Hiroyuki Nagato

Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold. (imdb)

Teen hoodlum Kinta is excited to be given the plum job of supervising the pig pen at the local US base, for which he'll be responsible diverting the food scraps to the black market, and scoring a good income for his yakuza gang. His girlfriend Hiroku earnestly hopes he'll leave the yakuza and get an honest job, but neither is she a paragon of virtue - she is drawn into prostitution and petty thievery. (IMDB Comments)

Four orphaned siblings struggle against the crushing poverty that threatens to separate them. Unfortunately, no one else in the town is in very good economic shape either. Even though the children receive all the sympathy they need and kind offers of whatever food the townspeople have available, it slowly becomes apparent that their efforts to stay together are woefully unrealistic in the face of economic pressures. (All Movie Guide)

On the tenth anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender, a motley group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated. This early gangster film foreshadows similar tangled relationships in Shohei Imamura's later films. (imdb)

Set during the 1700s, the film centers on the life and murder of Okichi, the bored wife of a wealthy Osaka oil merchant. Yohei is a hunky young man who is the son of Okichi's husband's former partner. As a child, Okichi cared for and even nursed the boy, but when Yohei's father died, he went to live elsewhere. On his return as a man, Okichi is immediately infatuated with the lad and schemes to get rid of competition for his heart When her husband hears of her behavior, trouble ensues. (imdb)

A man travels to Akitsu Springs to die, only to be nursed to health by a young woman who works at the springs. The film follows their lives through the years as the man leaves, grows, and marries, but never stops coming back to Akitsu Springs.

Oryu is pulled into a clash between boat and rail workers.

A boy from the island of Hokkaido, Japan gets a butterfly Nagasaki. His teacher thinks he bought the insect in a department store. Meanwhile, a butterfly larva of the same species embarks on a journey from South to North. On this trip the larva appears a series of failed love affairs, traumatic memories of war, smuggling operations and a share of political corruption.

As a cargo ship is preparing to leave on a long voyage mysterious and sinister events start to occur.

The story of a young man who, upon his release from prison, lashes out at those around him, including a girl he meets.

A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows. (imdb)

In this Japanese drama, a kimono designer and merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins bring bad luck, so the sister was abandoned at birth. Later her parents tell her that her sister was kidnapped. The woman doesn't believe this and when she eventually meets her twin, both women are involved in love affairs... (Sandra Brennan, Rovi)

A revolutionary takes over a remote school, makes it into a prison, and attempts to convert its students into terrorists. A young yoyo-wielding "delinquent" student named Saki seeks to stop this with the help of her friends. However they must first lead all the students to safety. (Wikipedia)

Yui is recruited as a student detective working for Seishonen Chian Kyoku (Youth Law Enforcement Division) headed by Kurando Sekine. But she couldn't agree with the violent method used by the division, and resigns after letting go the students who were being persecuted by them. Kurayami Shirei assigns Yoda to investigate Sekine. Yoda succeeds in obtaining a disk that contains the incriminating evidence but during his attempt to deliver the disk to the Kazama sisters, is fatally wounded... (imdb)

This is a 72 minute TV movie that was created during the running of Sukeban Deka series III, featuring the Kazama sisters. Kazama sisters (Yui, Yuma, Yuka - Yui Asaka, Yuma Nakamura, and Yuka Onishi) while on a mission to stop Kage is met by Kikuko Tamon (Kazue Ito), a special agent working for Kurayami Shirei. They capture Yoshiya Kuromaru - a high school student who works for Kage, and through his confession, they discover that Doryuji temple is the hideout of Kage. (imdb)

In addition to churning out crowd-pleasers like Crows Zero, Like a Dragon, and Sukiyaki Western Django, maverick director Miike Takashi also found time to return to theater in 2007. Following 2005's Demon Pond, the ever prolific Miike tries his hand at directing a stage play again, and this time his focus is none other than the most iconic of samurai, Zatoichi. Miike regular Sho Aikawa (Dead or Alive), in his first theatrical leading role, stars as the titular blind masseur with a deadly cane... (filmaffinity.com)

A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss. (letterboxd.com)

The television series, though technically one series made up of three seasons, are essentially self-contained and separate, aside from sharing the same basic themes and premise, and starring popular Japanese idol singers in the main roles, each one replacing the previous as the new Asamiya Saki, taking on her cover identity and yo-yo weapon. (gaijinrider)

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan. (The Movie Database)

When one billion yen goes AWOL, "Joe the Ace" (Shishido) spies an opportunity to get rich quick, but things soon go wrong as it turns out he isn't the only one who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the missing cash. (Arrow Video)

An all star cast.

Framed by his enemies, Manbe finds himself imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit. His only hope lies with his daughter Yuki who takes it upon herself to clear his name. A Great story, and a marvelous performance (as always!) by screen legend, Misora Hibari. (themoviedb)

The Sleeping Beast Within (1960) is a gripping crime thriller that sees a newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown. (dvdbeaver)

Two reporters of divergent morals investigate a drug ring, delving deeper into the underworld in the process. (imdb)

A man meets a girl in the city. He falls in love with the chick. She claims she has fallen head over heels for him. She moves in with him. Returning home one day there is a man in their room. The man is lying down. He tells them he is an insurance salesman and he has stomachache. He has made himself at home. The three become room-mates. (imdb)

One day poison is discovered in the shogun's food. The brilliant swordsman Mondo sets out to save Japan's leader from certain death.

Student residents of a girls-only university dormitory commit petty crimes like stealing items from stores in groups. They are found out by a store employee one day and only two of them successfully run away. One girl is a virgin. The other is not. They cannot return to their residence as their friends are arrested and their identity is revealed. With nowhere to go they roam the town. A guy wants to help them. (imdb)

Hiken is a 1963 japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.

President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to the Onishi group of the branch to expand the territory. Now members of the same yakuza gang are forced to fight each other over territory and honor.

Set in a rural town near Mount Fuji, the film revolves around five high school girls who decide to participate in a calligraphy demonstration event. Through calligraphy, the students develop friendships and learn how to deal with others. On the day of the event, 1,000 people show up to witness the contest as the girls express themselves by collaboratively drawing characters on huge pieces of paper.

After a promising young boxer is brutally murdered by a gang of Okinawa yakuza, the boxer's older brother, Ryo, travels to Okinawa for revenge. Two unlikely companions join him on his quest for vengeance: Max, a disabled Vietnam War veteran, and Reiko, his dead brother's girlfriend.

Sawako, working in a bank, tired of the usual everyday life, once she met the chef of French cuisine Yukio Goto, and spent the night with him. Sawako pretends to be the daughter of an upscale hotel owner and has an affair with Yukio.

The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. (imdb)