A group of samurai plan to assassinate a sadistic feudal lord.
A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.
A nihilistic ronin joins the immoral Bohachi clan, which intends to take control over the local prostitution industry.
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.
A action-noir whodunit.
In 1882, teacher Shogoro Yano tries to revitalize the decadent martial art of jujitsu through his disciple Toda.
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
In the end of 19th century Japan, followers of judo and jujitsu battle for supremacy in Japanese martial arts.
Exhausting and mind-blowing.
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is...
Hayata is an undercover cop assigned to infiltrate not one, but two rival Yakuza gangs. Things get complicated when Hayata gets into a relationship with a young schoolteacher, the daughter ...
In the late Tokugawa period, the Edo government is using Spies from Iga Province to cause the downfall of innocent provincial Daimyo. The Shogun needs to claim the assets of fallen clans in order to boost the failing economies of Edo.
The second live-action film about the adventures of three ronin: Jubei, Sunlight, and Moonlight, who dedicate their lives to hunt down "shadows", the ninja spies of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ...