Shun Sugata

When a Yakuza boss named Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, his chief henchman, a sadomasochistic man named Kakihari, and the rest of his mob goons go looking for him. After capturing and torturing a rival Yakuza member looking for answers, they soon realize they have the wrong man and begin looking for the man named Jijii who tipped them off in the first place... (imdb)

A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman (Tsukamoto) investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo, leading him to a disturbing discovery. (Tartan Films)

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However his fear of nothing soon causes problems. (imdb)

After survivng his own execution, Tenshu choses to be subjected to the bizarre experiments of the prison officials. (imdb)

Three men hoping to find a better life in Tokyo find their dreams of happiness turning into a waking nightmare in the final installment of maverick Japanese Director Takashi Miike's Black Society trilogy. (All Movie)

A man seeks revenge for the kidnapping and murder of his young daughter and finds that like the killer, he too has a dark side. (reelmoviecritic.com)

Alex Fayard is an internationally successful crime novel author. He has been invited to Japan for the release of his latest book. One night, he encounters Tamao, a geisha who confides to him her fears. One of her former lovers, who may well be Shundei Oe, a novelist famous for his extremely violent and disturbing books, is threatening to kill her. Alex Fayard, a prominent Oe specialist, agrees to help her. (altinportakal.tursak.org.tr)

Shuji ... starts going to church with his cynical older brother and there he meets the orphan girl Eri, who is in his class at school. Shuji develops a crush on her and takes up running so that he can spend more time with her. However, when Eri is injured when a truck's cargo falls on her, her relatives whisk her away to Tokyo. Shuji is desperate to go after her, but his journey will not be an easy one as he encounters yakuza, prostitutes and a priest with a shady past. (www.yesasia.com)

Two police detectives Numata and Tosaka infiltrate a group of underground black market human organ dealers. Things go haywire during a raid on the group's surgical headquarters. Numata barely escapes, while a wounded Tosaka gets left behind. Through a series of surreal and gory events, the identities of the organ dealers are revealed as Numata plans his revenge. (imdb)

Based on the ever-increasing crimes commited by Japanese police, this is a social entertainment film of a sensible officer Takeda (SHUN SUGATA). Involved with the bad cop Mie (GEN IDEMITSU), Takeda gets corrupt and fails his life with a national cover-up operation. (yubarifanta.com)

To cast away everything, surrendering yourself to the flow of nature and just sitting in meditation. This is the essence of Dogen's Zen Buddhism. In the 13th century, Dogen, a young Japanese monk traveled to China to find his true master. There he found a monk who taught him that sitting in Zen meditation is the true and only path to enlightenment. Returning to Japan, Dogen risked his life to pioneer Zen Buddhism, inspiring millions of Zen Buddhists who practice around the world today. (asianmediawiki.com)

In this follow-up to The Revenge: Visitor of Fate, it is now 5 years after Anjo lost his wife and left the force. He's now living under an assumed name and working as a hitman for a very small group of yakuza. A young detective starts getting close to exposing Anjo's past and he can no longer deny who he really is. (surrealmoviez)

Set around the worst airplane crash in Japanese history in 1985, the story follows Hajime Onchi (Ken Watanabe) and airline worker and union head who just returned to Japan after being sent away to foreign branches for ten years because of his efforts.

The story of a a young man who has spent his life searching for revenge only to find himself up against a bigger challenge than he originally bargained for. (imdb)

Kanikosen is a highly stylized, stirring, manga-flavored update of a classic Japanese political novel, with labor unrest aboard a crab canning ship evolving into a cry of a younger generation aching to break the bonds of conformity. (mubi.com)

In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in Brazil, Japan had won the war and defeat was nothing more than American propaganda. The few immigrants that accepted the truth were persecuted. (imdb)

Using stark black-and-white imagery and a raw, digital aesthetic, Cut tells the story of Shuji (Hidetoshi Nishijima), an unknown filmmaker who craves great cinema like a junkie dying for a fix. The only problem, he figures, is that great films are dead -- unless he can find a way to make them himself.

A betrayed gangster seeks to avenge his dead partner, with the help of a beautiful restaurant owner and a mysterious bounty hunter. (imdb)

A powerful crime lord named Tojo has the town of Tsuson completely under his control with no police intervention standing in his way. Because of his crimes there is an incredibly big reward for his death or capture, but thus far no bounty hunter has been able to break through his defenses to take a shot at him. Gunslinger Saki decides she can be the first. With the help of a mechanic named Akira, she uses a planned theft of 2 million US dollars as her opportunity to take a shot at him. (eiga.wikia.com)

Ninjitsu master Casey is back and out for revenge when his pregnant wife is murdered. (imdb)

Ryo Murasame is an aircraft pilot, one day he was taking his sister out on a ride along the Amazon when they were shot down by an UFO. They survived, captured by the Badan Empire with his sister killed while Ryo became the Combat Roid known as ZX. His memory is erased by the Badan Empire and worked as their agent of evil. This does not last long as an accident occurs which causes Ryo to regain his memory and escapes Badan. (Wikipedia)

Tomoyo was the lover of Udo, a leading member of the Japanese mafia. When Udo disappears with a bundle of dirty money, she is a suspected accomplice. Tomoyo is a woman who has always depended on men, and she often sleeps with them in order to survive. (Amazon)

The beautiful Azami is tired of her penniless and lazy boyfriend, Hideji. Determined to break up with him, she must first get back all the money she has given him over the years. She hatches a plot in which she fakes her own kidnapping to get Hideji to pay a ransom. Things get hilariously complicated when all parties involved act to their own agendas. (imdb)

A young man suddenly rises to the top of the underworld in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Other crime bosses now conspire to take him down. (asianwiki)

Tokusou Robo Janperson the Movie is a film adaptation of the Metal Heroes series of the same name taking place between episodes 11 & 12.

Teenage stepsisters Yui and Ai form a close bond as a result of the neglect and abuse from their respective parents. Fearing separation from each other when their parents plan to divorce, they run away together to Tokyo and, in order to survive steal a briefcase which they later discover belongs to the yakuza. This puts them in great danger. (letterboxd)

When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about to marry Emi. One day though, Tetsuya hears about Don (Edison Chen). Tetsuya remembers the times he spent with Emi and Don as a child and also feels insecure about Don. (The Movie Database)

Yoshi, aged 24, awakes after 10 years in a coma, goes on to start a new life and rebuild his family. (imdb)

This 50 minute film is predominantly a character study within an intense action drama. Those familiar with Kitamura's later works, perhaps especially Versus will realize this is the beginning of his characetristic modus operandi. Here, the well defined characters consist of the innocent (the cop), the relatively good (Atsuro Watabe), the relatively bad (Shinichi Suzuki), and the absolutely bad (Shigeru Izumiya), and a few other Yakuza hoodlums thrown in for entertainment. (dailymotion)

Gonin Saga is a 2015 Japanese movie written and directed by Takashi Ishii as a followup to the two Gonin films he directed in the mid-1990s. Seiji (Masanobu Ando) is a third generation "Gosei kai" gang member. He works to build up the group's strength. Meanwhile, a journalist (Tasuku Emoto) investigates a case that occurred 19 years ago. He meets Hayato (Masahiro Higashide), Daisuke (Kenta Kiritani) and Asami (Anna Tsuchiya). (imdb)

Still more silliness as Japan's favorite naked female superhero returns to punish villains by leaping in the air spreading her legs and landing groin-first on her typically male opponent's face, which knocks him out.

In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there. (imdb)

Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him. (imdb)

The lives of three Yakuza wives become tragically and violently intertwined. One wife whose husband is murders.Another whose husband leaves her to make a name for himself. And the last who pushes her husband to go against his conscience. (imdb)

Yuen Biao stars in this sequel to Mou Man Tai. In Mou Man Tai 2, Yuen Biao plays a Kung Fu master.

In feudal Japan, blind Swordsman Zatoichi comes to the aid of a noblewoman carrying a secret treasure, and must fight cyborg ninjas and a powerful and mysterious Samurai. (imdb)

Live-action adaption of Naoki Yamamoto's romantic comedy manga series.

Adult video store clerk, Issa, feels like a total loser after losing his job and being dumped by his girlfriend. He is blessed by a stroke of luck when his invention, a curry package squeezing tool, suddenly gains immense popularity. Not only does his invention attract buyers and money, but it also attracts unwanted attention from the Yakuza.

Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups and seize their money. One day, the Chief of Police becomes aware that 2.5 million yen in seized money is missing. He orders Shintarou and Koichi to bring the money in by tomorrow morning. Shintarou and Koichi are in big trouble. They then read an article about a pension fund embezzlement case involving 6 billion yen. The prime suspect of the pensi

Ayako, who was the leader of the ladies' gang until five years ago, washed her hands of gang life at the time of her husband's death. Now, she and her daughter-in-law are on a trip. With gangsters targeting children in the port town, things quickly become dangerous.

1997 V-Cinema film.

Lone wolves join forces and plunge into a reckless fight with the organization.

Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.

Set in a metropolis in the 21st century, this unique erotic drama depicts youth colored by sex, drugs, and violence with a touch of science fiction.

A drama depicting the heroine who loved another yakuza man while being the wife of the group leader, in the battle of the internal conflict of the yakuza organization.

Riki Takeuchi stars as the likeable but obnoxious punk bus driver who comes to the aid of a beautiful woman in possession of stolen diamonds. She's being pursued by the man she ripped off and he drives a huge armored bus.

Oosumi, a dummy artist, makes the figure of Mari who is the wife of a gangster called Kurokin. Oosumi decides to run away with Mari, but Mari disappears. One night, Kaako, a musician's wife, meets a ghost cat and she is possessed by Mari's spirit.

A detective and his partner track down a call girl with information about a drug cartel. After taking her into custody, they are attacked by cartel members. The detective and the woman manage to escape, but they are soon hounded by a professional hitman hired to eliminate them and recover the heroin stolen by the woman.

When friends graduate from junior high school and are enrolled in high school Koichi and Yakko join a motorcycle gang. They make new friends, have fights, and flirt with girls. Yakko, however, is not having an easy time of it. Koichi stands up for his friend and joins the yakuza, which brings its own problems with it.

Keiwa and Sara are transported to the World of Shinobi where they assist Rentaro and his allies in fighting the powerful Amakusa Shiro Tokisada.

This TV-drama follows Sakai Shintaro, descendant of Sakai Mineji -a Byakkotai samurai-, and traces the tragedy of the Byakkotai, a military force composed of 340 16 to 17 years old boys during the Boshin War (Aizu war). (imdb)

A cocaine deal is about to go down between yakuza and Hong Kong triad gangsters and a small time porn peddler is used as a mole by a dirty cop.