A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent Read More »
Tag Archives: Tatsuo Umemiya
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 »
Bloodstained Clan Honor / 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 »
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973) Jun’ya Satô, Noboru Andô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota
A band of ex-soldiers, scoundrels, and thugs in Ginza after World War Two fight Read More »
Wandering Ginza Butterfly / Ginchô wataridori (1972) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase
Nami, a young woman, is released from the prison after serving 3 years for killing a man. Read More »
Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics / 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 »
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 »
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 »
Industrial Spy (1968) Eiichi Kudô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Reiko Ônobuta, Kyôsuke Machida
A spy learns the top secrets of a company. Read More »
Battles Without Honor and Humanity 4: Police Tactics (1974) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tatsuo Umemiya
Conflicts between Hirono’s family and Yamamori’s family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police’s efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs. Read More »