A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza...
Very moving, despite its slow start.
Romantic ninkyô yakuza film.
A supposedly true-to-life story of one of the biggest rightists - yakuza bosses in 1950s - '60s Japan.
Serving his prison time after the events of the first movie, Hishakaku discovers that Otoyo is working as a prostitute in Manchuria. He travels to China to save the woman he still loves, only to get involved in a battle he can never win.
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the...
One of director Nakajima's best films.
Yet another ninkyô - jitsuroku hybrid.
A well-written saga of two gang bosses.
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned ...
One of the more soulful and sentimental of the early 1970s modern day yakuza films from Toei.
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his ...
It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.
Oryu meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being damaged by air pollution from a local factory.
A gritty, nourish gangster saga - especially for 1963 - more in the jitsuroku (true account) vain before there were many yakuza films.
Mizuhara did his time in jail for Boss Komori. Now that he is out, the old gang wants to say welcome back with a bullet.
The historical drama follows the wartime experiences of the respected admiral who attempted to force America into considering a negotiated peace during World War Two.
Action film about modern gangsters.