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Tag Archives: Kinji Fukasaku
Shogun’s Samurai / 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 »
Gang vs. G-Men / Gyangu tai G-men (1962) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Tetsurô Tanba

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood. Read More »
Street Mobster / Gendai yakuza: Hito-kiri yota (1972) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Mayumi Nagisa

A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself Read More »
Samurai Reincarnation / Makai tenshô (1981) Kinji Fukasaku, Shin’ichi Chiba, Kenji Sawada, Akiko Kana

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces Read More »
Rampaging Dragon on the North (1966)

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza Read More »
Sympathy for the Underdog / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 »
The Proud Challenge (1962) Hokori takaki chosen

As the film begins, Kuroki, a journalist for a trade paper, is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. 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 »
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 »
A Chaos of Flowers (1988) Kinji Fukasaku, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Keiko Matsuzaka, Ken Ogata

Poet Akiko Yosano is a poor woman with many children, she composes while doing the housework. Read More »