After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces Read More »
Tag Archives: Kinji Fukasaku
Gambling Den Heist AKA Shikingen gôdatsu (1975) Kinji Fukasaku, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Takuzô Kawatani, Hideo Murota
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor. Read More »
Rampaging Dragon on the North AKA Hokkai no Abare-Ryu (1966) Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuo Umemiya, Susumu Fujita, Nijiko Kiyokawa
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza Read More »
Sympathy for the Underdog AKA Bakuto gaijin butai (1971) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tsunehiko Watase
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. Read More »
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun AKA Gunki hatameku motoni (1972) Kinji Fukasaku, Tetsurô Tanba, Sachiko Hidari, Shinjirô Ebara
Twenty six years after the execution of her soldier husband on the dying days of World War II Read More »
Message from Space AKA Uchu kara no messeji (1978) Kinji Fukasaku, Vic Morrow, Shin’ichi Chiba, Philip Casnoff
In this Star Wars take-off, the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas Read More »
Legend of the Eight Samurai AKA Satomi hakken-den (1983) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin’ichi Chiba
Eight mysterious crystals from the body of a long-dead princess now identify the eight samurai Read More »
Yakuza Graveyard AKA Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana (1976) Kinji Fukasaku, Tetsuya Watari, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya
When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area’s yakuza mob Read More »
The Proud Challenge AKA Hokori takaki chosen (1962) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Tetsurô Tanba, Hitomi Nakahara
As the film begins, Kuroki, a journalist for a trade paper, is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. Read More »
Bloodstained Clan Honor AKA Chi-zome no daimon (1970) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Kôji Tsuruta
It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created the black market Read More »
Violent Panic: The Big Crash AKA Bôsô panikku: Daigekitotsu (1976) Kinji Fukasaku, Tsunehiko Watase, Miki Sugimoto, Yayoi Watanabe
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil. Read More »
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards
This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history. Read More »
Blackmail Is My Life AKA Kyôkatsu koso waga jinsei (1968) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroki Matsukata, Tomomi Satô, Shinjirô Ehara
Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki (Horoki Matsukata) quickly rises Read More »
Cops vs. Thugs (1975) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Endô, Seizô Fukumoto
Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal Read More »
The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode (1974) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroko Fuji, Seizô Fukumoto, Gorô Ibuki
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power. Read More »