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5.5

♡ 9

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Hiromasa Taguchi as

Tsuyoshi Ihara as Danzo Kumogakure

Kyoko Fukada as Osaki

Renji Ishibashi as Terusada Matsudaira

Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He returns to Yunagaya, but finds that his castle is gone.

Cats on Park Avenue

1989

6.8

♡ 4

Musical

Shin'ichi Nakada Director

Renji Ishibashi as

Fujio Tokita as

Nekohachi Edoya as

Hitoshi Yamaguchi as

A story about the lives of young aspiring dancers who strive to create their own musical about stray cats.

Gemini

1999

6.7

♡ 11

100%

Shin'ya Tsukamoto Director

Shôko Nakahara as

Renji Ishibashi as Beggar Monk

Tadanobu Asano as Revenger with Sword

Masahiro Motoki as Yukio Daitokuji / Sutekichi

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

Lost Lovers

1971

6.5

♡ 2

Kunio Shimizu Director

Renji Ishibashi as

Yuki Uchida as

Kaori Momoi as

Mako Midori as

A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru must take action.

Yokohama ankokugai mashingan no ryu

1976

6.6

♡ 3

Akihisa Okamoto Director

Kunie Tanaka as

Ryôji Hayama as

Shin'ichi Chiba as Nezu

Renji Ishibashi as Yakuza Thug

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia.

Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics

1976

7.1

♡ 3

Sadao Nakajima Director

Masataka Iwao as

Renji Ishibashi as Oiwa

Tsunehiko Watase as Takayama

Yuko Katagiri as Yoshiko Koyama

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.

Homeland

2014

6.6

♡ 3

74%

Nao Kubota Director

Renji Ishibashi as

Takashi Yamanaka as

Yûko Tanaka as

Seiyô Uchino as (as Masaaki Uchino)

Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but Jiro returns there to live. Before long, members of his family come and join him.

The Oil-Hell Murder

1992

6.5

♡ 5

Hideo Gosha Director

Renji Ishibashi as

Tsuyoshi Ujiki as

Hiroyuki Nagato as

Kanako Higuchi as Okichi

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.

Oh! Woman: A Dirty Song

1981

5.6

♡ 7

Tatsumi Kumashiro Director

Akira Takahashi as

Rumi Tama as Female Guest in Bath House

Renji Ishibashi as Guest in Japanese Bar

Rikiya Yasuoka as Yutaka

George is a washed-up middle-aged punk rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker. His life becomes even more of a mess when the nurse he raped moves in with them.

Agitator

2001

6.7

♡ 2

Takashi Miike Director

Hidehiro Ito as

Masaya Katô as Kunihiko

Masatô Ibu as Mizushima

Renji Ishibashi as Tattooist

When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.

A-hômansu

1986

5.9

♡ 3

based on manga

Yûsaku Matsuda Director

Susumu Terajima as

Ikuji Nakamura as

Renji Ishibashi as Dating Cafe's Customer

Ryo Ishibashi as Michio Yamazaki

A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.

Torso

2009

sister sister relationship

5.9

♡ 2

Yutaka Yamazaki Director

Yûko Nakamura as

Renji Ishibashi as Car rental man

Makiko Watanabe as Hiroko, older sister of Mina

Miyako Yamaguchi as Mother of Hiroko and Mina

Hiroko is a young, alienated woman "in love" with a blow-up male torso. Tension rises when her sister discovers her secret desire.

Chûgoku no chôjin

1998

7.4

♡ 12

85%

Adventure

based on novel or book

Comedy

Fantasy

Takashi Miike Director

Manzô Shinra as Mako

Mako as Shen

Renji Ishibashi as Ujiie

Masahiro Motoki as Wada

Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet sentimental, yakuza, who takes the liberty of joining his adventure through China. Led on their long and disastrous journey to the mine by Shen, the three men come across something even more magical and enticing.

Home: The House Imp

6.5

Akiyoshi Kimata Director

Renji Ishibashi as

Daikichi Sugawara as

Yasunori Danta as (as Yasunori Danda)

Ai Hashimoto as Azumi Takahashi

When Koichi Takahasi (Miutani) is transferred from Tokyo to a small village in Iwate Prefecture, they set up hoe in a two-hundred year-old farmhouse. The family is split between those who hate the move and those who are happy. Fumiko (Yasuda), the wife, is unhappy at the change and doesn’t get on with her elderly neighbours, Azumi (Hashimoto) is sad about having to transfer to a new school. Koichi’s mother, Sumiyo (Kusabue), rather likes the new community while young Tomoya Takahashi (Hamada) really enjoys the new move because he can play outdoors. Koichi takes note of the split in the family but finds himself struggling at his new job. Thankfully the house has Zashiki Warashi (yokai) living there who will unite them with their antics. Judging by the poster these antics won’t be terrifying.

Zatoichi at Large

1972

6.8

♡ 5

67%

Kazuo Mori Director

Keizô Kanie as

Rentarô Mikuni as Boss Tetsugoro

Hisaya Morishige as Constable Tobei

Renji Ishibashi as Gunroku

Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.

One Missed Call 2

2005

5.4

♡ 21

48%

Renpei Tsukamoto Director

Renji Ishibashi as

Hidekazu Mashima as Katsuhiko Konno

Hisashi Yoshizawa as Naoto Sakurai

Asaka Seto as Takako Nozoe

A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?

Yakuza Law

1969

6.1

♡ 8

Teruo Ishii Director

Minoru Ôki as

Renji Ishibashi as

Teruo Yoshida as

Masumi Tachibana as

A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.

Wolves, Pigs and People

1964

7.4

♡ 2

Kinji Fukasaku Director

Yuriko Anjô as

Renji Ishibashi as Hiroshi

Rentarô Mikuni as Ichirô, eldest brother

Ken Takakura as Jirô, second brother

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.

Sekai no Okiku

2023

6.7

♡ 2

Junji Sakamoto Director

Kôichi Satô as

Claude Maki as

Renji Ishibashi as

Haru Kuroki as Okiku

Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing piles of excrement, a well-nourished love story unfolds.

The Most Dangerous Game

1978