Shirō Yanase Movies

Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat...

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

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.

In 1936, under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Shozaburo Oshima is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has...

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

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...

A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a...

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

1962 Japanese movie

Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie

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...

Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment...

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

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a...