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A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
Ultraman and his comrades from M-78 (including a new Ultraman, Zero, the son of Ultra Seven) join forces with other allies to fight a massive army of giant monsters led by the evil Ultraman Belial.
Matsuba Group was dominant in Gumma but an emerging group begins to mess around their territory. Designated as the leader of a branch, Makino swipes the rival group... but can he take on a horde of rival assassins?
At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southeast Asia. After a brief career as a low-level military adventurer, Iheiji sets up chains of brothels throughout Asia. As Japan's power in the region grows, so does Iheiji's prosperity and patriotism.
Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Will Hazuki be able to assume her husband’s position as the head of the established yakuza clan?
The female ninja butterfly was the daughter of a large store five years ago. The butterfly is in love with the Ronin Kurokawa Gennoshin, and one night he abandons everything and leaves the house to be with him, but he…
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
One year after the battle with Belial's Galactic Empire, the members of Ultimate Force Zero returned to Planet Esmeralda to see Princess Emerana. They arrived to see her and Jean Bot captures by a mysterious artificial planet which then took of for another universe. In the Universe where the sphere fled to, Zap Spacy members Rei and Hyuga are forced to infiltrate it, as it is on a collision course with Planet Bram. Inside they encounter various robot monsters, that the Ultramen have fought in the past, all under the control of Beatstar, with one mission: "Destroy all organic life". After saving Emerana, they encounter a robot very similar to Jean Bot, Jean Killer. During their fight with Jean Killer, Zero learns from Jean Bot that Jean Killer is actually his twin brother. Ultimate Force Zero must now put a stop to Killer's rampage and defeat Beatstar in the process. This is part 1 of a 2-part special release to promote the movie Ultraman Saga.
#29 in the King of Minami series. Manda and his associates follow a debt-laden detective to Hiroshima, where they plan to collect from his former employer for engaging in wrongful termination, under the intentionally vague label of "restructuring."
13th installment of the 16-film franchise.
Battlefield Baseball is a tough game — it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their opponents on the Seido High team know they don't have a chance at beating them unless they can bring back a star pitcher who has a lethal pitch called the Super Tornado, but who has hung up his cleats and has no desire to return to the game.
For a little extra money a college student agrees to pose as a nude model for a magazine. But she finds out too late that the magazine is a pornographic one. When it gets published it causes problems with her boyfriend who happens to see it. She is persuaded into do a few more sessions and each time the setups becomes more extreme. She begins to lose herself in heat of passion and doesn’t notice the camera is shooting when the action turns into the real thing.
The seventh movie of the series “Yakuza Ladies” focuses on a wife of a small Osaka family. She risks her life to protect her husband’s family and its members against much larger, more established organizations.
Ryūmonji Seigō (Hitoshi Ozawa), leader of the Ryūmonji Clan and known as "The Immortal Dragon," leads a double life as "Hide-san," the humble master of a small café. Despite his fearsome reputation, he upholds the yakuza code of honor, solving troubles with his own hands. When Detective Kakuta (Hiroyuki Watanabe) tells him about scams targeting the elderly, Seigō orders an investigation, uncovering that someone within his clan is involved, along with illegal drug trades. “The Ryūmonji Clan must remain noble thieves—protecting the weak.” As his dragon tattoo comes alive, the legendary yakuza takes on modern-day evils!
Zero sits on a cliff while he watches a strange tower firing lightning bolts, and then rises to face against what it seemed to be members Ultra Brothers, Ultraman, Robot Zoffy, Ultraman Jack and Ultraman Ace. After incapacitating the ZAP SPACY's Space Pendragon, Ultraseven joined the group as they face against Zero.
Kinjiro Oribe, nicknamed Orikin, is a professional golfer who has not won a single tournament in his 17-year golf career. He arrives at the golf training course in the city center as a professional instructor, he is inspired by unique people, and he becomes obsessed with the idea of winning at least one victory on the tour, which he almost gave up...
Zero finds himself trapped within a universal gap and faced against an impostor Ace. Following the battle, Darklops Zero was restrained once more by Herodia, remembering a figure named "Kaiser Belial" before deactivating. Rei was restrained after his failed attempt to intrude the alien base but was rescued by none other than his alternate self. Unlike the prime Rei, alternate Reimon was never able to control his powers, forced into the state of Reionic Burst until the original Rei punched Reimon, thus deactivating its Reionic Burst mode. Rei revealed that he lost his Rayblood instinct after Hyuga threw Seven's Eye Slugger, creating a scar on his chest which symbolizes the former's friendship with ZAP SPACY members. While searching for Rei, Hyuga instead finds his Neo Battle Nizer and an entrance to the alien base made by Litra. Although the fake Ace was destroyed, Zero try to find an escaped but was halted by Seven and Ultraman impostors.
Ryūmonji Seigō (Hitoshi Ozawa), leader of the Ryūmonji Clan and known as the 'Immortal Dragon,' occasionally leaves the yakuza world to run a coffee shop, helping troubled locals. When former cop Kakuta (Hiroyuki Watanabe) asks for help with a wire fraud case, Ryūmonji entrusts his men, including Kanbara (Yasukaze Motomiya), to deal with the criminals. However, a drug deal within the family is exposed, and Ryūmonji works to resolve it. As he investigates, more problems within the organization arise. “The Ryūmonji Clan must remain noble thieves—protecting the weak.” As his dragon tattoo comes alive, the legendary yakuza takes on modern-day evils!
2nd film in the '任侠哀歌' trilogy. Kurosaki Ken (Namioka Kazuki) burns with a desire for revenge after his father was killed by the Kiryu-kai. With Ken's declaration, Mikitani's scheme became public and the Kiryu Clan disown him. In order to split the Kiryu Clan and set his revenge in motion, Ken first assassinates Kawashima (Fujiwara Yoshiaki). Mikitani mistakenly believed that Kawashima's assassination was the work of Sagawa (Motomiya Yasukaze), and hid from the Kiryu Clan with aims to capture Sagawa. However, Sagawa saw through Ken's scheme and instead uses Mikitani in an attempt to kill him. Just as Ken was planning his next move, a man arrives at his hideout: Ando Tatsuya (Kitadai Takashi), Kurosaki's best friend, and the one whose crimes Ken went down for five years ago ...
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Some of the greatest battles during the Age of Civil Wars were fought between the Uesugi and Takeda clans. Leading up to them was the incredible life of Uesugi Kenshin, who rose from a son out of favor with his...
Final film in the '任侠哀歌' trilogy. Kurosaki Ken (Namioka Kazuki) has now lost both parents to the machinations of the Kiryu Clan and his fire for vengeance hits its peak. However, the chairman of the Kiryu Clan, Kijima (Watanabe Hiroyuki), is revealed to have been both a close friend of Ken's father Hiroshi ... and Ken's own biological father. Kijima challenges Ken to a one-on-one duel and allow his son an honourable vengeance, but the Kiryu Clan's captain, Sagawa (Motomiya Yasukaze) interferes to protect Chairman Kijima and shoots Ken in the leg, ending the fight in a draw. Unable to move and but needing to further his plan to dismantle the Kiryu Clan, Ken beseeches his friend Daisuke (Isaka Tatsuya) to visit a certain person: Ishibashi (Sugata Shun), a detective who had been circling around the wild Sagawa. Realising their goals are aligned, Ishibashi shares a vital secret that may finally end Sagawa's rampant violence ...
A spy satellite has malfunctioned and is going to crash into the Earth. The US government bring on line a power laser. When the laser strikes the satellite, it causes a rip and time and sends Monroe High school 200 years into the future, including teachers, students and an escaping criminal. The students find themselves in a barren world, where they are set upon by the escaped criminal and a fierce monster.
Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.
The Naito Shinjuku Family, a hereditary organization where only those of the Washio bloodline can inherit leadership. Under a calculated scheme, Wakagashira Yuki Kanemaru eliminates the 12th-generation leader, Gunji Washio (Hitoshi Ozawa), in a bid to fulfill his fateful mission of establishing Washio Kiyoharu (Kazuyoshi Ozawa), Gunji’s long-buried sworn brother, as the rightful 12th leader. In a shocking turn, Kanemaru engulfs the Naito Shinjuku Family in flames and meets his end through self-immolation. As Shateigashira Hosa (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) pushes to restore order by advocating for Taiga Washio (Haruto Ochiai) as the 13th leader, the situation spirals further out of control with the release of Shuyu Ohgami (Norimasa Tomie), a former Naito Shinjuku Family member, from prison...!
Adapted from Shusaku Endō's novel.
An American model is pursued by Yakuza gangsters when she writes a book about her experience modeling in Japan.
First film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.
1st film of the 任侠哀歌 series. Kurosaki Ken (Namioka Kazuki), the son of Saijo Fund executive Kurosaki Hiroshi (Akai Hidekazu), gets caught up in a dispute between the Sagawa and Kawashima groups, both of which are affiliated with the yakuza organization Kiryu-kai, and is captured by the Sagawa gang along with his friends Ando Tatsuya (Kitadai Takashi) and Hanamaki Daisuke (Isaka Tatsuya). Just as they are about to be killed, Ken's father Hiroshi saves the three. After being persuaded by Hiroshi, the three swear to reform, but Tatsuya is tricked by Mikitani of the Kawashima gang and is nearly killed. Ken accidentally shoots Mikitani while trying to stop him, and is arrested and sentenced to 5 years for attempted murder. While in custody, his father appears to commits suicide and Ken becomes consumed with guilt and doubts about the veracity of his father's murder. Five years later, Ken is released, and begins to look for answers ...
In order to fulfill the fate and great cause of placing his sworn brother, Kiyoharu Washio (Kazuyoshi Ozawa), who had been buried in the darkness until now, as the 12th generation leader of the Naito Shinjuku family, Yuki Kanemaru (Masaya Kato) covered the office with flames and ultimately met his end in self-immolation. Just as he passes away, former 12th generation underling, Hideyoshi Ogami (Norimasa Fujie), is released after serving a long prison sentence. This leads the Naito Shinjuku family into a three-way struggle: Toki Reiji (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) and his faction who support Taiga Washio (Haruto Ochiai) as the 13th generation, the faction led by Akira Shiba (Kunihiko Ida) who seeks to put Seiharu in power and rewrite history, and Ogami’s faction. Finally, the president of the Osaka Namba-kai, Masami Yukimura (Takashi Ukaji), reveals himself, and the story is about to connect to a new bloodline!
A Japanese film released on November 23, 2012. This is the second installment of Toei Hero Next. It features the casts of Kamen Rider Fourze. Yukio Asao (Fukushi Sota), a college student, was suddenly surrounded by lights and was detained in the interrogation room when he noticed. That is 25 years later from now, in the future. And there, he will be executed for his own sins of killing as many as five people. Yukio, who is convinced of his innocence, begins to escape under the guidance of "Riseman" (Ryo Yoshizawa). The time limit for the approaching public execution is only 72 hours. Can they prove his innocence and change the future?
Second film in the 'Conquest' series.
The story of young ramen chef, who takes ownership of Gantetsu Ramen after the disappearance of his father, determined to train hard to get back at those who led his father going missing.
As the Naito Shinjuku family’s split conflict deepens into even greater chaos, Reiji Toki (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) is defeated after a battle beyond human understanding with Kiyoharu Washio (Kazuyoshi Ozawa). In this dire situation where Reiji’s life hangs in the balance, a tense atmosphere begins to spread even within the faction supporting Taiga Washio (Haruto Ochiai). Tetsutake Yu (Takashi Kuroishi) grows suspicious of former violent crimes detective Shinichi Akiba (Yasukaze Motomiya) acting alone and locks him up. However, this is part of a scheme by the faction led by Akira Shiba (Kunihiko Ida), who wants to place Seiharu in power and rewrite history. Amidst this turmoil, Hideyoshi Ogami (Norimasa Fujie) steadily strengthens ties with the president of the Osaka Namba-kai, Masami Yukimura (Takashi Ukaji), and the chaotic three-way struggle intensifies!
The seventeenth 'Road to the Don' film.
Following her father's death Mirai moves into a house with her uncle and his wife but finds herself lost and confused as she begins to have horrible visions. Mysteriously people around her begin dying one by one and Mirai sets off on a desperate search into her past in an attempt to find the murderer. The past uncovers a mystery that is linked to startling family secret.
The eighteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
The nineteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
Kaitō, a top-class courier, is hired to transport a woman calling herself Kamigishi to a remote destination. But, along the way, they come under attack from a mysterious Land Cruiser!!
Second film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.
Third film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.
Fourth film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.
