It’s brother against brother and father against son in this all-star yakuza epic. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hiroki Matsukata
Shogun’s Samurai AKA Yagyû ichizoku no inbô (1978) Kinji Fukasaku, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Shin’ichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that Read More »
Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics AKA Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen (1976) Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase
There is almost non-stop action and violent brutality guys get cooked Read More »
Secret Detective Investigation: Net in Big Edo AKA Onmitsu dôshin: Ôedo sôsamô (1979) Akinori Matsuo, Hiroki Matsukata, Tetsurô Sagawa, Sanae Tsuchida
A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Read More »
The Story of a Man Among Men AKA Shura no mure (1984) Kôsaku Yamashita, Hiroki Matsukata, Wakako Sakai, Shigeru Amachi
Hiroki Matsukata takes the lead role in this epic film as a young spirited yakuza Read More »
Diaries of the Kamikaze AKA Â dôki no sakura (1967) Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Shin’ichi Chiba, Isao Natsuyagi
This movie is dedicated to desperate young Japanese pilots, during the Second World War. 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 »
Heavenly Sin (1992) Toshio Masuda, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Omar Sharif, Hiroki Matsukata
Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her. Read More »
Okinawa: The Ten-Year War (1978) Akinori Matsuo, Hiroki Matsukata, Shin’ichi Chiba, Yumiko Nogawa
It’s the tale of Iba Choyu and Iba Choichi and their adopted brother Tomoyuki who grow up to be yakuza on the Okinawa Read More »
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Nobuo Kaneko
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. Read More »
Festival Champ (1976) Noribumi Suzuki, Hiroki Matsukata, Jirô Sakagami, Etsuko Shihomi
A man working in a fish market is crazy about festivals. Read More »
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka, Crime, Drama
During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses. Read More »
Hokuriku dairi sensô / Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroki Matsukata, Yumiko Nogawa, Mikio Narita, Action, Crime, Drama
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history Read More »
