Akikane Sawa
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Movies
Henchmen
The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Iz...
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Gambler's Farewell
The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza ...
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza
An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an hon...
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The Kamikaze Guy
An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII....
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, t...
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Gang and G-Men Part 2
A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of...
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Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure...
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Japan Organized Crime Boss
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang aft...
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A Fugitive from the Past
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash ...
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Code of Ruffians
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it w...
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Showdown in Blood
Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to j...
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Abashiri Prison
Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped ...
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Detective
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal,...
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Homicide
This film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of Military Af...
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Dash to the Sun
A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It te...
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The Second Bullet is Marked
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu....
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor...
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The Ando Gang Documentary Film
This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest a...
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Wolves, Pigs & Men
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh ou...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoi...
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Judo Life
Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judo...
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The Private Police
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kami...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove t...
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Jet Air Base 101
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at...
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Snake Woman's Curse
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haun...
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A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
Convict son revenges innocent father's death....
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Sympathy for the Underdog
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to viol...
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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Ory...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Ka...
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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey afte...
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Secret Information
A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent...
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Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yak...
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An Outlaw
Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complica...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time le...
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Gang vs. Gang
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame f...
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The Armed Organization
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurat...
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Army Intelligence
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then ...
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Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a min...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty....
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Thirst for Love
Natsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an adve...
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Hibari the Traveling Performer
Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night whil...
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Love at the Fogged Harbor
A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko....
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Night Scandal in Japan
Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish b...
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Love and Crime
A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa ...
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri
Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post...
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Deep River Melody
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's ...
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Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters
Second Moonlight Mask theatrical film....
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Devotion to Railway
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasak...
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Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil
The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s....
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Life of Hishakaku
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Ind...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction busi...
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Sister with Sister
Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker....
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant bus...
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Orgies of Edo
Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody fo...
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Gambler's World 2
Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks....
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Rampaging Dragon of the North
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to f...
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The Gambler's Counterattack
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has...
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North Sea Chivalry
Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this ta...
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Game of Chance 2
Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman or...
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A Kamikaze Cop
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two riv...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discov...
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League of Gangsters
A yakuza is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating ...
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Horrors of Malformed Men
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead ma...
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The Boss
Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous w...
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Tales of President Mito
Mr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quali...
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Quick-draw Okatsu
This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a swor...
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Prince of Space
Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Kra...
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Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose
The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose....
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G-Men in the Pacific
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokoha...
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Okatsu the Fugitive
Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good ...
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The Biggest Gamble
When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do ever...
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Glorious Fights
A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He f...
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Game of Chance 3
Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped th...
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The Sand City in Manchuria
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save...
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With Songs in My Heart
Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of...
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The Deep Blue Sea
To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom t...
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The Challenge
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the p...
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365 Nights
A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and T...
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Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor. Sado Ma...
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. The...
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Invasion of the Neptune Men
Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well belove...
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The Rickshaw Man’s Son
A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to becom...
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Gamblers and Racketeers
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which s...
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Red Diamond
After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide....
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Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangste...
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Sex Up and Down
A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of thei...
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Murder on The Last Train
One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, T...
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The Eleventh Hour
Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest ...
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Four Sisters
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with ea...
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Tale of Japanese Burglars
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a bur...
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Three-Headed Tower
Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that...
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The Man of Seven Faces
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping...
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Lightning Karate Blow
Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Fac...
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Chained Bitch
Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series...
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The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind
The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The ...
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Asakusa no kyōkaku
Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by...
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Thugs of Shinjuku
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting i...
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Patience Has An End
Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucr...
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Scoundrel
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, l...
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Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Horror of the Black Hand
The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar....
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Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - The Final Trump Card
The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar....
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Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Million Dollar Showdown
The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar....
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Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Disappearing Gentleman
The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose....
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Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō
Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screen...
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Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer
A robbery and murder occurred at a gas station facing the national highway at 1:00am. Detectives Nag...
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Police Precinct: Confession
The corpse of a debt collector, Sakai, is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo. Kinoshita, a shoe shiner...
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Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty
The second film in the Kanto Street Peddlers Clan series starring Bunta Sugawara....
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