The film centers an aged movie extra who specializes to be killed in samurai movies without ever being lit by the limelight. Read More »
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Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989) Yasuo Furuhata, Yoshiko Mita, Rino Katase, Ken’ichi Hagiwara
Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Read More »
009-1: The End of the Beginning (2013) Koichi Sakamoto, Mayuko Iwasa, Minehiro Kinomoto, Nao Nagasawa
In 20xx, the world is divided into two powers: the Western Block and the Eastern Block. Read More »
The Catch (1983) Shinji Sômai, Ken Ogata, Masako Natsume, Kôichi Satô
A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend’s father, a tuna fisherman Read More »
Our Blood Will Not Forgive (1964) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Chieko Matsubara
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza for the death of their father. Read More »
Black Line (1960) Teruo Ishii, Shigeru Amachi, Kyôko Katsura, Yôko Mihara
A reporter investigating a prostitution ring is framed for murder. Read More »
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 »
Family (2001) Takashi Miike, Ken’ichi Endô
When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Read More »
Delinquent Boss – Ocho, the She Wolf (1969) Yukio Noda, Tatsuo Umemiya, Shin’ichi Chiba, Shigeru Katsumi
Hiroshi and his biker buddies get out of jail and start a human trafficking ring but a local yakuza group puts a stop to their business. Read More »
Velvet Hustler (1967) Toshio Masuda, Tetsuya Watari, Ruriko Asaoka, Jô Shishido
A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. Read More »