Ken Takakura stars in yet another bad-ass Prison film, in “Prison Boss”. Read More »
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Samurai Geisha (1969) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business Read More »
Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Yoshiko Mita
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Read More »
Great Jailbreak (1975) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Nana Kinomi, Bunta Sugawara
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri Prison. Read More »
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 2 (1966) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Yoshiko Mita
A yakuza have to to kill a guy out of obligation. When he gets out of prison he visit his victims grave Read More »
An Outlaw (1964) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Tetsurô Tanba, Naoki Sugiura
A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. Read More »
The Revolt (1980) Shirô Moritani, Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masakane Yonekura
When a young solider is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution Read More »
Theater of Life – Hishakaku (1963) Tadashi Sawashima, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Ken Takakura
Based on a book by Ozaki Koyo about a yakuza’s honor, duty and loyalty. Hishakaku asks his woman, Otoyo, a former geisha, to move to Tokyo, where they are taken in by Boss Kokin. Read More »
Railroad Man (1999) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Shinobu Ohtake, Ryôko Hirosue, Drama
A solitary middle-aged station manager is haunted by troubling memories of his past when he learns the line his station is on will be decommissioned for lack of profitability. Read More »
Winters Flower (1978) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Kimiko Ikegami, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Crime, Drama
A thug is released after fifteen years in prison for the murder of a yakuza gang boss. Read More »
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape (1971) Ken Takakura, Action
Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator. Read More »
The Drifting Avenger (1968) Jun’ya Satô, Ken Takakura, Ken Goodlet, Judith Roberts, Drama, Western
Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Read More »
Haruka naru yama no yobigoe / A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Yôji Yamada, Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Drama
A mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the barn. Read More »
Saigo no tokkôtai / The Last Kamikaze (1970) Jun’ya Satô, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Shin’ichi Chiba, Drama, War
Saigo no Tokkotai (The Last Kamikaze) is set in the final months of World War II, when it was increasingly obvious that Japan was going to lose the war. Read More »
Manhunt / Kimi yo fundo no kawa wo watare (1976) Jun’ya Satô, Ken Takakura, Yoshio Harada, Ryô Ikebe, Action, Crime, Drama
A tough police detective is falsely accused of corruption, and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
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