Shirō Yanase Movies

A young yakuza just released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, a police inspector determined to clean up the corruption in his own hometown,...

A 1971 crime film

A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.

Nomi-gumi, who plans to control Tama City, has begun to hurt Takase-gumi. Muraki, an executive, was entrusted with the destruction, but he was a...

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming...

Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping...

Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion...

1961 Japanese movie

Hanayome wa Jūgo-sai, directed by Mio Ezaki and distributed by Nikkatsu, stars Masako Izumi and Ken Yamauchi. The high-key pink background and...

Killer Kenji Sasagawa (Odaka) enters the room of a luxurious apartment in the silence of the night and, finding himself in front of the boss of the...

Bastard tablets that hunt down the crooks behind the gambling world of horse racing, bicycle racing, and car racing.

1962 Japanese movie

Koji Himuro is the wandering gambler. His brother and his girlfriend were both murdered because he was determined to expose a gambling cheat. As a...

A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a woman he loves.

A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.

A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.

This typhoon spectacle is bursting with the charm of tough guy Yujiro, a student of architecture at Hokkaido University, who takes on a conspiracy...

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

The story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor...