It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.
A shogunate secret agent is sent to investigate a secret deal with a Dutch warship involving repeating rifles to be used in an uprising against the Shogun, but finds there's more going on than previously suspected.
Near the end of the Edo period, a military force known as Shinsengumi guards the Shogun.
During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale...
Future director Juzo Itami's appearance in the cast.
Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the ...
A well-written saga of two gang bosses.
Parents campaign to change the law for families who have suffered from violent crime, after their son is murdered.
A Buddhist priest becomes also a magician, dedicating himself to the protection of life wherever it's needed, whereupon he finds himself in direct service of the Queen. Political intrigue ...