Ueda Koichi

Ueda Koichi is a Japanese actor and voice actor.

Nishimura Kou

Nishimura Kou was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Kurosawa Akira's "The Bad Sleep Well" and "Yojimbo", Okamoto Kihachi's "Sword of Doom", Nomura Yoshitaro's "Zero Focus", and Ichikawa Kon's "The Burmese Harp". (Source: Wikipedia)

Umemiya Tatsuo

Umemiya Tatsuo was a Japanese actor, talent, and businessman. He was represented by the agency Pickles. His daughter is the model and talent, Umemiya Anna. The son of a doctor, Umemiya, gave up a medical career to debut as a Toei New Face at the Toei Studios. As an actor, he appeared in films and television…

Yamamoto Ryuji

Yamamoto Ryuji is a Japanese actor.

Sakata Tadashi

Sakata Tadashi is a Japanese actor and comedian.

Kato Yoshi

Katou Yoshi was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 175 films between 1949 and 1988. He won the award for Best Actor at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in Hometown. He married the actress Yamada Isuzu in 1950, but they divorced three years later. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sato Kei

Sato Kei was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Oshima Nagisa, and for several films with Shindo Kaneto, such as Onibaba and Kuroneko. He won the best actor award from Kinema Junpo for the films The Ceremony and Nihon no Akuryōo He also…

Kaneko Nobuo

Kaneko Nobuo was a Japanese actor, culinary researcher, host, and talent born in Shitaya, Tokyo, Japan. He grew up in a family of dentists and struggled with tuberculosis from a young age, facing a prognosis that he might not live past 20. Despite his health challenges, he graduated from Kyoka Gakuen…

Yamada Jundai

Yamada Jundai, born 14 February 1973, in Tokyo, is a Japanese actor. His real name is Yamada Sumihiro. He is represented by Horipro Booking Agency. His father is actor and singer Sugi Ryotaro. In his private life, he and former Mito Komon actress Takyo Kei married in the spring of 2016. They had been…

Kanayama Kazuhiko

Kazuhiko Kanayama was born on August 16, 1967 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Another Lonely Hitman (1995), Burai heiya (1995) and Kamen raidâ Kiba (2008). He was previously married to Miyoko Yoshimoto.

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)

The Sleeping Beast Within

6.7

A middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers during an extended trip. Yakuza operations and religious cults come into play, while the man's daughter and her journalist boyfriend race to find the…

Living by Karate

Wada Koji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss. (Source: Letterboxd)

Kenka Fuji

Genta, a fishmonger, is a devoted fan of the yakuza since birth. His wife, Osuzu, tired of his obsession, attempts to leave him, but Genta sees it as an opportunity to pursue yakuza training. Along the Tokaido road,…

Kyu-Chan's Upside-Down Jackpot Battle

10.0

Hisashi Namiki (Kyu Sakamoto) who admires the singer and Miyoshi Tange (Jerry Fujio) who admires the yakuza go to Tokyo. Because of this, Yakuza was involved in a territorial battle, and against his will, Kisa became…

Akai ka to Rokudenashi

4.0

An action comedy that depicts two men fascinated by a woman in red high heels who are convinced to confront a vicious yakuza gang. The 2nd of the 3 part Roku Denashi movie series.

Chameleon

Based on a true story of a Filipino transgender woman who becomes involved with the Japanese Yakuza. (Source: Variety.com)

A Man's Crest: Violent Path

2.0

The new head of a powerful family, who leads Oshima-Murata yakuza clan, faces danger from an evil rival out for blood and revenge. ~~ The 7th of the Otoko no Monsho series of 11 films.

Kokuho

8.4

Set after the war in Japan, when the country experienced rapid economic growth, Kikuo is born into a yakuza family. His strange fate leads him to be eventually taken in by a kabuki theater actor. He experiences turbulent…