanese parents in 1941, Tatsuya Fuji has appeared in 50 films since 1964. He shot to fame in the 1976 erotic art film, In the Realm of the Senses and has starred in two films (Empire of Passion and Bright Future) that have been entered into the Cannes Film Festival.

Ando Noboru

Ando Noboru is a Japanese actor and former yakuza. He is known for utilizing his experiences as a criminal in his many roles in yakuza films. One clear sign of his past occupation is the large knife scar on his left cheek, the result of a brawl with a Korean gangster as a young man

Yamamoto Rinichi

Yamamoto Rinichi was a Japanese actor from Hokkaido. In 1953, he signed to the Toei Company and made his film debut in Gakusei Goninotoko. He is most famous for playing villains and appeared more than 200 films. He also had many guest appearances as a villain in television dramas. His final role was…

Karuma

Karuma is a Japanese actor. At age 16, he moved from Fukuoka to Tokyo with the dream of being an actor. He auditioned many times and gained five years of experience as an extra. He continued to gain a small following, but he wasn't satisfied. He started a YouTube channel at 21 and since gained over…

Amatsu Bin

Amatsu Bin was a Japanese actor born in Miyagi Prefecture Kanan Town, Momou District (now Ishinomaki City). After graduating from Miyagi Normal School, he started teaching. During the war, he served as a child soldier instructor in the Marine Corps. He got married in 1944, adopted his son-in-law, and…

Uchida Asao

Uchida Asao, born Uchida Tomoo in Pyongyang, Korea, during Japanese rule, was a Japanese actor. He was affiliated with Kohinata Project after working with Enkei Theater and the Gekkoai theater troupe. After graduating from Pyongyang First Middle School, Uchida worked for Higashiman Waryu Coal Mine,…

Tanba Tetsuro

Tanba Tetsuro, born Tanba Shozaburo (丹波正三郎), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, entertainment promoter, and paranormal researcher. He founded the Tamba Production Company (丹波プロダクション) and the actor training institute Tamba Dojo (丹波道場). Additionally, he researched spiritualism…

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 2

7.0

A yakuza has to to kill a guy out of obligation. When he gets out of prison, he visits his victim's grave where he meets his victim's son and wife while they do not know who he is. After that, he tries to make amends…

Orugoru

A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son. (Source: Letterboxd)

Jusei: Last Drop of Blood

2.0

A former yakuza tries to live a quiet existence away from the violence of his former lifestyle, but all that changes when he gets caught in the crossfire of an escalating gang war.

Keisho Sakazuki

6.7

A stockbroker turned yakuza has been ordered to ask the boss of another yakuza outfit to be the substitute emcee of a succession ceremony - the passing of the baton from the older to the younger yakuza generation.…

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

The eastern and western factions of the Yakuza battle to control Japan. (Source: IMDb)

The Accomplice

8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought the Japanese yakuza organization to its knees. He breaks out of prison while being transported back to Brazil and then begins to seek to get even with the organization.…

Moonlight Jellyfish

6.8

Seiji struggles to look after his younger brother Michio, who suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum – a rare disease that is fatal if exposed to sunlight. Matters are even more complicated due to Michio’s state of…

The Man with a Sinister Laugh

After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts not to get drawn back into crime, and to find his missing sister. (Source: Letterboxd) ~~The 3rd in the Kenju Buraicho…

Japan's Organized Crime Boss

6.9

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war…

Nagurimono

5.0

A foppish English businessman (Christian Storms) stages a martial-arts contest between champions of two rival yakuza gangs to resolve a dispute over a wonder drug he is dealing and that both sides want. MMA fights…