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1. Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
R | 79 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two L.A. cops with opposing views on what is the best way to uphold the law have to work together to bring down the Yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful woman.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere
Votes: 20,714 | Gross: $2.28M
2. Sonatine (1993)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura
Votes: 23,278
3. Beyond Outrage (2012)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Tomokazu Miura, Takeshi Kitano, Ryô Kase
Votes: 7,261
4. Outrage (2010)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shîna, Ryô Kase, Fumiyo Kohinata
Votes: 14,661
5. A Legend of Turmoil (1992)
110 min | Crime
Otaki, a member of a small yakuza family, hunts down the people who murdered his boss.
Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Takanori Jinnai, Ruby Moreno, Yôko Akino
Votes: 44
6. Yasha (1985)
127 min | Crime, Drama
Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal fishing town where he's become an honest fisherman.
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ayumi Ishida, Hisamitsu Nakamura, Kenichi Kobayashi
Votes: 279
7. Anego (1988)
101 min | Crime, Drama
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
8. Nihon kyokaku-den: hana to ryu (1969)
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Yuriko Hoshi, Sumiko Fuji, Hideaki Nitani
Votes: 11
9. Fudatsuki bakuto (1970)
93 min | Crime
A lone gambler tries to keep a Yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitayushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from Yakuza's ill deeds.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Masahiko Tanimura, Akiko Kudô, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida
Votes: 16
10. Bakuchi-uchi: Nagaremono (1970)
100 min
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Michitarô Mizushima, Kyôsuke Machida
Votes: 8
11. Ôkami to buta to ningen (1964)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Ken Takakura, Rentarô Mikuni, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Shinjirô Ebara
Votes: 170
12. Soshiki bôryoku (1967)
90 min | Crime
A war breaks out on the streets between rivalry Yakuza clans.
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Shin'ichi Chiba, Ryôhei Uchida, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata
Votes: 14
13. Nihon kyôka den (1973)
149 min | Action, Crime, Drama
One of director Koto's bloodiest, most evocative, skilfully orchestrated fight scenes, Poetic, gut-wrenching and, at times, very moving.
Director: Tai Katô | Stars: Yôko Maki, Tetsuya Watari, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Gô Katô
Votes: 25
14. Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tsunehiko Watase, Akiko Kudô
Votes: 1,043
15. A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
84 min | Action, Crime
A hit man is hired to kill a mob boss. After the deed is done, he and his driver are wanted dead by rival gangs who joined forces.
Director: Takashi Nomura | Stars: Jô Shishido, Jerry Fujio, Chitose Kobayashi, Ryôtarô Sugi
Votes: 2,313
16. Youth of the Beast (1963)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A violent thug plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawaji, Minako Katsuki
Votes: 3,914
17. Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka, Eiko Nakamura
Votes: 4,308
18. Mamushi no kyôdai: Kyôkatsu san-oku-en (1973)
88 min | Crime
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tamio Kawaji, Hiroki Matsukata, Yuriko Mishima
Votes: 15
19. Okinawa jû-nen sensô (1978)
102 min | Crime
After World War II when Okinawa was under control of the US, the local Yakuza prospered. But when the island was returned to Japan, the mainland Yakuza tries to take over and the locals tries to compete.
Director: Akinori Matsuo | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Shin'ichi Chiba, Yumiko Nogawa, Makoto Satô
Votes: 44
20. Hiroshima Death Match (1973)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow's niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Shin'ichi Chiba, Meiko Kaji, Shingo Yamashiro
Votes: 1,907
21. Stray Dog (1973)
104 min | Crime, Drama
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works ... See full summary »
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Shinsuke Ashida, Keiko Matsuzaka, Tarô Shigaki
Votes: 256
22. Mamushi no kyôdai: Musho gurashi yonen-han (1973)
90 min | Action, Crime
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tamio Kawaji, Tsunehiko Watase, Aiko Mimasu
Votes: 8
23. Kyôdai jingi: Kantô sankyôdai (1966)
89 min
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Saburô Kitajima, Hideo Murata, Sumiko Fuji, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 9
24. Miike Kangoku: Kyôaku han (1973)
89 min | Crime, Thriller
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Jô Shishido, Gorô Ibuki, Minoru Ôki
Votes: 13
25. Scratched Faces (1971)
96 min | Crime, Drama
A well-written saga of two gang bosses.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akiko Kudô, Tatsuo Endô
Votes: 16
26. Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny (1970)
93 min | Action, Crime
Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada (Takakura) goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji, Michiko Araki
Votes: 49
27. Nihon ansatsu hiroku (1969)
142 min | Action, Crime, Drama
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Chiezô Kataoka, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura
Votes: 69
28. Jinsei gekijô: Hishakaku (1963)
95 min | Crime
Hishakaku asks his woman, Otoyo, a former geisha, to move to Tokyo, where they are taken in by Boss Kokin. Due to his obligation to Kokin, he is involved with a gang war and is arrested.
Director: Tadashi Sawashima | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Ken Takakura, Tatsuo Umemiya
Votes: 62
29. Big Time Gambling Boss (1968)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison.
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Hiroshi Nawa, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 358
30. Bad Reputation: Turf Wars (1974)
104 min
A man, Asakichi, becomes the target of the yakuza when he relates to a geisha.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Jôji Ai, Hiroko Isayama, Kirin Kiki
Votes: 46
31. Gyangu tai G-men (1962)
82 min | Crime
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Tetsurô Tanba, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 45
32. Kikujiro (1999)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Comedy
A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto, The Great Gidayû
Votes: 22,164 | Gross: $0.20M
33. Stray Dog (1949)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi
Votes: 18,932
34. A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
183 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three thieves escape from a heist, one of them killing the other two. He is sheltered by a prostitute and sought after by the police, but only after ten years his true motivation unravels.
Director: Tomu Uchida | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari, Kôji Mitsui, Yoshi Katô
Votes: 1,297
35. Band of Pure-Hearted Hoodlums (1963)
93 min | Action, Crime
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Jun Fujimaki, Jôtarô Senba, Karo Otsuji
Votes: 10
36. Chôeki san kyôdai (1969)
96 min | Crime
Tatsu and Danshi are two ruffians who end up in prison and become sworn brothers when a conflict between them ends.
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura, Kyôsuke Machida, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 7
37. Proxy War (1973)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Drama
Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family affiliations prove themselves to be wildly unstable, causing gang conflicts to slowly escalate.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Watase, Shingo Yamashiro
Votes: 1,534
38. The Wolves (1971)
131 min | Crime, Drama
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, a gangster gets released early - only to find that his ex-gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, bloodshed is bound to begin anew.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Rumi Aiki, Hideyo Amamoto, Noboru Andô, Mitsuko Aoi
Votes: 618
39. Final Episode (1974)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Nobuo Kaneko, Jô Shishido, Bunta Sugawara
Votes: 1,216
40. Police Tactics (1974)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Conflicts between Hirono's family and Yamamori's family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police's efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tatsuo Umemiya, Toshio Kurosawa
Votes: 1,295
41. Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire (2005)
118 min | Drama
The lives of three Yakuza wives become tragically and violently intertwined. One wife whose husband is murders.Another whose husband leaves her to make a name for himself. And the last who pushes her husband to go against his conscience.
Director: Hajime Hashimoto | Stars: Reiko Takashima, Misaki Mori, Aya Sugimoto, Naoki Hosaka
Votes: 21
42. Tsugaru jongarabushi (1973)
103 min | Drama
The newcomers to a fishing village are a man who is escaping the gangsters after him and his girlfriend who is returning to her hometown. This may be as safe a place as any to lie low. ... See full summary »
Director: Kôichi Saitô | Stars: Kyôko Enami, Akira Oda, Mihoko Nakagawa, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 116
43. Bakuto kirikomi-tai (1971)
97 min | Action, Crime
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 22
44. Nihon jokyo-den: kyokaku geisha (1969)
99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shinji, a popular geisha, falls in love with a small coal mine owner Shimada and fights with him against a cruel rich coal mine owner Osuga, who exploits his workers. A lot of action, romance and swordplay.
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Hiroko Sakuramachi
Votes: 54
45. By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966)
89 min | Action, Crime
Korean gangsters try to take over from their Japanese counterparts in post war Japan.
Director: Tai Katô | Stars: Noboru Andô, Ichirô Nakatani, Sanae Nakahara, Ryôhei Uchida
Votes: 121
46. Tosei-nin Retsuden (1969)
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Endô, Sumiko Fuji, Hiroshi Hasegawa
Votes: 34
47. Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968)
109 min | Action, Crime
Director: Tomu Uchida | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 29
48. Kyôdai jingi: Kantô inochi shirazu (1967)
88 min
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Saburô Kitajima, Kyôsuke Machida, Hideo Murata, Kôji Tsuruta
Votes: 9
49. Nihon kyokaku-den: Dosu (1971)
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Takuzô Kawatani, Akira Shioji, Ken Takakura
Votes: 14
50. Koroshita no wa dare da (1957)
91 min | Action, Crime
A gritty troubled youth drama, fuelled no doubt by the taiyozoku (sun tribe) fever than current.
Director: Kô Nakahira | Stars: Ichirô Sugai, Hisako Yamane, Akira Kobayashi, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 19
51. The Yakuza (1974)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman
Votes: 10,446
52. Branded to Kill (1967)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Kôji Nanbara
Votes: 10,208
53. Gate of Flesh (1964)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
An injured thief on the run finds sanctuary within a brothel of united, ruthless women.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Kôji Wada, Yumiko Nogawa, Tomiko Ishii
Votes: 3,377
54. Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Crime
Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroki Matsukata, Mikio Narita
Votes: 946
55. The Boss's Head (1975)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama, Comedy
Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to ... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Yuriko Hishimi, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 343
56. Cruel Gun Story (1964)
87 min | Action, Crime
A convict fresh out of prison, with a handicapped sister, is coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing an armored racetrack car heist.
Director: Takumi Furukawa | Stars: Jô Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawaji, Yûji Odaka
Votes: 1,192
57. The Shape of Night (1964)
109 min | Crime, Drama
A woman is pushed into prostitution by her violent yakuza boyfriend.
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Miyuki Kuwano, Mikijirô Hira, Keisuke Sonoi, Masuyo Iwamoto
Votes: 122
58. The Perfect Game (1958)
93 min | Action, Crime
A group of five college students decide to jinx a bicycle race in their favor and claim the money to pay off their debts, but when the illegal bookie cannot pay, they take up his offer of "... See full summary »
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Tomio Aoki, Izumi Ashikawa, Ryôji Hayama, Akira Kobayashi
Votes: 96
59. Yakuza deka: Kyofu no doku gasu (1971)
87 min | Action, Crime
Detective Hayata's mission is to infiltrate a nightclub at a ski resort and confiscate a lethal poisonous gas.
Director: Ryûichi Takamori | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Tôru Abe, Shigeyoshi Fujioka, Toshiaki Minami
Votes: 13
60. Sutemi no Narazu-mono (1970)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels.
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Jô Shishido, Mie Hama, Rin'ichi Yamamoto
Votes: 13
61. Nihon Kyokaku-den: Zetsuenjô (1968)
100 min
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Yoshihiro Igarashi, Tadashi Katô, Keishiro Kojima, Ichitarô Kuni
Votes: 7
62. Noisy Dynamite (1978)
142 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
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
63. Nihon ninkyo-do: gekitotsu-hen (1975)
95 min | Action, Crime
One of Toei's last ninkyô yakuza pictures of the 1970's.
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Ken Takakura, Jô Shishido, Fumio Watanabe, Kin'ya Kitaôji
Votes: 9
64. Shafu yukyoden - kenka tatsu (1964)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in love with her. Yasaburo, the oyabun of ... See full summary »
Director: Tai Katô | Stars: Ryôhei Uchida, Jûshirô Konoe, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Meichô Soganoya
Votes: 59
65. The Private Police (1969)
93 min | Action, Crime
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Kyôsuke Machida, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 14
66. Daigaku no sanzôkutachi (1960)
94 min | Crime, Action, Thriller
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Akira Kubo, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Mickey Curtis, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 16
67. Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime
After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 9,710
68. Brother (I) (2000)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Claude Maki, Omar Epps, Masaya Katô
Votes: 24,384 | Gross: $0.45M
69. Violent Cop (1989)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano
Votes: 12,992 | Gross: $0.00M
70. Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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
71. Young Boss (1965)
86 min | Action, Crime
After the victory of Japan-Russia War, boss of the Nanjo family is stabbed to death. His son abandons his naval position in order to succeed as the new boss of the family.
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Yukiji Asaoka, Shiho Fujimura, Mikio Narita
Votes: 49
72. A Certain Killer (1967)
82 min | Action, Crime
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
Director: Kazuo Mori | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Mikio Narita, Yumiko Nogawa, Asao Koike
Votes: 198
73. A Killer's Key (1967)
79 min | Action, Crime
Director: Kazuo Mori | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Ichirô Nakatani, Kô Nishimura, Tomomi Satô
Votes: 65
74. Gambler's Life: Unstoppable Bloodbath (1969)
90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A debt collector visits a gambling den in search of a gambler - the gambler's wife and daughter are sick; unknown to the debt collector he kills the gambler. He learns more about his wife ... See full summary »
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Jûshirô Konoe, Machiko Hasegawa, Ryûnosuke Kaneda
Votes: 42
75. Bakuto tai tekiya (1964)
91 min | Action, Crime
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Sumiko Fuji, Jûshirô Konoe
Votes: 12
76. Shafu yukyoden - kenka tatsu (1964)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in love with her. Yasaburo, the oyabun of ... See full summary »
Director: Tai Katô | Stars: Ryôhei Uchida, Jûshirô Konoe, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Meichô Soganoya
Votes: 59
77. Ryu ko ichidai (1964)
Crime
Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ... See full summary »
Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi | Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Shin'ichi Chiba, Sumiko Fuji, Yoshiko Sakuma
78. Gambler (1964)
93 min | Action, Crime
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Bin Amatsu, Sumiko Fuji
79. Nihon Kyokaku-den: kanto-hen (1965)
98 min | Action, Crime
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Tetsurô Tanba, Kôji Tsuruta
Votes: 13
80. Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964)
98 min | Drama, History
A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. The widowed lady owner is being threatened by a scheming competitor who is offering much cheaper labour. X has ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Minoru Ôki, Hiroki Matsukata
Votes: 52
81. Nihon Kyokaku-den: Naniwa-hen (1965)
98 min
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Hideo Murata, Asao Uchida, Kusuo Abe
Votes: 19
82. Nihon kyokaku-den: hana to ryu (1969)
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Yuriko Hoshi, Sumiko Fuji, Hideaki Nitani
Votes: 11
83. Nihon kyokaku-den: Dosu (1971)
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Takuzô Kawatani, Akira Shioji, Ken Takakura
Votes: 14
84. Nihon kyokaku-den: Nobori Ryu (1970)
117 min
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Bin Amatsu, Tatsuo Endô, Sumiko Fuji, Gorô Ibuki
Votes: 10
85. Nihon Kyokaku-den: Zetsuenjô (1968)
100 min
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Yoshihiro Igarashi, Tadashi Katô, Keishiro Kojima, Ichitarô Kuni
Votes: 7
86. Nihon Kyokaku-den: Ketto Kanda-matsuri (1966)
98 min | Action, Crime
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Kanbi Fujiyama, Ryuko Azuma, Seizaburô Kawazu
Votes: 12
87. Nihon kyokaku-den: kirikomi (1967)
93 min | Action, Crime
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Minoru Ôki, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 14
88. Ôsaka dokonjô monogatari doerai yatsu (1965)
Crime
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Sumiko Fuji, Makoto Fujita, Kon Ômura
89. Buraikan jingi (1965)
Action, Crime
Director: Yûsuke Watanabe | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Shin'ichi Chiba, Sumiko Fuji, Hideo Takamatsu
90. Kanto hamonjo (1965)
Action, Crime
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Hideo Murata, Takahiro Tamura, Sumiko Fuji
91. Barâ kêtsu shobû (1965)
Crime
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda | Stars: Hashizô Ôkawa, Minoru Ôki, Takashi Shimura, Ryôhei Uchida
92. Nihon daikyôkaku (1966)
95 min | Crime
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Sumiko Fuji, Minoru Ôki, Michiyo Kogure
93. Tairiku nagaremono (1966)
92 min | Crime
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Sumiko Fuji, Minoru Ôki, Kenji Imai
Votes: 13
94. Otoko no shôbu (1966)
91 min | Crime, Drama
This was one of director Nakajima's first films.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Hideo Murota, Shigeru Amachi, Ken Takakura, Saburô Kitajima
95. Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)
96 min | Action, Crime
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Yoshiko Mita, Shinjirô Ebara
Votes: 231
96. Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi botan (1966)
89 min | Action, Crime
A yakuza has to to kill a guy out of obligation. When he gets out of prison, he visits his victim's grave where he meets his victim's son and wife while they do not know who he is. After that, he tries to make amends for his deed.
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Yoshiko Mita, Masahiko Tsugawa
Votes: 53
97. Showa zankyo-den: Ippiki okami (1966)
90 min | Action, Crime
Takei Shigejiro belongs to the Shimazu family. When his boss gets killed, he takes revenge and ends up in prison.
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji, Shôgo Shimada
Votes: 42
98. Shôwa zankyô-den: Chizome no karajishi (1967)
90 min | Action, Crime
Fourth film in the "Shôwa Zankyôden" series. This expression means duty, obligations, and rules obeyed by gangsters and outlaws in the pre-Shôwa era.
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji, Yoshi Katô
Votes: 61
99. Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi jingi (1969)
90 min | Action, Crime
Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taking in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence.
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji, Kyôsuke Machida
Votes: 75
100. Ôtazune mono shichinin (1966)
Crime
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Hiromi Fujiyama, Kyôsuke Machida, Tomisaburô Wakayama
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