Shingo Yamashiro

AKA: 야마시로 신고, Shingo Yamashiro, Yasuji Watanabe

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1938-11-10

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Crew Roles

She Cat

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Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio

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Killing Melody Lady Smith

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Killing Melody Lady Smith

Screenplay

Gemini Woman

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Sensei

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {204}

Ichimura

1968-04-19 0

Henchmen

The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Izu in Shizuoka during the early Showa period. Representatives of three different yakuza gangs - Tatsu ...

Genre :

1999-09-10 0

The King of Minami: Bankruptcy - Loan Shark Murder

#30 in the King of Minami series, introducing Ginjiro Manda's new sidekick Kohei. This installment explores the fatal effects of bankruptcy on the loan shark profession, when a young business owner ge ...

Genre :TV Movie

1962-08-22 5

Keepers of Order

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by boss Shigezo Sasagawa, Ishimatsu, and a few young yak ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1968-03-05 6

Scoundrel

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1975-05-14 0

Hakata: Toruko wataridori

Genre :Drama, Comedy

1972-07-05 0

Sex, Gamble and Big Money

Genre :Comedy

1971-05-02 5.9

King of Pornography

Dumb Tatsuo Umemiya / Shingo Yamashiro comedy about a young bloke whose dick grows to inhuman dimensions (obviously a role tailor made for star Umemiya's ego). He visits a doctor, impresses ladies and ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Sazare Kanbei

1973-08-11 7.264

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assas ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Adventure

1971-07-07 3.5

Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha

Many persons visit the hot springs resort to try out Reiko's famous vagina with quivering walls, "the sensation of worms wiggling about"... that won her her nickname (Mimizu = earthworm). ...

Genre :Comedy

1960-03-22 0

Travels of Lord Mito: The Abominable Giant Monks

Lord Mito, with his companions, comes to Sakai, Senshu, where the annual Minato Festival takes place. During the celebration, a mysterious incident occurs. The portable altar is attacked by a shaven-h ...

Genre :Mystery

1962-04-11 0

Ōedo no taka

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1967-05-03 0

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo

The second part of the Gamblers series. ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

1962-04-24 0

Mukōmizu no kenka kasa

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

Kazuo Hoshino

1989-01-21 6.6

Sweet Home

A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife. ...

Genre :Horror

1975-12-27 7

The Wild Trucker

The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together. ...

Genre :Action, Comedy, Romance

Tanioka

1999-11-13 5.6

White-Collar Worker Kintaro

Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working at a construction company, his unorthodox tactics cause trouble with his colleagues. He is transferre ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Thriller

1970-10-17 0

Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô

Genre :Comedy

1970-11-21 0

Inside a Girl's Dormitory

Genre :Comedy, Drama

1971-08-21 0

Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-sen

A young man who aspires to become a big-shot businessman, finds himself in a twist of fate. Despite trying his hand at various jobs, success eludes him, and he unexpectedly ends up in Osaka's Shinimam ...

Genre :Comedy

Shinzô Kakei

1964-09-05 7.5

The Ninja Hunt

Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord. ...

Genre :Action

1970-05-01 0

Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel

The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddler, who this time ventures to Osaka where he defends a blind girl at a street market. The area is ta ...

Genre :Action, Drama

1972-10-25 8

Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler

Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor -- martial arts legend Sonny Chiba -- in the role of Na ...

Genre :Action, Drama

1964-02-08 0

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings. ...

Genre :

1963-11-10 0

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima. ...

Genre :

1970-01-09 6

Brave Red Flower of the North

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Yakuza film history, Fuji Junko and Takakura Ken. Si ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

2008-03-07 0

Emperor of the Underworld The Man Called Capone

2008 Original Video. ...

Genre :Crime

Tsushima

1975-11-01 4

Confessions of Lady Mantis

Midori Satsuki stars as a serial seducer who destroys one man’s life after another. Finally she seduces a professional killer, with disastrous consequences. ...

Genre :

1997-06-13 0

Ambition Without Honor 2

Tetsuya, a young yakuza, returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack from a rival gang. In his battle against dishonorable enemies and corrupt yakuza politics, he makes an ...

Genre :

1969-02-11 10

Sex and Life

Dr. Mikami is an elderly somewhat clumsy, very popular therapist, his patients turn to him with all possible and impossible questions. Because Dr. Mikami's specialty is sexual clarification... The wo ...

Genre :Drama

Masao Kaneda

1970-09-09 0

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies

A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle money out of women. ...

Genre :Action, Romance

1962-06-24 0

Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1970-10-03 0

Fugitive Scoundrel

Gokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing the opponent. But of course the opponent has a pretty daughter to have a crush on. Enter protective Bunt ...

Genre :Action, Crime

1974-12-28 5.6

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. At a ransom exchange, ...

Genre :Action, Comedy, Crime

Shoichi Eda

1973-09-25 7.276

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka ...

Genre :Action, Drama, Crime

1971-12-29 0

Wolves of the City: First to Fight

Pinku from 1971. ...

Genre :

Young Master

1975-01-29 6.1

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse

A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner’s wife. ...

Genre :Horror, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Drama

1971-07-31 0

Wolves on Motorcycles

Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground. ...

Genre :

1969-02-01 0

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless

Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Shoichi Eda

1974-01-15 7

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza fami ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Shozo Eda

1974-06-29 7.3

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power. ...

Genre :Action, Drama, Crime

2004-02-14 0

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio

With the help of the real-life pachislot gambling group "Capone," the film depicts the friendship between a man who gambles and a man who lives in the underworld. ...

Genre :Drama

Sanpei

1974-11-01 0

The Karate 2

This is the second film of the ZA KARATE trilogy (AKA BRONSON LEE CHAMPION). Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion and must faces dozens of worldwide pretenders, such as the ...

Genre :Action

1968-06-28 0

Return of the Outlaw

Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1969-01-09 0

The Yakuza Awaits

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

1973-06-20 0

Gokudo of Kamagasaki

Ninth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his henchmen. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1965-07-10 0

The Gambler

A crime film released in 1965 ...

Genre :Crime

1962-05-09 0

Abekobe dōchū

Genre :

1961-02-01 0

Unruly Lion

Genre :

1967-01-28 0

Gamblers

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, who also just happens to be the master who had tattooed the magnificent dragon on Tsuruta’s back, is ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

1965-08-12 6

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza. ...

Genre :Action, Crime

1962-12-01 0

Edokko Nagaya

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1974-08-10 0

Third Generation Boss

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan. ...

Genre :Crime

1962-02-07 0

Beranmē nagaya kenka matoi

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1968-10-25 6

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada ...

Genre :Crime

1961-02-02 0

Way of Morning Mist

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato ...

Genre :

1961-05-11 0

Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume

A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), based on an original scenario by Yasuo Yokoyama. ...

Genre :

1987-08-01 7.715

Hachiko

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death. ...

Genre :Drama, Family

Kurosawa

1991-12-30 0

Last Run: 100 Million Yen Worth of Love and Betrayal

A former Formula 2 racing champion is asked to assist in setting up an auction of vintage cars. He becomes aware of a billionaire's plot to rig the auction and takes action against him. ...

Genre :Crime, Action

1968-01-03 0

Human Torpedoes

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War. ...

Genre :War, Drama

1968-06-01 6

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely dem ...

Genre :War, Drama

1960-10-26 0

Brothers of Fire

Japanese film. ...

Genre :

1961-03-01 6

Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls

Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loyal servant want it to clear their family's name. And a rival clan wants it to destroy the Yagyu famil ...

Genre :

1961-03-19 6

Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword

This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival Kasumi spies, Yagyu Jubei is called to action to protec ...

Genre :

1961-05-28 0

Vampire Dead Beauty Carving

Japanese horror drama movie from 1961. ...

Genre :Drama, Horror

1961-06-04 0

Vampire Monster Mansion

A sequel to "Vampire Dead Beauty Carving", featuring the same members from the previous work, including scriptwriter Koji Takada, director Hideaki Onishi, and cinematographer Shigehira Suzuki. ...

Genre :Drama, Horror

Shoichi Eda

1980-04-05 6.7

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics. ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

1961-10-22 6

Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws

This time, sword-saint Yagyu Jubei battles the evil corruption in Akizuki Village, with the help of his friend, a samurai named Matashichiro. This spaghetti western style action swordplay film is exci ...

Genre :

1961-04-09 0

Golden Peacock Castle, Part 2

The struggles of the Golden Peacock Clan continue as they seek to reclaim their home and prevent the evil Gondaiyu from taking their most prized treasures. ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy, Adventure

1961-04-09 0

Golden Peacock Castle, Part 3

What will become of Sakon's lover, Shiragiku, who has been abducted to the Matsunaga Danjo residence? What about Benigiku and the others, whose souls have been extracted and who are heading to Mt. Hit ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy

1961-04-18 0

Golden Peacock Castle, Part 4

The righteous young men, who were separated by the all-out attack of sorcery, are saved by the friendship of a young Sengoku warlord, and now launch an all-out attack on Gondayu, who has usurped the r ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy, History

1968-09-18 5

Enlisted Yakuza

It is the third film in the Gokudo series. In this episode, set in 1937, the main character of the series gang leader Shimamura is drafted into the military and fight in China. ...

Genre :Action, Drama

1963-02-23 6

Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption

In the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of conspiring to take Shogun's life. ...

Genre :

1961-01-15 6

Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo. With the capital on edge, master crimefighter Kondo U ...

Genre :Action, Crime

Amano Jaki

1963-07-24 5.5

Kagemaru of the Iga Clan

A group of Iga ninja risk their lives to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu from the villianous Koga Ninja. Kagemaru uses his amazing Iga ninja skills to fight the evil Koga Ninja in the name of justice! A stunn ...

Genre :Comedy

1973-07-04 0

Three Little Geisha

A young girl works as a geisha to earn money for travel. ...

Genre :Comedy

1970-07-07 0

King of the Night Life

1970 Toei movie. ...

Genre :Drama

Takeo Ônuma , Landlord's Son

1968-07-12 6.1

Snake Woman's Curse

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured ser ...

Genre :Horror

1968-04-18 7

Prison Boss

Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track. ...

Genre :Crime

Shozo Eda

1973-04-28 7.398

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitio ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1987-08-15 0

Guys Who Never Learn

Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time. ...

Genre :Comedy

1987-11-21 6

"Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2

Sequel to "Guys Who Never Learn". ...

Genre :Comedy

1970-12-30 0

The Swindlers

Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group". ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

1971-09-18 0

Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting

This is the Twelfth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, Action

1971-09-14 0

The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup

This is the thirteenth film in the series. ...

Genre :Crime, Action, Drama

1972-04-26 6

Delinquent Boss: Alley Dog Commando

This is the Fifteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & ...

Genre :Crime, Action, Drama

1972-10-14 0

Delinquent Boss: Devour to the Bone

This is the Sixteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

1974-09-14 0

Father of the Kamikaze

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japa ...

Genre :War, Drama, History

1970-08-01 0

Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance

The hoodlum group goes to a hot-spring resort town to earn money. ...

Genre :Crime, Action, Drama

1969-08-13 6

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1971-05-08 0

Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger

Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation. ...

Genre :Comedy

1964-01-09 7

Vanquished Foes

A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the code of the yakuza to put one's life on the line for ...

Genre :Drama

1967-07-08 6.2

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business. ...

Genre :Crime, Action

1977-05-21 0

Ame no meguri ai

Japanese drama film. ...

Genre :Mystery, Drama

1972-06-09 0

The Lucky Status Symbol

Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After buying his sister a washing machine for her wedding, he ...

Genre :Romance, Crime

1971-02-25 0

King of the Widow-Killers

The third installment of the Emperor series, starring Tatsuo Umemiya as the man who rules the night world. Hiroshi rose through the ranks in Tokyo by fighting with women. However, when he returned to ...

Genre :Romance

1967-06-17 0

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

Genre :Crime

1967-08-25 0

King of the Gang

The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's marketing department. Unlike the early entries, which we ...

Genre :Crime

Tosuke

1972-03-04 6

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the b ...

Genre :Action, Crime

1968-01-14 0

A History of the Japanese Underworld

The hero tries to unite various gangs. ...

Genre :Thriller, Crime

Hiroshi Tamura

1975-02-15 6.7

Graveyard of Honor

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa. ...

Genre :Crime, Action

1975-04-26 6.3

Cops vs. Thugs

When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on t ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

Shinobu Sawada

2002-06-22 6.3

Graveyard of Honor

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

1974-12-28 5.5

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, Action

1965-09-18 6.6

Blood of Revenge

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beaut ...

Genre :Action

1967-02-24 8.667

Eighteen Years in Prison

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1975-06-21 6.7

Gambling Den Heist

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1961-03-21 6.1

Festival of Swordsmen

During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale suffered. ...

Genre :Action, History, Romance

1962-11-11 0

Revenge for His Lover

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men. ...

Genre :

Koyata Kiga

1963-12-07 7.5

13 Assassins

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed u ...

Genre :Adventure, Action

1969-10-15 0

Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat"

Tokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters. ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

1969-07-31 0

Wolf Escort

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization. ...

Genre :Crime, Action, Drama

1970-01-09 0

Wolves of the City: Checkmate

This is the sixth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a l ...

Genre :Crime, Action, Drama

Amamaki

1964-10-03 6.9

Female Ninja Magic

In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi ...

Genre :Action, Drama

Maki Koji

1965-11-13 0

Yakuza G-Men

34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to find out who robbed a truck full of gold. ...

Genre :Crime

1968-11-22 6.8

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, mu ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1966-10-22 6

Rampaging Dragon of the North

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader. He sets out to avenge his father, keepi ...

Genre :Crime, Action

George

1969-03-30 5

Yakuza on Foot

An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel ...

Genre :Crime, Comedy

1974-04-27 6

Return of the Street Fighter

Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Ts ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

1970-04-18 0

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters

The hoodlum group tries to help a little printing factory against gangsters. ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

1970-10-29 0

Hooligans on Buggies

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and a gangster organization. ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

1975-01-29 0

Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike and Satomi Kôe. ...

Genre :Drama

Jinnosuke Okada

1978-07-01 6.3

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan. ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama

1970-05-23 5

Brothers of Capones

Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trade under Al Capone in Chicago. The film follows his first venture to Japan with gangster brothers Fra ...

Genre :Crime, Comedy

1971-04-16 0

The Sucker's Blunt Dagger

A man aspires to be a big boss but falls in love with a beautiful woman boss. ...

Genre :Comedy

Minoru Satake

1966-08-26 6

Rub Out the Past

A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation. ...

Genre :Crime

1966-12-30 0

Code Between Brothers 3

A man finds great camaraderie while traveling. ...

Genre :

1969-09-06 7

The Private Police

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans to join their group. In Ginza, the Togawa gang hav ...

Genre :Crime

Eijiro Chiba

1962-01-14 6

Good Rascals

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives. ...

Genre :Comedy

1972-12-30 0

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series. ...

Genre :Crime, Action, Drama

1970-12-18 0

Thugs of Shinjuku

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members o ...

Genre :Crime

1972-11-21 7.7

The Red Silk Gambler

With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site ...

Genre :Action, Crime

1979-12-22 0

Run Truck Rascal, Run!

Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving in to collect the sheets for her and ends up fallin ...

Genre :Action, Comedy, Romance

1959-01-01 0

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, he travels to Edo to find Shogun Yoshimune. ...

Genre :Action, History

1976-04-10 0

The Racketeer Ishimatsu

Action-comedy film featuring the adventures of an itinerant merchant (Hiroki Matsukata) that becomes an unlikely hero. ...

Genre :Comedy

1974-07-04 6

The Karate Man and the Spy

In the beginning of the World War I in 1914, Japan is being invaded spies from Russia and Germany. To eliminate the spies the army hires Sakuragi, a famous Karate and Kempo master. ...

Genre :

1972-04-01 0

Lullaby for a Tough Guy

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards. ...

Genre :Drama

1967-11-23 5

Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy

Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf. ...

Genre :

Takamaro Môri

1972-07-03 4.5

Turtle Geisha

Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In the end, she’s pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There’s also a subplot about a m ...

Genre :Drama

1966-07-09 6

Seven Gamblers

Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with the help of six handicapped guys. ...

Genre :

1969-12-27 6

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town

Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Katsuji’s friend. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Tadanaga

1968-01-27 6.2

Ninja's Mark

When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous s ...

Genre :Action

1963-10-19 6

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the smartest a ...

Genre :

1974-11-22 5

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Hiroshi Kamamoto

1979-05-26 7

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different ya ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes (voice)

1981-05-05 7

Lupin vs. Holmes

The famous detective Sherlock Holmes is hired from France to solve cases linked with the famous criminal Arsène Lupin. ...

Genre :Animation, Adventure, Thriller

Shimpachirô Suganuma

1961-12-24 6.4

The Red Shadow

Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his unavoidable battle with Toyotomi Hideyori and goes into Fushimi Castle. At the night, Hattori Hanzo, ...

Genre :Action, Drama

1982-11-08 0

Zokubutsu zukan

Genre :Comedy

1974-10-09 7.5

The Homeless

Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help he ...

Genre :Crime, Action, Drama

1972-01-22 5

Sex Up and Down

A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups. ...

Genre :

1970-04-10 6

Code Between Brothers: All New

When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family. Sides are taken and lines are drawn. Meanwhile, a r ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1970-03-05 6.5

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater. ...

Genre :Action, Drama

1961-03-28 6

Golden Peacock Castle, Part 1

A group of pirates led by the evil Gondaiyu and his wizard, Genkuro, capture the Golden Peacock Castle and massacre the peaceful clan that lives there. The few survivors that manage to escape plot the ...

Genre :

1969-05-06 0

The Bad Boss 3

A story of rivalry between two gambling clans. ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

1974-06-15 0

The Karate

Bronson Lee, a Japanese-American raised by his grandma in the harsh, poverty-stricken desert Southwest, returns to Japan to demonstrate his mastery of karate by entering the tournament that will deter ...

Genre :Action, Drama

1965-02-13 0

Hoodlum Match

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1967-07-08 6

Gambler: Victory Without Death

Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in ...

Genre :Crime, Action

1975-08-09 7

Company Buggers

Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain. ...

Genre :Crime

1963-01-27 0

The Mysterious Purple Hood

The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan. ...

Genre :Crime

George

1970-01-20 0

A Yakuza Goes Home

Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds himself defending a lady in distress. During the skirmish he bumps into his old buddies who turns him on to th ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Dr. Watanabe

1992-07-04 0

Faraway Sunset

Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mo ...

Genre :Drama

1961-08-01 6

The Cave of the Vampire Bats

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he fin ...

Genre :Mystery, Action, Drama

1970-12-30 0

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow

Genre :Crime

1970-08-14 0

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri

Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud. ...

Genre :Crime

1962-11-02 0

Tengu Priest

Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death. ...

Genre :

1977-02-20 5.6

Utamaro's World

Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that tim ...

Genre :Drama

Tarō Inokozuchi

1989-01-28 0

Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso

A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee. ...

Genre :Comedy

1968-01-27 7

Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A railroad line brings changing times to a community. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Kumo (voice)

1982-04-24 7.2

Drifting Clouds

Retired samurai Kumosuke lives quietly, not to say idly, in Edo (old Tokyo) with his wife and two children, a young boy named Shinnosuke and an infant girl, Ohana. While he nominally runs a courier bu ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

1972-04-26 5.25

The Erotomaniac Daimyo

Kiyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Ienari is married-off to Tadateru Ogura, the lord of a Kyushu clan. However, the lord's sexual inexperience and Kiyohime's strict morals lead to significant crisis in ...

Genre :Drama

Board of Education

1989-04-08 0

Sensei

Genre :Drama

1971-11-10 6

Troops of Darkness

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind. ...

Genre :Action, Crime

Bunkichi

1964-10-21 10

Prison Gambler

A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series Gambler / Bakuto directed by Shigehiro Ozawa. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Kaku-san

1960-12-27 0

Lord Mito Komon: World commotion

Counselor Mito and his companions departed from Mito to see Kikutaro, a young lord of the shogun family, who became the new lord of Shirataka castle with an income of three hundred thousand koku. As t ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama

Itachi no Heikichi

1969-09-19 0

Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight

Sumi Muraoka, nicknamed "Sumi Banten", due to the fact that her back is decorated with a tattoo of the goddess Banten, the woman who heads the Banten Yakuza family. She comes into confrontation with a ...

Genre :Crime

1965-08-25 0

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang. ...

Genre :Drama

1961-01-09 7.25

Lord of Steel Heart

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord Honjo. One of Honjo's most trusted under-lords is ...

Genre :

TV Anchor

1974-11-22 5.6

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back. ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

1975-01-15 3

The Karate 3

This is the third and final film of the ZA KARATE trilogy. Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion. Local Japanese karate schools are not happy that a Chinese master will take ...

Genre :Action

1964-02-01 0

A Laughable Journey

Genre :

Shohei Matsushita

1975-05-24 1

Pimp Heaven

Class-A Kyoto, a strip joint in Kyoto, is raided by the police. Shohei, a salesman who happens to be there, gets caught in the middle of it and is fired from his job. Having nowhere else to go, Shohei ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

1963-05-12 0

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

Genre :

1961-06-21 0

An Eagle Eyed Lord

Genre :

1963-10-05 0

Sword of Wind and Clouds

This gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious thieves, robbers and roving samurai who want to take possession of the “Sword of Heaven and Earth.” The ...

Genre :

1962-03-14 0

The Princess and the Bearded Lord

Genre :

1972-02-22 0

Delinquent Street

Genre :

1963-02-17 0

Love And Order

Genre :

1961-09-06 0

Seven Knights Pt. 3

Genre :Drama, Action

1961-08-26 0

Seven Knights Pt. 2

Genre :Action, Drama

1961-08-26 0

Seven Knights Pt. 1

Genre :Action, Drama

Kinsu Clan Boss

1995-06-21 7.4

Osaka Tough Guys

Osaka Tough Guys stars Kentaro Nakakura and Yoshiyuki Ohmori. It tells the story of two hoods forced to take on paid work when they run out of money for booze, who end up being drawn into the spiderwe ...

Genre :Action, Comedy, Crime

1975-10-18 0

G-String Geisha

A young geisha/prostitute working in Tokyo's entertainment district earns a measure of reknown through her powerful vaginal muscles. This newfound fame, however, also earns her the enmity of a rival g ...

Genre :Comedy

Tokugawa Ieyasu

1995-01-01 0

Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon's Love and Ambition

The live of the daimyo Date Masamune ...

Genre :

1966-02-03 0

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown ...

Genre :

1976-09-04 0

Bridal Cruise

Daisuke and Shinichi are companions who frequent girlie shows and parties until they find out they are rivals bidding for control of a major resort hotel. During the bargaining sessions each accuses t ...

Genre :Comedy

1961-01-27 0

Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi

1961 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1991-01-01 0

Takeda Shingen

During the 16th century, Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of civil wars and the powerful warlords who fought them. One of the earliest and strongest of these men was the Lord Takeda Sh ...

Genre :TV Movie

1961-02-08 0

Ninjutsu Ōsaka-jō

1961 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1994-04-13 9

Furuhata Ninzaburo

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often r ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1992-10-13 0

Hanshichi Torimonochō

Genre :Mystery, Drama

彩子の婚約者・桐生一茂

1975-10-06 0

Ohayousan

The 16th NHK Asadora. Starring Yoko Akino in a contemporary story about a woman who is an office worker. ...

Genre :Drama

1972-10-03 0

Nemuri Kyoshiro

Thirteen years after his mother took her own life as a ritual sacrifice for the Black Mass, samurai Kyoshiro (Masakazu Tamura), who lives his life with his eyes turned away from happiness, uses his be ...