Katsu's only movie at Toei Studio.
Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to ...
A pair of truckers show off their driving skills to each other while evading pursuing law enforcement.
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventure of two truck drivers. Tojiro and his best friend Kinjo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their ...
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri Prison.
One of maverick director Ishii's best pictures.
Sugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss, only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that...
One of the only pre-1980s yakuza films to be dubbed-into-English.
A young boxer accidentally kills an ex-boxing champion's brother. He then approaches the ex-champ to train him to become the next champion.
One of Mifune's very few yakuza film appearances.
One of director Nakajima's best films.
The film is a lighthearted story of four teenage girlfriends of various temperaments who escape from their parents for a few days in 1963 for an adventure in Myrtle Beach... See full synopsis »
The eastern and western factions of the Yakuza battle to control Japan.
After his daughter is kidnapped and his wife murdered by drug dealers, a man finds that the gang is protected by corrupt politicians, and sets out to wipe out the gang and expose the politicians.