Asao Koike

Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend ...

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a ...

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.

With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.

Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima’s manga.

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, who also just happens to be the master who had ...

Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.

Many persons visit the hot springs resort to try out Reiko’s famous vagina with quivering walls, “the sensation of worms wiggling ...

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Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in ...

Japanese crime film.

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their ...

Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a ...

Action-comedy film featuring the adventures of an itinerant merchant (Hiroki Matsukata) that becomes an unlikely hero.

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

Just when you think Kyoshiro’s life can’t get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes ...

The hero tries to unite various gangs.

With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the ...

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After ...

Ando on the run, stopping in to service all the women in his life, with a bit of the old ultra-violence.

A sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!

When a broadcasting company takes away its financial support from a symphony orchestra, some of the members refuse to admit defeat. The first ...

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, ...

A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.

Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their “production”. Europeans pay more for ...

After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel – ...

Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave ...