Kenji Matsuda

The first installment in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise, which has shipped over 30 million copies worldwide, has been adapted into a live action work that remains almost faithful to the original. Produced by the cast and staff of the hugely popular franchise Unification of Japan, which depicts the Japanese underworld, the adaptation is fully supervised by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. The story follows the events leading up to the video game Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties. (tmdb)

A yakuza movie starring Koji Matoba depicts the lives of men left behind in the times. At the Yokohama-based Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi, the drug business is legal according to the teachings of the leader, Engetsu. Mouri of the Ryuyasu group assassinates the leader of the Yamagami group, a hostile organization that trades drugs, according to the teachings of Engetsu, bu...

As long as humans have evil spirits, the demon beast horror will appear from the demon world. To eat the body and soul through the shadow. However, there is light where there is darkness. The Makai Knight and Makai Houshi are fighting somewhere tonight as guardians. Immediately after the seal of Horror Cigarain, Saezima Kouga, who holds the title of Garo, the highest rank of the Makai Knight, is attacked by a man with a red mask, and his chest is stamped with ruin.

In the 1980s, Ryotaro and the DenLiner gang save a boy when he is attacked by demons that came from the past. The demons want to change history using a supernatural stone which is a keepsake from the boy's mother.

When a new foe arose in 2008, Wataru investigated it and brought him to Shiramine Takato who explains how everything began in 1986. Wataru uses Castle Doran's Time Door to travel back in time, leading him to meet his father.

Kazuo Murata is a detective who has lost his wife and eventually the meaning of his existence.

In the years before he struck big as the writer of the action/horror hit Versus and the director of Battlefield Baseball, Japanese filmmaker Yudai Yamaguchi teamed with charismatic then-unknown Tak Sakaguchi for this series of outrageous and outlandish experimental vignettes. The laughs come fast and furious in a collection of surreal comedy clips featuring energetic rock and roll music, slapstick mayhem, and an abundance of juvenile humor. (imdb)

A bunch of strangers wake up in the forest and find themselves trapped by invisible forcefields and stalked by cloaked killers with swords.

The country of Iga is deep in the throws of war. With smaller villages falling one by one, the largest families are in position to vie for their share of the power. Sankai of Minamiyama has his sinister eyes fixed not only on total control of the area, but on Kagerou as well. After fleeing the village of Shiroyama, Kagerou and Aoi have been relentlessly hunted. (rightstuf.com)

Kagerou and Aoi have managed to escape the powerful clutches of Shuuzan and his men as well as the vengeful rage of Jinsei - the Shinobi Murderer. But, their troubles are far from over. If Kagerou and Aoi are to have any hopes of survival, they must get out of Iga. But between themselves and the border stands a barrier of both friends and enemies - neither of which can they trust. (imdb)

Former shinobi Kagerou and Aoi have become fugitives. Not only are they being pursued by the Shinobi of Shiroyama, they must also escape brutal and ruthless assassins hailing from all the families of Iga. Surrounded by betrayal and conspiracies, Kagerou and Aoi are must test the strength of their allegiance as well as alluding death at the hands of their hunters. (imdb)

In the world of the Ninja, skill plays only a small role in determining one's rank. Kageru is strong, fast and extremely intelligent-the best in his class. (imdb)

There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal. (imdb)

The story centers around Mikage, a young woman who loses her parents when young. She grows up in a lonely household with her grandmother who dies when Mikage reaches adulthood. Grief-stricken, she finds solace in the kitchen. Yuichi, a friend of Mikage's deceased grandmother, invites her to live with him and his mother. Then Mikage discovers that Yuichi's mother is actually his cross-dressing father.

Story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infant-hood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.