Biography
Hideo Murota (7 October 1937 – 15 June 2002) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 100 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in Original Sin (1992). In 2002, he passed away from lung cancer at the age of 64.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Women in the Mirror
2003
as Mr. Goda
Three women who share memories of the Hiroshima disaster try to uncover the hidden family ties that may or may not bind them together.

An Adolescent
2001
as Shozo
Incredibly indolent cop Tomokawa spends his time making fun of his mentally challenged friend Sukemasa, riding his bike all over the city and sleeping...

A Tender Place
2001
as Masayoshi Izumi
Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she pl...

Otoko Michi 5
2001
The conflict that broke out due to the expansion of the power of the Ninryukai was further intensified of both political and police powers.

Yakuza Zombie
2001
Yakuza Zombie opens with an introduction to a mysterious Yakuza graveyard deep in the forest, and a story of the baddest Yakuza of them all, Naruo Ryu...

Shura's Barbarian King
2001
Fumihiko Saizonoji , a man who lost everything in the plot of a bank and a general contractor when he was a child . Now , as Fumihiko Kanzaki , a man ...

Otoko Michi 2
2000
The second instalment depicting the fateful confrontation of Takizawa.

Isola: Multiple Personality Girl
2000
as Old victim of the Great Hanshin Earthquake
When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personalit...

Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
1999
Remake of Chusei Sone's 1983 comedy about a yakuza family trying their luck in show business.

Over the Night
1998
Actress Asada Kaori finally gets wet. A place where desire and betrayal intersect. And that's where the two meet... The Hong Kong mafia and a secret i...

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
1998
Sequel to 'Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf'

Black Angel
1998
as Mitsuru Amaoka
Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He gained...

Amagi Pass
1998
A fifteen year old boy travels through the Amagi Pass, he encounters some strange people, one of them is the geisha Ozuka Hana. After a murder takes p...

King of Sha-kin
1997
as Okamitsu
In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked busin...

King of Sha-kin 2
1997
A normal banker decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza.

End of Our Own Real
1997

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
1997
“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving ...

Emperor of Kita Dark Court Legend
1996
The third 'King of Kita' film.

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
1996
A yakuza movie directed by Eiichi Kudo

MOROCCO 2: The Return of the Yokohama Follies
1996
Tatsu's life seemed to be smooth sailing, as he was blessed by his friends, married Fujieda, and made peace with the yakuza. However, the days when th...

Shura ga Yuku 2
1996
A small group of men stigmatized for killing the gang leader tries to survive the group and take revenge on the man who killed them, while being invol...

I Want it, I Want it, I’m Dying
1995
There are rumors that “a mysterious woman who is very good at SEX will appear” in a small hot spring town. A magazine reporter from Tokyo finally find...

Endless Waltz
1995
Biopic about jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe and his wife, noted writer Izumi Suzuki.

Gonin
1995
as Shikine
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by co...

The King of Minami: City of Desire
1995
#13 in the series, after the Special Movie.

Chinpira Jingi: Gokuraku Tonbo
1994
A college graduate, a gutless office worker and a crunchy yakuza live together from a slight misunderstanding.

A Night in Nude
1993
as Care taker
Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and se...

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
as Momoi
Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993

Original Sin
1992
as Hideki Tsuchiya
Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.

The Setting Sun
1992
as Yamami Gou
A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.

Nanmin Road
1992
The story of four Vietnamese people moving to Japan.

Passion
1992
A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.

A Legend of Turmoil
1992
as Takashi Oda
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family....

Jingi
1991
Based on the comic by Ayumi Tachihara

Danger Point: The Road to Hell
1991
Killers Ken and Joji undertake the killing of a man named Sakai. He utters some interesting last words before being shot dead, leading Ken and Joji on...

Hey Oilers the Legend of Skyline
1991
The legendary sleeping lion is back in the modern era! Skyline GTR (BNR32) VS GTR (KPGC10) With Keiichi Tsuchiya of the "Megalopolis Expressway Trial...

Hiruko the Goblin
1991
as Watanabe
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin...

The Man Who Became The Don
1991

48 Hours of Prisoner Op Tracking
1991
Dirty Hero Takuro Kanzaki appears in a life and death murder game!

Scratched License
1991
A former safe-breaker, a former yakuza , and another young "Toshiro" Ryo (Aikawa) are planning to attack a casino run by a large organization. The thr...

Killing Melody Lady Smith
1990
A painfully splendid adventure has begun!

Heaven and Earth
1990
as Obu Toramasa
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across t...

Ready to Shoot
1990
as Ryu
A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his...

Beretta M92F Bombshell
1990
Koichi Iwaki plays a cool hitman!

What's Up Connection
1990
When a Hong Kong teenager from a poor family wins a trip to Japan, he unleashes a chain of events that will soon bring him from his secluded fishing v...

Harimao
1989
as Colonel Matsuura
A movie about Yutaka Tani, also known as " Malay Tiger Harimao, " who was active on the Malay Peninsula during the Pacific War

Confinement Naburu
1989
Pinku distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu.

Fuyu Monogatari
1989
Based on the comic by Hidenori Hara.

Sensei
1989
as Head of Yamamoto
In one of the districts of Tokyo, an old school is planned to be torn down after the summer holidays. The only person who is seriously worried about t...

It's Easier Than Kissing
1989
as Mr. Kaji
After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father

Love on a Daily Basis
1988
The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend.

Dogra Magra
1988
as Dr. Wakabayashi
A young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious d...

This Heartbeat
1988
The love and friendships of high school students

Seven Days War
1988
as Segawa
A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers. ...

Those Swell Yakuza
1988
Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.

Bu-ra-i no onna
1988
A group of friends get together to remember a decessed classmate. One of them is a detective who loves one of the women. But the woman is in love the ...

Abunai Deka
1987
as Marumi
When a doctor is found dead and the company's exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing, detective Takayama and Oshita are called to the Nakamitsu ph...

Sure Death 4
1987
as Yahei Hirano
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in t...

The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
as Tateoka
A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a s...

A Taxing Woman
1987
as Jukichi Ishii
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a t...

Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
1986
Ayumi Ishida won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress.

South to the Horizon
1986
as Kazuyuki Kiryu
Tetsu gets into an argument with some Okinawa yakuza and is murdered by them. His brother Ryo comes to Okinawa shortly thereafter and teams up with Te...

Cabaret
1986
as Kosakai
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist start...

The Sound of the Waves
1985

The Second Is a Christian
1985
as Kuroiwa
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhi...

Let Him Rest in Peace
1985
as Tokuda Otomatsu
A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman and busts a few heads.

The Seburi Story
1985
as Kuzushiri
The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially ...

The Island Closest to Heaven
1984
as Kyuzo Nishio
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.

Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta
1984
At a certain high school in Karuizawa, students relied on ordinary local trains for their commute, but with only seven trains running per day, missing...

Curtain Call
1984
as Taizo Oomori
Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised Miho that she could go on a journey to find her rea...

Kukai
1984
The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined infl...

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
as New Commandant of Camp
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel Joh...

Theater Of Life
1983
Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.

Kidnapping Blues
1982
as Drunken Guest
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not...

Lullaby of Death
1982
as Detective Shibusawa
Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. ...

Lake of Illusions
1982
as Yazaki
A woman works as a prostitute and attendant to make a living at a bathhouse. She is athletic and is an avid runner. She has met and adopted a white do...

The Law of Hell
1982
At a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The owner Ikuzo manages the restaurant with his daughter. I...

The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September
1982
as Vane
Ryo once rode with a biker gang; ever since his friend Tetsuji died riding in September, he's retired from biking, trying to forget the past.

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
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. H...

Fossilized Wilderness
1982
Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his ...
On the Road
1982
as Takamori
Model Reiko Higa is injured after being hit by a car pursued by motorcycle cop Tomishima. Tomishima's supervisor refuses his request to apologize to R...

Station
1981
as Shigeru Morioka
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.

Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
as Inspector Isokawa
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.

Samurai Reincarnation
1981
as Priest Inshun Hozoin
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Sata...

Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
as Owner of Queen Elizabeth
A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic...

The Beast to Die
1980
as Hideyuki Kashiwagi
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the aut...

Kagemusha
1980
as Nobufusa Baba
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid at...

Dead Angle
1979
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

Hunter in the Dark
1979
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to...

Goodbye, Flickmania
1979
Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film...

The Fighting Rascal
1979

Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when...

Rape and Death of a Housewife
1978
as Taizo Eguchi
Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attac...

Shag
1978
Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.

Shogun's Samurai
1978
as Sagenta Nogero
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the sho...

Proof of the Man
1977
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a Ne...

The Story of a Geisha
1977
In the year 1873, a Japanese woman is sold as a mistress to an American diplomat stationed in Japan.

Doberman Cop
1977
as Officer Jirō Takahashi
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into ...

Curse of the Dog God
1977
as Ryusaku Tarumi
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by t...

Karate for Life
1977
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a ...

The Smart Aleck Ten
1977
Based on the comic by Toshiya Masaoka.

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976

The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1976
as Tsuneyuki Okimoto
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.

A Kawachi Rascal's Song
1976
Even after turning 30, Matsutaro Tokuda is still single and spends his days driving a white taxi. He likes to gamble, although he doesn't have a talen...

Yakuza Graveyard
1976
as Detective Inspector Hidaka Yoshito
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own...

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976
as Gushikawa
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody...

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.

The Classroom of Terror
1976
Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by ...

The Most Perverted Post War Crimes
1976
as Akira Nishimoto
Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.

Festival Champ
1976
Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in love with a stripper while delivering his colleagu...

A Savage Beast Goes Mad
1976
as Shimosaka
Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fi...

Karate Warriors
1976
as Ryuzo Nishimura
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.

Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's brother,...

The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and ...

Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.

Karate Bear Fighter
1975
Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oy...

Deep Throat in Tokyo
1975
as Takehiko Sakuma
Kumi Taguchi is a model who leaves her boxer boyfriend after he sustains an injury. She meets and quickly marries Hideo, the heir to a corporate empir...

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
as Takeo Akamatsu
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The nex...

Scoundrel Boss
1975
as Daigoro Koiwa
Daigoro Koiwa and Katsuo Rokujo, who met by chance, open a recession-resistant funeral business and a urinary treatment business, and put it on track,...

Story of a Nymphomaniac
1975
as (uncredited)
Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to u...

The Man Gang
1975
as Principal Ryuji Shirai
Based on the comic by Tetsu Kariya.

Karate Bullfighter
1975
Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After t...

Company Buggers
1975
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.
Green Lovers
1975
Pinku from 1975.

Gambling Den Heist
1975
as Kumakichi
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.

Shimane Prison Riot
1975
as Prison guard
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail h...

The Murder Corps
1975
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...

Cops vs. Thugs
1975
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the ac...

Great Jailbreak
1975
as Daichi
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and direct...

Wolf Guy
1975
as Sanuki
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of...

13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
1975
as Warden Akae
Maki is the leader of a female gang who fights for justice, but she ends up being framed and sent to a sadistic woman's prison. Will Maki be able to e...

The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975
The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in...

Graveyard of Honor
1975
as Yasuo Matsuoka
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975
as Yûzô Shikauchi
A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner’s wife.

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
1974
as Tatsuzo
When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang ...

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
as Masuo Nozaki
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attemp...

Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
1974
as Kazushige Osone
Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into t...

The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.

Violent Fraternity
1974
Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.

Code of Wolves
1974
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Father of the Kamikaze
1974
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solutio...

The Executioner
1974
as Boss
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura wor...

Third Generation Boss
1974
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.

Military Comfort Woman
1974
Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army during WW2.

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
1974
as Kusaka
Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to pri...

The Tattooed Hitman
1974
as Takeshi Daito
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 ...

Violent Streets
1974
as Mochizuki Kunihiro
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.

Jeans Blues: No Future
1974
as Hayakawa
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends...

Reformatory Buddies
1974
Third film in the series.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Hideo Hayakawa
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new di...

Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
1974
as Hirata Yayoi
Keiko Aizawa a vengeance-crazed vixen sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her older sister.

Yokosuka Navy Prison
1973
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.

Karate Killer
1973
as Masaru Tatsumi
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins work...

Farewell to Rock'n Roll
1973
There is an ongoing war between two Girl Gangs, the Akabane 100 Club and the Ikebukuro Cavalry. Yukiko, the "Bankaku," or chief bodyguard of the Akaba...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Hideo Hayakawa
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new frien...

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973
Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated streets of Tokyo, a desperate and ambitious group o...

The Bodyguard
1973
as Ishimochi
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the n...

Professional Killers
1973
as Matajûrô Mineyama
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973
as Kuroda
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than refo...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
as Keisuke Nakahara
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 love...

Quarreling with Yakuza
1973
Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most powerful gang in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya ward.

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
1972
as Okizaki
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobed...

Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
1972
Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor -- ma...

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
as Igarashi
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and hi...

Yakuza Skirmishes
1972
In the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively with prostitutes, politicians and the police.

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701
1972
as Okizaki
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire ...

Rogue Of The Night
1972

The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After buyin...

Street Mobster
1972
as Miyahara
After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.

Gang Warfare
1972

Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
1972
as Yasuo Onuma
A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971

Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
1971
Exciting fight of a secret police detective over secret of a diamond.

The Armed Organization
1971
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He...

The Gambler's Counterattack
1971
as Kawashima
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect hi...

Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting
1971
This is the Twelfth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” ...

The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
1971
This is the thirteenth film in the series.

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.

The Big Chase
1971

Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
1971
Exciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.

Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
as Shark
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

The Last Kamikaze
1970
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji T...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.

Postwar Secrets
1970
Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by Tsusai Sugawara, who was a Japanese writer and pol...

If You Were Young: Rage
1970
If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom....

A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels.

The Drifting Gambler
1970
8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.

Code Between Brothers: All New
1970
When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family. S...

Rise and Fall of Chivalry
1970
A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970
It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created the black market and lubricated illegal business opport...

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! ...

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.

The Private Police
1969
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans ...

Black Rose Mansion
1969
as Kyohei's son - Wataru's brother
When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicida...

Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
as Shiga
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is ta...

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless
1969
Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes.

The Cheating Underworld
1968
as Barman
Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yen.

Snake Woman's Curse
1968
as Saiji
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died...

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schoo...

The Bad Boss
1968
The first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.

Henchmen
1968
as Aoki
The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Izu in Shizuoka during the early Showa period. Repre...

Prison Boss
1968
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.

Blackmail Is My Life
1968
as Seki
Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. D...

Gambler's Farewell
1968
as Koike
The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.
Army Intelligence
1968
as Middle-aged man
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.

The Rickshaw Man’s Son
1967
A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a dau...

Parole
1967
as Amano
Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

Captain Ultra: The Movie
1967
as Narrator (voice)
In the latter half of the 21st century, Captain Ultra and the crew of his ship the Mighty Spiegel oppose the Vandel aliens. Re-edited from episodes 2...

Organized Violence II
1967
as Detective Sawai

The Chivalrous Life
1967
Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against othe...

Dissolution Rites
1967
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Ko...

Organized Violence
1967
A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.

Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966
as Gen Ashida
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local ga...

Nerves for Victory
1966
A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
1966
as Mr. Miracle
TULIP (The Undercover Line of International Police) is a New York-based international police force in direct opposition to the criminal organization T...

Terror Beneath the Sea
1966
as Henchman
While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the...

The Kamikaze Guy
1966
An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.

The Threat
1966
as Sabu
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family....

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966
Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the riva...

Gang's Upward Strategy
1965

Brutal Tales of Chivalry
1965
as Yakuza
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keepin...

The Hoodlum Brothers
1965
A crime film released in 1965

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965
as Harimoto
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.

A Charming Devil
1965
Movie adaptation of the TV series.

Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
as Saiki, News reporter
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some commun...

A Fugitive from the Past
1965
as Pressman
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, prov...

Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
as Iwasaki's henchman
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is ...

The Desperate
1964
as Tomita
A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai pursues Chiyo, the mistress o...

Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
1964

浅草の侠客
1963
Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by an honorable Yakuza in Tokyo's Asakusa district.

Duel of the Underworld
1963

Police Precinct Part 21
1963
A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, sm...

Judo Life
1963
Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo...

Nerai uchi buraikan
1962
1962 Japanese movie

Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
1962
1962 Japanese movie

Zankokuna tsuki
1962
1962 Japanese movie

G-Men in the Pacific
1962
as Komori
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.

The Eighth Enemy
1961

Futaridake no taiyō
1961
1961 Japanese movie

G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves
1960
G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels all...

The Second Bullet is Marked
1960
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Midair Circus
1958
1958 Toei movie.

Monsoon Son Pt.2
1958
1958 Toei movie

Monsoon Son
1958
1958 Toei movie.

Merciless Blade Part 2
1953
The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.