Eisuke, an electrician, falls in love at first sight with a health lady named Louise who he meets at a health shop where he is dispatched for work. After visiting several times, it turns out that they have similar pasts. One day Louise disappears...
Monji has earned the title of second generation boss of the Black Black Black Skull Gang. He promised Takumi to conquer the country with the Black Skull Gang but in reality, he has trouble seeing it happen. While confused, he builds friendships with Aoyama and another transfer student, Rei.
Eri (Matsubara) is a high school student who is anonymous unlike her friend Mitsuko (Yokoyama) who is the target of amorous advances from their teacher, Ichida (Tsubouchi). Eri comes across a novel way to protect Mitsuko: find a cursed funerary urn that contains ashes reputed to cause death and give said ashes to teacher.
A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko.
The ever-prolific Takashi Miike directs this wild and woolly prison drama, reportedly based on real-life cases of Japanese imprisoned abroad.
The thug is now back in Shaba as a legendary hitman!
This work is a sequel to the former 'Gokudo' series.
A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.
At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.
It's 'Don Woman 2'... you already knew!
It's 'Don Woman 3'... Are you ready to see?
Yakuza Girl Boss film.
When a powerful new foe known as the Legendorga arises in 2008, Wataru investigates the mystery behind the crisis, which brings him in contact with a man Nago once knew, Shiramine Takato, whose 3WA also possess their own Rider System. When Shiramine explains how everything began in 1986, Wataru uses Castle Doran’s Time Door to travel back in time, leading him to meet his father face-to-face at last. But has Wataru managed to change the future, or will the Legendorga still rise and enslave humanity?
There is a new student at Oobu High School. His name is Yakuda Daigo. With his buff body and a tough-looking face that can make everyone run, soon rumors spread about him. Some say he's a gang leader, others say he is involved with Yakuza business, still more say he rapes, steals, and likes beating people. There are only a handful of people who know who Yakuda really is, including Manami-a. She is a girl Yakuda fell in love with. Yakuda loves to cook and he likes cute things. He also enjoys gardening, crafting and adores pets. He is a very caring person. He always carries around a cute sewing kit and a cute first-aid kit around. However, with many unfortunate events, he often gets involved with a gang fight or a criminal, along with other coincidental things that happens around him. People always assume the worse for him.
Tony, Max, and Rei, who are mixed-race children of Japanese and Filipino, have lived together as brothers and sisters with no blood connection from a young age, despite the fact that they are discriminated Eventually, Tony One day, seemed to have an opportunity to score a big difference in the underworld...
It has been two years since unsuccessful cartoonist Tsube started to live with Kuniko casually in a small apartment.
2001 original video.
The story follows Yasuyuki, an amateur musician living alone in Tokyo, supported by an allowance from his parents. He doesn't go to college or have a steady job, but instead spends his days traveling through Tokyo with artist Eriko (Kahori Fujii) and punk pizza delivery boy Kinta (Kazuhiko Kanayama). Yasuyuki cannot figure out his place in the world, or what he truly wants. One day, the group runs into a man who turns out to be Eriko's fiancé, and it is revealed that Eriko is actually from a wealthy elite family. She leaves with the man, and seems to disappear, with rumors circulating that she's going to marry him in South America after graduation. The trio breaks up, and it's up to Yasuyuki to search for his friends, and his own purpose in life.
Incredibly indolent cop Tomokawa spends his time making fun of his mentally challenged friend Sukemasa, riding his bike all over the city and sleeping with married women. But his whole world changes when he meets Yoko.
The rock band "Sunny Cruiser" leaves for America to pursue their dream. Although they are disillusioned very quickly, they hit the road and meet a pure and innocent Indian girl.
Ichijo Zentaro, an inspector who is a trend junkie and loves to use out-of-fashion vocabulary used by high school girls, works together with Yuki Maria, a sharp-tongued inspector who has built up a stellar career at the MPD's first division, to solve a serial murder case.
Second Fuusen movie that has absolutely nothing to do with the prior Fuusen movie.
After being hit by Kyouko's car, office worker Hideo starts regularly meeting up Kyouko after the accident. With each meeting their feelings for each start to grow and they soon fall in love. The only problem is that Kyouko is married to and has a child with a yakuza boss who is currently in prison.
An office worker who happens to end up helping a yakuza
A new yakuza war erupts in Hiroshima
The last war in hiroshima begins
Adult video store clerk, Issa, feels like a total loser after losing his job and being dumped by his girlfriend. He is blessed by a stroke of luck when his invention, a curry package squeezing tool, suddenly gains immense popularity. Not only does his invention attract buyers and money, it even attracts unwanted attention from the Yakuza.
Private detective Shunsuke Akagi and his wife Misaki take on the various human patterns woven by the lights and shadows of the big city, and the evil that is crawling in the darkness.
From a trivial request, a tremendous shadow of organized crime rolls out... A kind-hearted detective and his wife confront a difficult case in a big city!
Due to the Marukami-kai's summit operation, the Kyowa-kai, which had its president Kawatani and other executives arrested, was in an unprecedented state of turmoil. Meanwhile, in the Marukami-kai, Kikumura, the successor to the deceased Tsurumi, and Tatsumi, the leader of the Mita family known for being a mad dog, are released from prison, and preparations are underway to force the Kyowa-kai into a corner.
Two friends are into shakotan, the Japanese term for low-riders. The adventure of low-riding youths includes picking up girls and cross-cultural drag racing.
Seven girls from the institute experiment, together with their teacher, a strange phenomenon when they are on their way to a camping area.
After serving ten years due to a drug-induced assassination of a rival gang boss, Tachibana enters a world that's nothing like it was when he went in. Once a respected and feared Yakuza mastermind, he now must try and adapt within the confines of the new generations vision of honor. As he still garners a somewhat decent amount of respect he just tries to get by. Hooking up with a prostitute he's been in passing by with he begins to feel some sense of comfort. Upon stumbling across her being beaten down by her pimp, Tachibana can't just sit by and do nothing. So he commences in putting down an old school Yakuza ass whipping, thus beginning a showdown with the 'now' boss, Sato.
Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi.
"Elite" members of an insurance company are gathered together to form a unit to investigate an accident and whether the company needs to pay out on the insurance policy or not.
Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.
Kazuki moves to Tokyo, aspiring to rise to the top in his Yakuza group. Working directly under his group's kumicho (the Yakuza don) and surviving the group in-fightings, he learns what it really takes to be Yakuza.
This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was discovered that they had murderously turned upon themselves in a bizarre extension of their radical philosophy. This event virtually marked the end of the Student Revolution.
A popular high school band is scouted by a Tokyo-based record company. The band is involved in a car accident, however, shattering many hopes. The band receives a demo tape from a girl who lives on the navy base. They are reinvigorated.
Tokyo. Asuka, a young cleaning lady working the night shift, is ready to pay a high price to achieve her dream of becoming a music star. She manages to perform on a TV-talent show, but all her sacrifices backfire when she is accused of murder and is forced to reveal all the details of the dark path she has followed until then.
The story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class.
Kazuhiko Nakamura directs this sexually charged wacky comedy set in the world of the Japanese adult video industry. The story follows a young woman's (Amiko Kanetani) foolish attempts to win back a lost love (Shunsuke Matsuoka) by taking the one recourse she believes might actually do the trick: becoming a porn star.
A love story directed by Otsuru Gitan, an actor, novelist, and film director, who directed all screens in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture. A business man who has everything, including money, a woman, and fame, falls into the abyss and carries a large amount of debt. A man who felt in danger died and eventually moved to Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, which was affected by the earthquake. A man who decided to live quietly as a reconstruction volunteer, staying at his aunt's house, but seeing the people around him who live without suffering the difficult reality, his desire begins to tingle again. Inspired by my aunt's daughter who gave me a mysterious atmosphere, he was a man who vowed to come back. Starring Sasaki Kokone of “Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend”.
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
"National High School Photography Championship Tournament", also known as "Shashin Koshien" is an event held annually in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan's town of photography. Every summer, Shashin Koshien decides which school has the best photography club. Oyama, Sakura, and Mirai from Kansai Academy in Osaka were encouraged by their advisor to join with the aim of letting them experience "a world where people who are challenged could see". Meanwhile, Tsubakiyama Shota, a senior at Sakuragaoka Gakuen in Tokyo is the only member of his school's photography club. Other members resigned thinking that photography won't help in getting them to a university. In spite of principal Saeki objecting to his plans, Shota was still eager to join, forming a team with his childhood friend and a junior volunteer. With over 500 schools all over the country, only 18 schools would be chosen to participate in the event. Competitors fight to capture the beauty of Japan and the human spirit.
Scene one: March 11th, 2011. An earthquake and a tsunami strike the East coast of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. A man and five other brave power plant workers are sent to fasten a bolt to prevent radiation leaks. Scene two: 2013. The man is now cleaning the empty houses surrounding the nuclear plant. But the strange atmosphere starts giving him hallucination... Scene three: Christmas, 2014. A woman in a red car crashes by the garage where the man is working. The woman looks just like his wife, who died in the tsunami.
At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He steals arms from the Japanese military and sells them to the rich Chinese.
The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.
A detective infiltrates the yakuza
#44 in the series, following "The Price of Betrayal."
Kyokutokai from the yakuza clan Samurai Domon and Jack Davao from the Philippine Mafia , who were once raised as brothers and fought together. However, the organizations are in conflict with each other over the route of drug smuggling in the Philippines. The samurai and Jack became enemies staring at each other. And finally, the lives of the two men who were once bound in a deep bond now collide violently! Domon, a Japanese yakuza, and Jack, a Filipino mob, who once fought together and considered each other brothers. However, it shows the two fighting in a terrible conflict.
Sequel of Yakuza Don
Final of the trilogy of yakuza don
A fantasy inspired by the legend of Urashima Taro, who is said to have spent decades living in an undersea realm. Set on the Shonai Peninsula in Kagawa Prefecture, it presents a dream-like depiction of a young man's recovery from the death of a friend. University student Taro nearly drowns in the sea on a visit home but is rescued by his close hometown friend Masahiko, who instead loses his own life. Taro is wracked with guilt. Then one day, a strange girl named Mizuki appears before him.
Manta Okamoto is a strange young man. He is prone to spontaneous tantrums. On the verge of hikikomori, he faces reality through numbers and with a brain full of crisp ideas. He’s also the most creative editor in the magazine where he works, even if he’s always late. One day, one of his seniors at the publishing house offers him a job: he could earn a lot of money just by taking care of a cardboard box for a few days. On the other side of town, a group of gangsters are missing something and will do anything to get it back.
The strength or weakness of an organization lies in the hands of its boss. In the unforgiving world of the yakuza, where leadership is relentlessly tested, what is the role and significance of a leader? This film delves deep into the unique leadership methods of the yakuza—methods that cultivate loyal subordinates willing to risk their lives for their leader and organization!
The legendary sleeping lion is back in the modern era! Skyline GTR (BNR32) VS GTR (KPGC10) With Keiichi Tsuchiya of the "Megalopolis Expressway Trial" series.
A graduate of American Harvard University with a degree in justice, Daigo is a wanderer who steps into the life of Miura Hiroki after seeing the boy bullied. Becoming employed as a teacher at Hiroki's school, Daigo works continually to unearth the source of Hiroki's sadness and try to revitalize his love for life.
The second movie in the GinZame series.
Despite losing everything he holds dear, Tony (Ozawa Hitoshi) has the four Manila drug traffickers under his control, and even has his eye on the title of 'King' of the Philippine drug empire. Max (Kazuyoshi Ozawa) proposes that Tony withdraws from the underworld and moves to the surface. The two men are at loggerheads, and with the help of Jose (Motomiya Yasukaze), they eventually end up killing each other. During the struggle, Tony loses his mistress Carla. Another precious thing falls from Tony's hands. And one by one, Tony's friends lose their lives. The final mad fight for survival between Tony, Max and the King Squad is about to begin!
At the behest of a friend, an unsung rock artist takes on the role of a substitute teacher and finds himself in the picturesque, seaside town of Amanohashidate, located in Kyoto Prefecture. This unorthodox educator, driven by personal motivations, endeavors to forge connections with students grappling with various challenges through the universal language of music. Together, they set their sights on the ‘Sneaker Age’ club contest, aspiring not just to perform but to resonate deeply with their audience, intertwining their hearts through the harmonies of their shared passion.
Based on the real-life story of Yoshitomo Kimura, who suffered a spinal cord injury in 1987, resulting in paralysis from the chest down. His wife works as a clinical lab technician and struggles to encourage his will to live. After attending a motivational workshop featuring a wheelchair-bound man, Kimura resolves to rehabilitate himself. He eventually regains enough mobility to work from home, but still faces daily challenges—especially if he falls alone at home. That’s when they decide they should adopt a dog to assist him. They welcome a rambunctious Labrador puppy named Cynthia (シンシア), hoping she might become a trained service dog.
Tatsusaburo Sunagawa, the assistant underboss of the Morita Family, ousts Yukichi Matsuura, Matsuura Family head, from his position as underboss of the main Morita Family and took his position. This was due to the incident in which Kenji Kano, the underboss of the Matsuura Family, beat to death the civilian Takatsu. At the same time, Sunagawa restarts the "Commercial Mutual Aid Association," which had stalled due to Matsuura's opposition, and intensifies efforts to recruit members. In response, Tojo, the deputy leader of the Domoto-gumi, who is Kano's sworn brother, becomes furious when he learns of the methods Sunagawa and others are using to force members into their association plans.
Osaka, 1993. Sunagawa, assistant to the Morita Family underboss, proposes the establishment of a "Commercial Mutual Aid Association" as a future source of funding for the group, stating his great desire to make it a success. However, Matsuura Yukichi, the Morita Family's underboss and boss of Kano Kenji, does not approve of the proposal, putting him and Sunagawa at deadly odds.
Kazan (Koji Matoba) is a detective in the organized crime division, but he lives by no rules—raiding gambling dens, starting fights during interrogations, and refusing to be bound by the system. Haunted by a past he doesn’t want to face, Kazan continues his reckless pursuit of evil. One day, his only true partner, veteran detective Utagawa (Hitoshi Ozawa), dies in an accident. Left alone, the man who shared no bonds with anyone finds unexpected understanding with an old-school yakuza boss. As Kazan digs deeper into Utagawa’s death and the truth behind an unsolved gang boss murder, he finds himself stripped of his badge, cast out like a man already ruined. With nothing left to lose, this disgraced detective begins a desperate path of vengeance.