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    Nihon bôryôku rettô: Keihanshin koroshi no gundan 1975 POSTER

    Nihon bôryôku rettô: Keihanshin koroshi no gundan

    1975

    Japanese

    5.9

    2

    Action

    Crime

    yakuza

    Kôsaku Yamashita Kôsaku Yamashita Director Tatsuo Endô Tatsuo Endô as Tatsuo Umemiya Tatsuo Umemiya as Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko as Ryôko Ema Ryôko Ema as
    A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan.
    Shura no mure 1984 POSTER

    Shura no mure

    1984

    Japanese

    5.9

    2

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    yakuza

    任侠

    Kôsaku Yamashita Kôsaku Yamashita Director Ryôji Hayama Ryôji Hayama as Tomisaburô Wakayama Tomisaburô Wakayama as Kôji Tsuruta Kôji Tsuruta as Kentarô Shimizu Kentarô Shimizu as
    During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers.
    The Valiant Red Peony 1968 POSTER

    The Valiant Red Peony

    1968

    Japanese

    6.9

    4

    90%

    90%

    Action

    Drama

    Thriller

    Kôsaku Yamashita Kôsaku Yamashita Director Minoru Ôki Minoru Ôki as Yuriko Mishima Yuriko Mishima as Ken Takakura Ken Takakura as Katagiri Tomisaburô Wakayama Tomisaburô Wakayama as Torakichi Kumasaka
    Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father's death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.
    The Tattooed Hitman 1974 POSTER

    The Tattooed Hitman

    1974

    Japanese

    6.4

    6

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    Kôsaku Yamashita Kôsaku Yamashita Director Tatsuo Endô Tatsuo Endô as Ryôji Hayama Ryôji Hayama as Tsunehiko Watase Tsunehiko Watase as Masahiko Tsugawa Masahiko Tsugawa as
    The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?
    Big Time Gambling Boss 1968 POSTER

    Big Time Gambling Boss

    1968

    Japanese

    7.5

    2

    1930s

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    gambling

    japan

    mob boss

    Thriller

    yakuza

    Kôsaku Yamashita Kôsaku Yamashita Director Ryôta Minowada Ryôta Minowada as Sakichi Ichikawa Kôji Tsuruta Kôji Tsuruta as Shinjirô Nakai Tomisaburô Wakayama Tomisaburô Wakayama as Tetsuo Matsuda Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko as Tsasburô Sannami
    Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.
    Nihon jokyo-den: tekka geisha 1970 POSTER

    Nihon jokyo-den: tekka geisha

    1970

    Japanese

    5.8

    Action

    Crime

    geisha

    yakuza

    Kôsaku Yamashita Kôsaku Yamashita Director Takuzô Kawatani Takuzô Kawatani as Ai Sasaki Ai Sasaki as Tôru Abe Tôru Abe as Yasukawa Bunta Sugawara Bunta Sugawara as Yukichi
    Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.
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