Best movies of Kôsaku Yamashita

Actors : Masako Araki, Junpei Arishima, Junko Fuji, Daisuke Awaji,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Oryu (Fuji Junko) is invited to stay with a local yakuza boss of a silk farming town. When a rival gang murders the boss Oryu takes it upon herself to protect his business and family.

Actors : Naomi Hase, Hideki Takahashi, Shino Ikenami,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Wearing a mask to hide his identity, a deadly swordsman challenges a tyrant from the Ruling Council of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Both TANUMA Okitsugu of the 'Roju' (Ruling Council) and his ...

Actors : Minoru Ôki, Junko Miyazono, Kyôsuke Machida, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

An action yakuza series.

Actors : Bin Amatsu, Daisuke Awaji, Hiroshi Arikawa, Tatsuko Azuma,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

After collecting her sickly follower from jail, Oryu is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebed to their generosity, she stays to work for the village and promises to leave her ...

Actors : Nobuo Kaneko, Junko Fuji, Shôtarô Hayashi, Tatsuo Endô,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

It is hard to think of another ninkyô yakuza film that leaves the main protagonist - a chivalrous female at that - in so much pain and sorrow, such an emotional abyss of desolation at the ...

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Very moving, despite its slow start.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Mayumi Nagisa, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

One of the only pre - 1980s yakuza films.

Actors : Akio Hasegawa, Harue Akagi, Hiroki Matsukata, Shintarô Katsu,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.

Actors : Hideo Murata, Kyôsuke Machida, Ryô Ikebe, Saburô Kitajima,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Yet one more great riveting, hard-boiled little action gem.

Actors : Akio Hasegawa, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Shintarô Katsu,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Katsu's only movie at Toei Studio.

Actors : Fumio Watanabe, Ken Takakura, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Jô Shishido,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

One of Toei's last ninkyô yakuza pictures of the 1970's.

Actors : Tomoko Kihi, Yoshiko Mita, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Saburô Kitajima,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

In all likelihood, a one-off revival of Wakayama's 11 film GOKUDO (SCOUNDREL) series, which originally finish in 1974.

Actors : Junko Fuji, Bunta Sugawara, Keiko Yumi, Junzaburô Ban,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Koshizu (Fuji), a young geisha, tries to kill herself but is saved by cook Yukichi (Sugahara). Rival geisha Adakichi (Yumi), greedy trader Yasukawa (Abe) and wealthy businessman Asai (Soganoya) add up to dramatic turns.

Actors : Yutaka Enatsu, Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Kôji Tsuruta,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

A violent gang incident becomes infamous in Japan.

Actors : Minoru Ôki, Kanjûrô Arashi, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

A good example on ninkyô eiga.

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Kôji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Endô, Noboru Andô,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

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.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Mayumi Nagisa, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

One of the only pre-1980s yakuza films to be dubbed-into-English.