Heat Wave
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Yôkirô
Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it was home to over 200 geisha, however behind the fabulous facade, there were many battles - between family members, men and women, and with the Yakuza. Momokawa was sold to Yokiro at age 12, and despite being the top geisha, her many complicated relationships provide unending challenges throughout her glamorous but turbulent life.
Onimasa
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.
Jittemai
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his abandoned daughter, Ocho, who has now become a mistress of Denzo, a smuggler. After Yazuke’s death, Ocho is also recruited as a “shadows executioner”, with the task of completing her father’s mission.
Sword of the Beast
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
The Oil-Hell Murder
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.
Yakuza Ladies
When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.
Hunter in the Dark
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
Carmen 1945
Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.
The Steel Edge of Revenge
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Usugeshô
When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous crimes--or the detectives hot on his trail.
Violent Streets
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
Three Outlaw Samurai
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Hitokiri
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
Samurai Wolf
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.
Samurai Wolf II
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
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Hideo Gosha
Director
Rino Katase
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Chiyoharu
Masahiro Motoki
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Ichitaro Kosugi
Eiji Okada
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Masakichi Ono
Kanako Higuchi
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Rin Jyoshima
Masataka Iwao
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Mari Natsuki
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Akio, Opponent's Mistress
Katsuhiko Watabiki
as
Jiro Mikazuki
Tatsuya Nakadai
as
Masagoro Kiryûin - Onimasa
Kappei Matsumoto
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Takeshi Katô
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Eijirô Tôno
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Minister
Kunie Tanaka
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Tanji
Mitsuko Baishô
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Omatsu
Yoshio Inaba
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Seizô
Keiko Matsuzaka
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Shino
Renji Ishibashi
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Tsuyoshi Ujiki
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Hiroyuki Nagato
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Murasaki Fujima
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Kinue Dômoto
Moeko Ezawa
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Yukie
Shin'ichi Chiba
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Samon Shimoguni
Yoshio Harada
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Yataro Tanigawa
Shingo Yanagisawa
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Hideyuki Akiga
Takuzô Kawatani
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Ichiro Makabe
Atsuko Asano
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Teruko Jodokoro
Ken Ogata
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Tokichi Sakane
Rikiya Yasuoka
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Kôji Fujiyama
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Ryôji Hayama
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Futahashi
Sei Hiraizumi
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Haruo
Miyuki Kuwano
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Aya
Kei Yamamoto
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Yoshirô Aoki
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Cart Driver Heishichi
Shinzô Hotta
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Coffin Yokichi
Junkichi Orimoto
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Gennai Suzuki
Daisuke Awaji
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Yasuke
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