Tag Archives: Ken Takakura

Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love. Read More »

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. Read More »

Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Read More »

The Homeless follows the story of two prisoners released the same day Read More »

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji (Ken Takakura) fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post war period in Japan… Read More »

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo Read More »

It’s a battle of good versus evil in the frozen north when former prison inmate Katsuji takes on Boss Tamaru Read More »

Osaka, 1920. A sailor returns from several years at sea to see his brother Read More »

This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal Read More »

Ken Takakura stars in yet another bad-ass Prison film, in “Prison Boss”. Read More »