Katagiri Ryuji

Katagiri Ryuji is a Japanese actor from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan. He belongs to Toei Management (former Toei Actor Center). After working at Osaka Gas , he joined Toei company in 1969 as a 13th gen member of Toei New Face., and in 1971, he made his full-scale debut in the movie " Queen Bee Strikes…

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…

Ieda Shoko

Ieda Shoko is a Japanese non-fiction writer from Aichi, Japan. She gained recognition with her 1986 book Gokudo no Tsumatachi, which explores the lives of the girlfriends and spouses of yakuza. The book was subsequently adapted into a film series titled Gokudo no Onnatachi. (Source: MyDramaList)

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)

Matsukata Hiroki

Meguro Koju, better known by the stage name Matsukata Hiroki, was a Japanese actor. He was the son of jidaigeki actor Konoe Jushiro and actress Mizukawa Yaeko and has a younger brother Meguro Yuki who is also an actor. As a young man, he aspired to be a singer, but turned to acting, making his debut…

Makoto Naoya

Makoto Naoya debuted as an actor in 1971. His first appearance was as a guest performer in the film Gendai Yakuza: Sakura Chi Sankyoudai at the age of 23. In 1971 and 1972, Makoto appeared in the film series Furyou Banchou. Over the next few years, Makoto performed in a variety of small roles. He also…

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…

Takakura Ken

Takakura Ken was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Prize four times, more than any other actor. After graduating from Meiji University in Tokyo, Takakura attended an audition on impulse in 1955 at the Toei Film…

Pure Japanese

6.7

Action actor Tateishi Daisuke who struggles with loneliness after suffering a traumatic experience due to an accident during filming. One day, he comes across a senior high school girl Ayumi who is being harassed consistently…

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…

Kids Return: Saikai no Toki

6.7

The sequel is set 10 years later. Shinji is working part-time after having retired from boxing and Masaru is making his return to yakuza life after being released from prison. After a chance reunion, Shinji takes a…

Fudoh: The New Generation

6.8

High-schooler Riki Fudoh is a very accomplished gangster at a remarkably young age and has a loyal group of under-aged assassins working under him. He plans on taking out all rival yakuza in his own way, but his true…

Goodbye Cruel World

6.9

5 people, whose identities are unknown to each other, gather for a one time robbery job. They head to a motel, where a yakuza gang use to launder money. The group succeed in their heist and prepare to go back to their…

Ninkyo Gakuen

6.9

A high school is badly run and in bad shape. In order to restore the school, the Akimotogumi yakuza, including their leader Shigesato Akimoto and their second in command, Seiji Himura, appear at the high school. The…

The Street Fighter

6.9

Takuma is a tough mercenary and a martial arts master. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Takuma to kidnap the daughter. When they refuse to…

Akagi the Gambler

6.6

The story revolves around the Mahjong gambling exploits of Shigeru Akagi. After a death-defying game of chicken one evening in 1958, Akagi nonchalantly enters a Yakuza Mahjong parlor to shake the cops' trail.

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

6.6

Following the unexpected death of her mob boss's father, a young high school student inherits his Yakuza gang. They investigate her father's murder and take out the drug dealers who are responsible for his death. ~~…

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…