Shirō Yanase Movies

Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to...

Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when pursued by the angry gang. They eventually meet again...

Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie

Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss.

1962 Japanese movie

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.

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Yakuza Ryuichi, nicknamed the Dragon-killer, went on a journey with his son Tatsuo after he lost his wife. Due to Tatsuo's sudden illness, Ryuichi...

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he...

Set in Kyushu during the early Showa period, the son of a boss who is killed after a greedy boss takes over his territory, takes over and takes...

A jazz pianist named Shiro Tsuda returns from an overseas tour unwittingly carrying drugs that have been sewn into his jacket. When he stops by to...

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.

A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his...

1962 Japanese movie

An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting...

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