Reiko Ōhara

Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

A lighthouse keeper and his family follow work from town to town, each time making new friends and receiving a visit from his troublesome father.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gō Katō

Two boys and two girls become acquainted and fall in love.

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Cast: Hayato Tani

Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappears. When the man's wife asks Tora-san...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Jun Fubuki

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight...

Genre: War

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who dedicates himself in providing quality service to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Japanese “kayo” film based on the song by Mina Aoe.

Genre: Music

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

The first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

This is the Twelfth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value &...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Takakura

A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Koji Ishizaka

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.

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Cast: Sumiko Fuji

A number of recently released prisoners become involved in a racket with a rancher who is a rival to a neighboring landowner and wants to use the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Takakura

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

A trio of teenage tarts try to earn money through shoplifting and prostitution scams and get into deep trouble.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Reiko Ōhara

1966 film directed by Kudo.

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Cast: Mayumi Ogawa

Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this tale of chivalry and friendship among yakuza in the...

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Cast: Hideo Murata

Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Sonny Chiba

Based on Ito Hajime's original story, this is the seventh installment in the "Bangaichi" series, adapted jointly by Kamba Fumio and Matsuda Hiroo,...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Takakura

This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and written and directed by Teruo Ishii of "Operation Big...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Takakura

Kazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Reiko Ōhara

Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Sonny Chiba

A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sonny Chiba

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mako Midori

Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

Asakura was told he could leave the gang if he killed Takahata, but he failed and was sentenced to two years. When he was released, the Oyane group...

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Cast: Tetsuya Watari

Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing an...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Morio Kazama

Continuation of the film Once and For All about two yakuza brothers Joji and Goro.

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Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

A young man who aspires to become a big-shot businessman, finds himself in a twist of fate. Despite trying his hand at various jobs, success eludes...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yuriko Mishima

TV movie based on the novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, which tells about the life of Prince Hikaru Genji, who was nicknamed "Shining"...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Noriyuki Higashiyama

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Cast: Chiyoko Honma

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo...

Genre: Music

Cast: Sonny Chiba

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Cast: Chosuke Ikariya

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya

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Cast: Ken Takakura

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Funaki

Japanese horror movie from1957.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Jūzaburō Akechi

Based on a story written by actress and author Hideko Takamine. Kimizuru Kawamoto is a popular geisha in Shitaya, Tokyo in 1926. Kimizuru is pregnant...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Reiko Ōhara