Movies

A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign...

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

A public bath house is the scene of illegal female slave trading operations in 18th century Japan and government spy Shinzo is sent in to expose the...

Maki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on which is written "one-third of the key", also the...

A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.

An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia...

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and...

1961 Japanese movie

Japanese drama film, originally released in two parts.

Kazuo Kitagawa lives on a farm on the Tateshina Plateau with his late teacher's widow and daughter, continuing his research. One day, Kazuo is...

Released in the UK as Hotbed of Crime

A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from...

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....