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Having barely survived, Soma returns to the fold. Munakata and Sawamura raid Sudo’s hideout, but a hail of gunfire wipes out their leads. Meanwhile, a scandal involving Minister Kanzaki—engineered by Nawa-kai—hits the tabloids, only to be silenced under pressure from both Hachio-kai and Toyokai.
When Toyokai underboss Eda collapses, boss Mukai appoints Naoe Takehiko as acting underboss. At Mukai’s request, Sawamura joins him for business talks in Nagoya. Meanwhile, within Hachio-kai, tensions flare as newly freed boss Shirota’s faction clashes with acting leader Kurose Akito over the group’s new direction.
Harue shields Shizuka but is gunned down by ex-Shindo-gumi member Yokoyama. Her death pushes Munakata to form his own group, and Mukai entrusts him with his dream of “conquering Japan from Yokohama.” Meanwhile, rumors of Munakata’s new organization reach the Hachio-kai. In Kyoto, Sawamura and allies move to settle a scandal tied to their associate Horita, but are ambushed by Gudokai, leaving Murata injured again. Elsewhere, Yamaoka visits Yokohama, seeking Toyokai’s help to eliminate Onda.
Seizo Munakata, taken in by Shigemasa Mukai, the boss of the Toyo-kai, runs a ramen shop while secretly handling the syndicate’s underground dealings. Former biker gang leader Ryuichi Sawamura and ex-finance bureaucrat Kunihito Soma decide to follow Munakata’s lead. But trouble strikes when Mukai’s wife, Harue, and granddaughter, Shizuka, are abducted by unknown assailants.
Munakata Seizo, who runs a ramen shop while secretly carrying out underworld work for Toyokai boss Mukai Shigemasa, gains a reputation for his efficiency—soon whispered about as the assassin group “Resshikai.” One day, Mukai’s wife Harue and granddaughter Shizuka are abducted.
Through Shindo-gumi’s maneuvering, Amano Shuji is abducted by the Moji family—along with his daughter Mari. Their ally Shimaki, revealed to be secretly tied to Shindo-gumi, claims he was working as a double agent. He then plants a hidden mic before meeting Shindo-gumi’s Onoue Tatsuhiko.
With Munakata Seizo as boss, Sawamura Ryuichi and Soma Kunihito establish the Munakata-gumi under the banner of Resshikai. Soon after, Shindo-gumi’s Shimaki, carrying the missing ransom money, shows up at Munakata’s ramen shop. Meanwhile in Kyushu, Shindo-gumi schemes with the infamous Moji family for profit.
The Toyokai leadership fends off attackers, but the assailants’ identity and motives remain unclear. Suspecting the rival Teito Union, Uesugi grows wary. Assigned to Uesugi’s crew, Soma digs into their networks—uncovering traces of former Teito members like Sudo Reiji, who has fled overseas.
With the release of Uesugi Yoshitake approaching, the Toyokai receives an assassination threat against him. The leadership raises security, while Munakata Seizo restructures his group—naming Sakai Atsushi as underboss and Murata Kunio as his aide. Meanwhile, Sawamura Ryuichi and Soma Kunihito try to settle a dispute involving old comrades, but…
After killing Toishi, Sudo schemes to join the Hachio-kai, now led by his old acquaintance Kurose Akito. Meanwhile, Nawa-kai’s Sakurai pressures Finance Minister Kanzaki—an ally of Hachio-kai—for profit. As rival factions begin moving, Toyokai reels when Uesugi suddenly declares the group’s dissolution.
A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter Yukiho and the pawn shop owner's son Ryouji. As time goes by, more mysterious deaths surround Yukiho & Ryouji. Detective Sasagaki still unable to let go of the pawn shop owner case discovers startling details about Yukiho and Ryouji ...
Nishinari, Osaka— Katsuhiro Tokuyama (Ryu Gan), who had been living as a civilian, gives in to repeated pleas from his former comrades and revives the delinquent gang Tokuyama-kai. The Tokuyama-kai begins seizing territory one after another from local yakuza groups. However, a clash with Nishinari’s largest prostitution syndicate, Shiraku-kai, becomes inevitable. Shiraku-kai retaliates by murdering one of Tokuyama-kai’s members, Shinjiro Nakanishi (Kyosuke Yabe), and kidnapping Katsuhiro’s only son, Nishiki. Swearing vengeance for Shinjiro and the rescue of Nishiki, six men arm themselves with Japanese swords and head for the Shiraku-kai headquarters. Waiting for them are 100 elite swordsmen, the Shiraku-kai’s fearsome “Batto-tai.” Six against one hundred. The curtain rises on a brutal, fearless battle where death holds no meaning.
Takeda is an honest police officer, father and husband, but after he’s promoted to detective he quickly becomes embroiled in dirty back room dealings, blackmail, and corruption that goes right to the top of the force. Meanwhile, renegade investigator Kusama must decide whether he should shake the foundations of Japanese law enforcement with the information that has come into his possession about the police.
Oda Takanori (Yasukaze Motomiya), head of Asuka Industries and secret leader of a vigilante group, is approached by Nagoshi Kōnosuke (Yorikazu Morimoto), chairman of the Nagoshi Group, with an unusual request. He asks Oda to rehabilitate Jin Yamazaki (Kandai Ueda), his illegitimate son and a former host who once worked under the Murakami-gumi—a group Oda had previously dismantled. Though Oda reluctantly agrees, Kanayama strongly opposes the decision, while Suzuki (Ichizō Matsuda) tries to keep the peace. Meanwhile, Kuro-matsu Ichirō (Hitoshi Ozawa), chairman of the Ashikaga-kai–affiliated Kuromatsu-kai, is released from prison. Replacing his fugitive younger brother, he emerges as a powerful new enemy standing in Oda’s way.
After their desperate battle against a hundred men, the six members of the Tokuyama-kai complete their prison sentences and are released from the Osaka Detention Center. Meanwhile, back in Nishinari, Koyukai and Nakane-gumi have been fighting for dominance, and the Tokuyama-kai’s territory has been completely taken over. As the Tokuyama-kai attempts to reclaim its turf, the powerful Mizuta-gumi and Jinra-gumi, backing Nakane-gumi and Koyukai from behind the scenes, move to wipe out the Tokuyama-kai entirely. Facing threats from Osaka’s strongest Mizuta-gumi and Kobe’s largest Jinra-gumi, Katsuhiro Tokuyama realizes the gang’s survival is at stake. He makes a decisive choice—to take on the yakuza crest. The Tokuyama-kai becomes a subordinate organization of the Jinra-gumi. Then, Jinra-gumi boss Chujiro Jinra (Sonny Chiba) issues his command: as the first step toward nationwide unification, the Tokuyama-kai is ordered to conquer Wakayama.
On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo, one of the employees, trying to convince the others that they will get good luck and fortune in his next life, and persuades them because they commit suicide to get there faster. It ends, however, in a single major failure. Rather than flee Shinjo being picked up by a Russian ship. Once there, he is overwhelmed by the social conditions that are completely different from those he has just left and decided therefore to return to Kanikosen to save their employees.
A live-action adaptation of the comic of the same name by Chika Tomisawa, depicting the comical daily life of a yakuza who suddenly finds himself reborn as a baby! Harada is a man living in the world of the yakuza. One day, whilst on his way to avenge his boss, he encounters a young couple in labour. Unable to turn a blind eye, he approaches them, but loses his balance and falls. When he came to, he had, to his astonishment, been reborn as a baby. What fate awaits Harada—now known as Hoshio (Hoccho-kun)—as he finds himself resigned to life as a baby…?
Toko Amano worked as a detective, but to take care of her sick husband she quit her job. After her husband passed away, Toko Amano now works as a crisis management expert. 3 days ago, Toko Amano's former mother-in-law rode on an express train with beds. She witnessed a man strangling a woman and told the train conductor, but he thought she imagined it. The police later searched for the woman's body, but could not find her. Toko Amano boards the same express train that her former mother-in-law rode. She looks for the dead body.
2017 V-Cinema film.
Sequel to 'The Actor'.
Betrayed by the legendary horse racing tipster Date, Keisuke has now joined forces with Tokai and Ochiai. Using thermal imaging cameras to assess the horses’ physical condition and predict the winning horse with a high degree of accuracy, the trio’s profits have reached 30 million yen. However, Date, having caught wind of this, steals both their earnings and their partners. Keisuke vows revenge…
Kyoichi Sakura (Ryuji Harada), the underboss of the Ichihara-kai, is known as the brains of the organization, trusted absolutely by Chairman Ichihara. One day, the boss of the rival Sanno-kai Todo-gumi is shot by a member of the Ichihara-kai. To take responsibility, Kyoichi is expelled from the syndicate. However, it was all part of a trap set by an internal spy. Soon after, loyal followers and other yakuza who had been exiled gather around him, and together they form a new group known as the Hamon-gumi — the exiled syndicate.
A woman in a bright green coat, Mizue (Toda Naho), gets off the bus at Shikaoi Town in Hokkaido. She has followed her former salsa dance partner, Arisaka (Endo Kenichi), to his hometown. Arisaka, who is about to start a new life, is troubled, and soon their feelings for each other burn intensely...
She's tantalizing. Spellbinding. Irresistible. And yet freelance photographer Uemura fights his attraction for the beautiful Mari with all his might. For not only is she the wife of the prominent head of a prestigious hospital, but all of those who've previously had affairs with this sensual succubus seem to have expired prematurely. It's a losing battle, however, and Uemura soon finds himself pulled into the arms of the voluptuous Mari and the jaws of a trap designed to suck men dry and spit out the husks. For it seems that Mari's husband, Ginjiro, is all too aware of who's been sleeping in his wife's bed, and the sexual predation that follows will pull Uemura into a world of bondage and depravity.
Once, there was a lone yakuza feared as the “One-Eyed Dragon.” His name was Seiji Moriya (Yasukaze Motomiya)—the man who would later become the first chairman of the Great Japan Kokusui Organization. This is the story of a young Moriya, still just a street thug, who lost his left eye yet never lost his will. Through encounters with mentors, family, and comrades who shared his ideals, he rose like a dragon through the turbulent world of the yakuza—staking everything on his conviction to revive the spirit of the Great Japan Kokusui Organization.
Six years have passed since Tetsuo Sakuragi (Yasukaze Motomiya) became the Wakagashira of the Shimazu Clan. One day, Sakuragi becomes the target of an assassination attempt by Mamoru, the son of the disbanded Morita Clan's leader. Though Sakuragi is shot, his injuries are not life-threatening. Understanding Mamoru’s dire circumstances, Sakuragi chooses to let the matter slide. However, the incident throws the Shimazu Clan's headquarters into chaos. Meanwhile, Hidetoshi Kaji (Hitoshi Ozawa), the leader of the Koga Family, interrogates Shimazu Clan member Takuzo Katsuya (Yoshimi Tachi) and learns about Mamoru’s involvement. Determined to settle the score, Kaji storms the Matsuno Association, the group that inherited the Morita Clan’s remnants, but fails to locate Mamoru. Relentless, Kaji has Matsuno’s members monitored, tracks down Mamoru’s whereabouts, and ultimately abducts him...
In July, Showa 33 (1958), Seiji Moriya finally succeeded in rebuilding the Great Japan Kokusui Organization. With the banner of “Anti-Communism and Patriotism,” he threw himself into various nationalist movements. At the same time, Moriya stood at the forefront of the yakuza world—stepping in to mediate a full-blown conflict between two powerful syndicates, the Tsuruhashi-gumi and the Kyokugo Yozakura Family. The legendary “One-Eyed Dragon” once feared by all—this is the story of his unwavering conviction.
The ninth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
The sixth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent, all of Masaaki’s students are drafted in a futile last-ditch effort. In an attempt to give the young men some hope, he makes everyone promise that they will all meet again under the cherry blossoms upon their safe return. Consumed by sadness over the fate of his students, Masaaki devotes the next 30 years of his life to develop a new species of cherry blossoms that could thrive in any climate in remembrance of his students.
'Domination' sequel.
To celebrate his 30th acting anniversary, Kōji Matoba stars as Seiji Oda, the fiercest member of Tendokai, who joins the organization under Kazuma Washio (Hitoshi Ozawa). In 2011, Tendokai dominates Kanto, while the rising Santōkai threatens them. Meanwhile, in Yokohama, Seiji Oda forms a rogue group, Oda Dōshi-kai, and violently protects his turf, clashing with Jinseikai. As Tendokai's Vice-Head Ryuji Kondo retires, Keiji Oda (Seiji's brother) is tasked with calming the tensions between the two groups, leading to a reunion between the Oda brothers.
The twelfth film in the 'Conquest' series.
Now leading the Hamon-gumi (the exiled syndicate), Kyoichi Sakura (Ryuji Harada) receives a request from Ichihara-kai’s chairman to eliminate a violent gang terrorizing Kisarazu. However, it turns out the gang’s leader is the son of the Sanno-kai Kenzaki-gumi boss, head of a massive organization. To make matters worse, a Chinese mafia group allied with the Kenzaki-gumi retaliates by targeting the Four Kings of the Hamon-gumi. The once tightly united group now faces the threat of collapse...
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A story of a wife who searches for a deceased person instead of a husband who works the detective business.
The tenth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
The second film in the 'Japan Gangster War' series.
Tachibana Shuji (Kazuki Namioka), leader of the Tachibana-gumi under the Anzai-gumi, is a unique figure—a university graduate turned yakuza. Known as the youngest leader in the Anzai-gumi, he was inspired by Anzai Takashi (Koichi Iwaki), the group's boss, and chose the yakuza path, aiming to be like him. Trouble arises when a thug from the Otsuru Family deals drugs in Anzai-gumi’s territory, violating their rules and sparking conflict. As tensions with the Otsuru Family threaten war, internal rifts form within the Anzai-gumi. Meanwhile, Anzai is set to be released from prison after 13 years, setting the stage for a dramatic showdown.
The eleventh 'Japan Gangster War' film.
Second entry in the Oda Seiji series
Makino Kuniyasu is consulted about the succession issue of the Joshu Okubo family. At that time, Makino is attacked by the Arabu Alliance Moriwaki Group, and he charges into enemy territory alone... This is the final installment of the Yakuza series starring Hakuryu, depicting the heroic half-life of the true gangster Makino Kuniyasu in a spectacular way.
The eighth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
The fourth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
The first film in the 'Japan Gokudo War' series.
After assuming the title of second boss of the Obara Group, Nozomi Hanada begins a counterattack against the Kanto Saiseikai Fukui Group.
1997 V-Cinema film.
In 1985, during the "Yamasei Conflict" in Kitami City, Hokkaido, Kazuharu Hashizume (Jiro Okazaki), leader of the Hashizume group under the Kamo faction of the Seiwa-kai, was gunned down by a member of the Tsuzuki faction, part of the Iwai group under the Inahara-kai. Despite this, the Seiwa-kai, the parent organization of the Hashizume group, pushed for a truce with the Tsuzuki faction, which had ties to their current rivals, the Yamaga group, to prevent further escalation. Unwilling to accept this decision, Kohei Nagamine (Yasukaze Motomiya), the Hashizume group’s lieutenant, leads his men in a defiant act of "truce-breaking," prepared to make enemies of yakuza across Japan.
Roku Takewaki (Ryuji Harada) of the Rikiishikai launches an attack on the head of the Ebina Union! However, the attack fails, leading to Roku’s imprisonment and Rikiishikai falling under the control of the Ebina Union. Upon his release, Roku is expelled from the organization by Rikiishikai’s Wakagashira, Gondo (Hideo Nakano), and is forced to survive by working as a shady debt collector. One day, Roku learns that Gondo was secretly behind the failed attack. Armed with twin pistols, he storms into Rikiishikai alone…!
2008 Original Video.
The twelfth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
The thirteenth film in the 'Conquest' series.
A drug deal within Anzai-gumi's territory sparks conflict with the Otsuru Family, leading to the death of the group's secretary, Daimura (Toshiyuki Nagashima). Driven by vengeance, the Daimura-gumi is determined to retaliate. Their lieutenant, Kawabe (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), captures and tortures a member of the Otsuru Family, uncovering that the mastermind behind the chaos is Higashio (Eiichi Furui), Anzai-gumi’s underboss. Enraged, Kawabe prepares for revenge. However, war has already begun. Otsuru Family attacks claim the lives of many young Anzai-gumi members. Amidst the bloodshed, Tachibana (Kazuki Namioka) receives crucial words from Boss Anzai (Koichi Iwaki) about what it truly means to live as a yakuza.
Straight to video Yakuza film.
The fifth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
He is neither a yakuza nor a katagi, but he has a wide network of contacts in both "Shinjuku Gu Regiment" Minamikata. He had no interest in money or honor and spent all his time with his younger brothers, Ashiya and Tachibana, in the daily consultation and handling of disputes. This time, he is the acting director of Hakuseikai and the coordinator of the bid-rigging related to the redevelopment of Roppongi requested by Hanakuma, Hanakuma's former younger brother. .... The director Takahashi Gen, who is the center of attention in the industry, has made a film based on the bestselling author Miyazaki Manabu with a gorgeous cast, and it is a big story of violence!
Based on the comic book by Tetsu Kusamoto.
The third 'Japan Gangster War' film.
Nozomi Hanada, the underboss of the Kanto Saiseikai Obara Group, lives his life on the path of chivalry while protecting his happy family with his wife Komaki and son Toru. One day, a major incident that shakes the Kanto Yakuza society breaks out. Nishimatsu, the chairman of the Saiseikai, decides to have the popular Obara succeed him, instead of the powerful Fukui. However, the ambitious Fukui is not satisfied with the decision and stabs Nishimatsu to death in order to take the chairman's position. He takes the outrageous step of putting the stigma of parent murder on Obara. Nozomi and his friends decide to fight to live the path of chivalry, but an even more cruel fate befalls them.
A lone chef challenges the taste of his food against the “Japan Cooking Committee”.
Saki Nishijima (Sayaka Fujimoto), an employee at major distribution company Ōsaki Trading, suffers harassment at work and considers changing jobs to Asuka Industries. Instead, she is deceived by her boyfriend Tomokazu Kawakita and forced into the sex industry. At her lowest point, Saki encounters Gensai (Makoto Gunji), leader of the religious group Daijōsai. Under his influence, she rises to become Gion’s No.1 hostess. However, Gensai is in reality a con artist who preaches salvation while swindling people out of vast sums of money. Oda, Suzuki, and Kanayama uncover connections between Daijōsai and the Ashikaga-kai and begin closing in on the truth. Unaware that Saki has become Gensai’s pawn, Suzuki finds himself increasingly drawn to her—placing both his heart and his life in danger.
