A Slope in the Sun
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her…
Story of a Prostitute
Volunteering as a “comfort woman” on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the…
The Symbol of a Man: The Rule for a Vagabond
A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.
Tokyo Drifter
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata’s top operative, Tetsuya “Phoenix Tetsu” Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka…
Youth of the Beast
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo’s underworld explodes with violence.
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop…
Teenage Yakuza
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of…
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza…
Professional Killers
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching…
Black Sun
You’ve probably never seen anything quite like this manic, oddball, anti–buddy picture about a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and a black American GI on the lam in Tokyo. The two…
Red Handkerchief
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the…
The Warped Ones
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger, most of it directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send…