Kôjirô Hongô

A rebellious former member of the Yakuza decides to turn the Japanese crime world upside down. He starts an organization known as the Tokyo Mafia, a crime syndicate dedicated to overthrowing the old order and establishing a new kind of lawlessness. It isn't long before the two syndicates begin a full-scale war against one another, plunging the city of Tokyo into chaos. (rottentomatoes)

Shudder at the Yakuza Mafia's takeover of Japan's dark side. There is no bond like the Family bond of the Yakuza. The story of Japan's Yakuza Families and the ultimate test of loyalty. Kidnapping, murder, boat chases, big explosions, sexual exchanges, beautiful women and drugs abound in this beautifully shot film. (diabolikdvd.com)

A group of aliens from another planet head for Earth with the intentions of conquering it. Their first ship is destroyed in transit by the giant flying turtle Gamera. A second ship makes it to Earth and captures two Boy Scouts and holds them captive so that Gamera will not attack them... (imdb)

A giant monster that emits a destructive ray from its back attacks Japan and takes on Gamera. (imdb)

A gigantic bat emerges from a volcano to terrorize Japan and only one thing can stop it...Gamera! (imdb)

This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan. (imdb)

Newcomers to faded fishing village are a man who's escaping gangsters he crossed and his girlfriend who has her own aims, as well as hiding, in returning to her hometown. This place, the definition of deadsville, may be as safe as any to lie low in. Couple find preoccupation in opposite ways. She settles in and becomes part of the community. He, bored and fretting at first gravitates to local corruption and becomes a betrayer, later he finds himself.

Lord Danjo of Mikoshiba covets the rich lake and lands of his neighbors. He quickly conquers the friendly kingdoms of Nagoshi and Chigusa. To break the people's faith in their god, he sends his men to blow up the statue of Daimajin, which is on an island in the lake. The rightful heirs, Lord Juro and Lady Sayuri, try and fail to take back their kingdoms. Only when Daimajin rises from the lake will Lord Danjo's treachery come to an end. (digitalmosterisland.com)

When a team of ninja is sent to kidnap Lady Oichi, the sister of the late Oda Nobunaga and wife of Shibata Katsuie without harming her, they must find a way into the fabled Iron Castle at Kitanosho, and a way out as well. Facing impossible odds, the team finds their skills tested as they risk their lives to accomplish "Mission: Iron Castle".

As Miyaki, a Tokyo embalmer, works on an apparent suicide patient, she finds a needle that suggests there might be more to the death than the police and family suspect. When the corpse's head is decapitated and stolen from her facility, trying to find it leads her down a trail of live organ harvesting, incest, drug experimentation, radical cults and madness...

This is essentially the story of Qin from the founding of "China" by his unifying the various provinces, through the building of the great wall on to close to his death.

Near a country shrine, gangsters ambush two messengers carrying an incriminating document. The shrine guardian warns the assassins that spilling blood there will bring a curse upon them. (Mubi.com)

The film opens in 1729. Lord Tangonokami Nabeshime of Saga Prefecture takes a fancy to a blind monk's sister, Sayo. Monk Matashichiro refuses to bow to Lord Nabeshime's lecherous interest in Sayo. The lord and chamberlain ultimately kill the monk during their regular game of Go. (mubi.com)

Tokugawa era, during the Obon festival, when the souls of the departed leave the underworld to visit their loved ones on earth. (mubi.com)

Yabuki's old friend returns as a deadly enemy. Blood brothers are driven to bitter hatred as betrayal rips mafia loyalties apart! Only the strong will survive the wrath of The Yakuza. (Amazon)

In this continuation of "Family", it is discovered that the one who gave the order to assassinate the Mitsumikai Boss is the one and only Boss of the Japan Mafia: Mr. Nishiwaki. Hideshi finds something odd about the killing and begins to investigate, uncovering the true motives behind this murder. Miike's sequal is chock full of harrowing Boat chases, big explosions, beautiful women sex and drugs! (Amazon)

A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The young Genji warrior protects the Fujiwara Clan and the beautiful lady in tragic love! A grand visual epic told with mesmerizing extravagance! (Karagarga)

During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the finest swordsman in the land by defeating the Yagyu clan's top instructors and then taking on Sasaki Kojiro! Three of Daiei's top sword stars combine to create this exciting alternative version of the Musashi legend. (imdb)

First part in a trilogy adaptation of the epic novel by the same name. A master samurai plunges into insanity and goes on a killing spree.

We see the aftermath of Ryunosuke Tsukue's duel with Hyoma Utsugi, both of whom have survived and lots of bodies litter the ground. The rest of this (...) chapter takes us on a journey through central Japan as Ryunosuke escapes from the duel and tries to settle down as a teacher in a dojo before he becomes involved with the Tenchu Group, a small group of rebels (...). In the meantime he gets emotionally involved with a woman that bears an akin resemblance to his deceased wife Ohama (...) (imdb)

Ryunosuke Tsuke is still hunted by his sworn enemy Hyoma Utsugi, whose brother he killed (...). Whenever he tries to settle down and live peacefully (...), a combination of bad luck and bad kharma force him to continue on the path of self-destruction. (...) Just as he settles down with a young woman and her son and she genuinely shows affection for him, he has to save a young man who is accused unfairly of theft, and finds himself captured and forced to work for a corrupt official. (imdb)

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome fighting from Katsu Shintaro as One-Eyed Ishimatsu highlights this great tale taken from Japanese history! (The Movie Database)

The life of the Buddha Shakamuni. (The Movie Database)

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it. A Japanese variation of the "Moby Dick" story. (imdb)

Lord Oda Nobunaga,gains control of nearly all Japan,and try to enlist the aid of Magoichi and his 3.000 gunners. (The Movie Database)

A little girl survives the massacre of her family by an evil lord who wanted to obtain a rare sword in the samurai family's possession. She is left for dead, having lost an eye and her right arm. She's raised by an aging swords-master. One-eyed, one-armed swordswoman O-kin lives in a small town. She is a great fighter and owns a very rare sword named ""The Drenched Swallow". Local daimyo wants to take it for himself. But O-kin keeps it and protects her friends from enemies. (imdb)

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira. Remake of Hakuôki AKA Samurai Vendetta (mubi.com)

A police officer is recruited to a special agency and given a license to kill. He is given a dozen or so young policemen and a bar as a front. Meanwhile, girls are disappearing and the friend of one girl is searching for her. It turns out the girls are being kidnapped and sold into bizarre kinky sex games to rich industrialists by a megalomaniacal corporation. One of the young deputies becomes involved and finds a friend of his (the boyfriend of the searching woman) is involved.

The second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.