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1. Secrets of the Piranha Army (2015 Video)

36 min | Documentary, Short

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Stars: Tooru Dobashi, Kenta Fukasaku, Seizô Fukumoto, Akira Murota

2. Miroku (2013)

84 min | Drama

8.3
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Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life.

Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Shiori Doi, Seizô Fukumoto, Michiko Furumoto, Iori Harada

Votes: 11

3. Ankokugai no teiou (2008)

80 min | Crime

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Director: Yuki Otsuka | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Jun'ichi Kawamoto, Shingo Yamashiro, Shohei Hino

4. Hura gâru (2006)

108 min | Comedy, Drama

7.0
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53 Metascore

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yû Aoi, Shizuyo Yamasaki

Votes: 2,271

5. Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)

96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.7
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When his beloved boss is killed, a dangerous young gangster cuts a path of vengeance through the Japanese mafia.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Riki Takeuchi, Ryôsuke Miki, Ken'ichi Endô, Mika Katsumura

Votes: 1,704

6. My House (2002)

116 min | Comedy, Drama

7.1
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A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.

Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Alisa Mizuki, Yûma Yamoto, Yuki Tanaka, Claude Maki

Votes: 46

7. Another Battle/Conspiracy (2002)

Action

7.9
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Director: Hajime Hashimoto | Stars: Katsunori Takahashi, Ken Watanabe, Nenji Kobayashi, Renji Ishibashi

Votes: 16

8. Don no onna 2 (2002 Video)

Action

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Director: Hiroyuki Tsuji | Stars: Ken'ichi Endô, Kazuhiko Kanayama, Tarô Kawano, Hiromi Nakajima

9. Don wo utta otoko (1999)

91 min | Thriller

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Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: 'Let's Go' Chôsaku, Yûji Fudôsanya, Shinzô Hotta, Hôka Kinoshita

10. King of Sha-kin 3 (1998)

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Stars: Shô Aikawa, Hideo Murota, Yôko Natsuki, Nana Ohtomo

11. Yûjô - Friendship (1998)

103 min | Drama

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Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Mika Mifune, Toshirô Yanagiba, Mitsuru Hirata, Yumi Asô

12. King of Sha-kin 4 (1998)

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Stars: Shô Aikawa, Yôko Natsuki, Masaru Shiga

13. King of Sha-kin (1997)

85 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

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Sho Aikawa stars as a normal banker who decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza.

Stars: Shô Aikawa, Hideo Murota, Yôko Natsuki, Masaru Shiga

14. King of Sha-kin 2 (1997)

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A normal banker decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza.

Stars: Shô Aikawa, Hideo Murota, Yôko Natsuki, Ryô Nishida

15. Pieta (1997)

94 min

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Director: Atsuya Kitagawa | Stars: Mikio Ôsawa, Minako Moroe, Sadao Abe, Taka Higuchi

16. Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love Is Hell (1994)

Action

5.7
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Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Shima Iwashita, Shinji Yamashita, Keiko Saitô, Masanori Sera

Votes: 10

18. Funky Monkey Teacher 4 (1993 Video)

105 min | Comedy

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Director: Makoto Yoshioka | Stars: Kanpei Hazama, Ai Iijima, Masami Hisamoto, Naomasa Musaka

19. Funky Monkey Teacher 2 (1992)

100 min | Comedy

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Director: Masatsugu Takase | Stars: Kanpei Hazama, Naoko Iijima, Sanma Akashiya, Yasuhiro Arai

20. Funky Monkey Teacher (1991)

100 min | Comedy

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Director: Hiroyoshi Tezeni | Stars: Kanpei Hazama, Naoko Iijima, Masaru Shiga, Jôji Shimaki

21. Don ni natta otoko (1991)

110 min | Drama

5.8
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Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Yukiyo Toake, Yûko Natori, Masahiko Kondô

Votes: 8

22. Anego (1988)

101 min | Crime, Drama

6.8
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The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.

Director: Ryûichi Takamori | Stars: Hitomi Kuroki, Hiroki Matsukata, Takeshi Kitano, Yoshiko Kayama

Votes: 57

23. Bee Bop highschool: Koko yotaro kyoso-kyoku (1987)

90 min | Action, Comedy

4.7
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College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple.

Director: Hiroyuki Nasu | Stars: Tôru Nakamura, Kôjiro Shimizu, Yoshie Kashiwabara, Masumi Miyazaki

Votes: 28

24. Pinky Punch! Daigyakuten! (1982– )

30 min | Music, Talk-Show

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Stars: Hirotoshi Etô, Noriyuki Higashiyama, Hidemi Ishikawa, Yoshie Kashiwabara

25. Tennou no ryouriban (1980–1981)

55 min | Biography, Drama

8.8
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Stars: Masaaki Sakai, Takeshi Kaga, Yûko Tanaka, Sanma Akashiya

Votes: 9

26. Tosa no ipponzuri (1980)

91 min | Drama

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A graduate of junior high school joins other locals and becomes a fisherman. He has a girlfriend who is two years older than he. Typically when the fishermen return to land they go for ... See full summary »

Director: Yôichi Maeda | Stars: Ako, Kai Atô, Gô Awazu, Keizô Kanie

27. The Detective Story (1979–1980)
Episode: Burû satsujin jiken (1980)

46 min | Action, Comedy

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Director: Yukihiro Sawada | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Mikio Narita, Kaori Takeda, Michihiro Yamanishi

28. The Shogun Assassins (1979)

148 min | Action, Drama

6.6
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Generel Sanada, seeking retribution for the murder of his father and a lost battle, both conceived by the Shogun, devises a series of brilliant plans to thwart the Shogun's overwhelming strength.

Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Minori Terada, Teruhiko Aoi, Guts Ishimatsu

Votes: 167

29. The Detective Story (1979–1980)

Action, Comedy

8.4
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A cop from San Francisco sets up as a detective in Japan and takes on cases.

Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Mikio Narita, Kaori Takeda, Michihiro Yamanishi

Votes: 36

30. Hissatsu shigotonin (1979–1981)

46 min | Action

7.0
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Stars: Makoto Fujita, Gorô Ibuki, Kunihiko Mitamura, Kaori Kobayashi

Votes: 7

31. Oretachi ni haka wa nai (1979)

131 min | Crime, Thriller

5.7
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A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble.

Director: Yukihiro Sawada | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Kôichi Iwaki, Masaru Shiga, Kahori Takeda

Votes: 54

33. Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (1976– )
Episode: Episode #3.14 (1979)

54 min | Action, Drama

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Director: Takuya Watanabe | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Akira Terao, Masato Hoshi, Kaku Takashina

34. Hissatsu shigotonin (1979–1981)
Episode: Hankichi wa onna no ai de tachinaoreru ka? (1979)

Action

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Stars: Makoto Fujita, Gorô Ibuki, Kunihiko Mitamura, Takao Yamada

35. Nihon no Don: Kanketsuhen (1978)

131 min | Crime, Drama

6.7
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The eastern and western factions of the Yakuza battle to control Japan.

Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shin Saburi, Toshirô Mifune, Chiezô Kataoka, Bunta Sugawara

Votes: 44

36. Noisy Dynamite (1978)

142 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

7.2
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A tongue-in-cheek film involving two rural yakuza clans in post-WW2 times who form baseball teams to resolve their differences. The film seems to go on a bit long.

Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Junko Miyashita, Bunta Sugawara, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Shin Kishida

Votes: 64

37. Nippon no Don: Yabohen (1977)

141 min | Crime, Drama

6.7
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An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.

Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shin Saburi, Toshirô Mifune, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara

Votes: 55

38. Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don (1977)

132 min | Crime, Drama

6.8
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A supposedly true-to-life story of one of the biggest rightists - yakuza bosses in 1950s - '60s Japan.

Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shin Saburi, Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Kô Nishimura

Votes: 52

39. Karate for Life (1977)

91 min | Action, Biography, Drama

6.7
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This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.

Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Kôjirô Hongô, Hideo Murota, Masaru Shiga

Votes: 275

40. Doberman Cop (1977)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime

6.7
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A tough-as-nails cop from Okinawa investigates a savage murder in Tokyo's nightlife district. Originally dismissed as a bumpkin, he soon proves more savvy than the local police.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Janet Hatta, Eiko Matsuda, Masaru Shiga

Votes: 617

41. The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)

81 min | Drama

6.1
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A samurai falls in love with a young virgin named Okoyo, but she is already marked for addition to the shogun's harem. Not to be deterred, he blackmails a pedophilic monk and gets into the palace through a secret passage.

Director: Ikuo Sekimoto | Stars: Maya Hiromi, Eiko Matsuda, Masaru Shiga, Kantarô Suga

Votes: 43

42. Nuns That Bite (1977)

69 min | Horror

6.3
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A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant, she catches her fellow sisters engaging in unholy activities.

Director: Yûji Makiguchi | Stars: Haruka Tajima, Maya Hiromi, Kaori Serita, Masataka Naruse

Votes: 94

43. Dokufu oden kubikiri asa (1977)

62 min | Crime, Drama

6.6
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Crimes and misadventures of a girl named Oden. Loosely based on actual story of Takahashi Oden.

Director: Yûji Makiguchi | Stars: Terumi Azuma, Yukiko Tachibana, Yoshinobu Hirose, Akira Shioji

Votes: 43

44. Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten (1977)

83 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

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Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Takuzô Kawatani, Isao Natsuyagi, Hideo Murota, Kaori Takeda

45. Jingi to kôsô (1977)

90 min | Action, Crime

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One of the few later yakuza films helmed by director Matso, and esteemed and accomplished veteran of many yakuza eiga at Nikkatsu Studio all through the sixties.

Director: Akinori Matsuo | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Atsuo Nakamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Rumi Matsumoto

46. Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (1976– )
Episode: Episode #2.11 (1977)

54 min | Action, Drama

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Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Yûsaku Matsuda, Kaku Takashina, Masaki Kanda

47. Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (1976– )
Episode: Episode #2.23 (1977)

54 min | Action, Drama

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Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Yûsaku Matsuda, Kaku Takashina, Masaki Kanda

48. Yakuza Graveyard (1976)

Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

7.1
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When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. The cop is bent on results and is not immune to becoming ... See full summary »

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota

Votes: 938

49. The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976)

96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.8
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Set in Okinawa 1971, one year before the return of power to the mainland, this film highlights the bloody battle of Okinawa Yakuza gangsters versus mainland system.

Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Shin'ichi Chiba, Mikio Narita, Tatsuo Umemiya

Votes: 129

50. Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics (1976)

92 min | Action, Crime

6.8
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There is almost non-stop action and violent brutality guys get cooked to death in oil drums, fires erupt and car explode.

Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase, Akira Kobayashi

Votes: 41



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