Red Peony Gambler 3: The Flower Cards Game

6.8

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the…

Keepers of Order

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Iioka Sukegoro. Chuji is then aided by boss Sasagawa Shigezo, Ishimatsu, and a few young yakuza. (Source:…

Ceremony of Disbanding

6.7

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly…

Friendly Enemies

1.0

Set in the Tomikawara in the late Taisho era, this film tells the story of a young man who confronted a new power emerging in his town, in order to save a powerful local yakuza. The 1st film of a duo series dealing…

A Certain KiIller

7.1

The main character is a man from the WW2 generation who has lost his dreams in post-war Japan. While working as a cook in a restaurant he also earns some money as a contract killer. He kills a Yakuza-boss using a tatami-needle…

Lone Wolf Isazo

5.0

Isazo, often called ‘The Ripper’, is a living legend in the world of the Yakuza. Known for his swordsmanship and bravery, but also for his polite manners, and gifted talent in gambling. One late fall, while staying…

Gokuchu no Kaoyaku

6.5

Rival gangs battle it out over ownership of a bicycle race track. The outside life for the yakuza mimics prison life in two respects,…. First, there are rules that must never be crossed and second, when an opportunity…

Aru Yuki no Kiroku

A breakdown in social order following Japan's defeat in World War II has caused gangsterism to run rampart. Determined to shed light on this phenomenon and to root out entrenched influence of yakuza, a group of local…

Outlaw: Heartless

7.7

Goro Fujikawa was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem, owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This equation can only lead to one answer. Mitsugimoto needs to pay and Goro's coming…

Retaliation

6.4

Two years before they collaborated on the immortal Stray Cat Rock series, director Yasuharu Hasebe and soon-to-be-superstar Meiko Kaji teamed up for this potent gangster flick that also stars the great Joe Shishido…

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.

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…

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…

Yamashita Kosaku

Watanabe Fumio

Fumio Watanabe was a Japanese actor most known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo before joining the Shōchiku studio in 1956.

Mariya Tomoko

Mariya Tomoko is a Japanese actress, singer, writer, and Musashino Art University lecturer from Minato-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Takarazuka Music School in 1980, scoring the highest points in her graduation exam. She joined the Takarazuka Revue as a 66th gen member. In 1989, she won the 39th Minister…

Enoki Hyoe

Enoki Hyoe is a Japanese actor.

Shimao Yasuhito

Ishimatsu Guts

Yuji Suzuki, known as Guts Ishimatsu or Ishimatsu Susuki, is a former boxing world champion from Kanumashi, Japan. After retiring from boxing, he has gained popularity as an actor and comedian. He often appears as a foolish boke character on television, but this is an act he puts on for media purposes.…

Yonemura Shoji

Yonemura Shoji is a Japanese writer who has done work for various anime and tokusatsu television shows and films. He is originally from Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan. Mainly, Yonemura works on screenplays for anime. After having graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, he worked as a freelance…