Hiroshi Nawa

Hiroshi Nawa

1932-10-16 Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan 144 Credits

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OL punisher Mae she turns into a swimsuit

OL punisher Mae she turns into a swimsuit

1990

Acting

An OV drama in which an office lady trio sanctions men in the company.

Yakuza Ladies 2

Yakuza Ladies 2

1987

7.7
Acting

Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she...

Space Girl Morumo 1/10

Space Girl Morumo 1/10

1987

Acting

Fuji Television film based on the manga of the same name by Hiroshi Aro.

Beautiful Teacher in Torture Hell

Beautiful Teacher in Torture Hell

1985

as Satoshi Tanokura(田野倉聡)

5.3
Acting

A female teacher who is skilled in kendo is assigned to a rural high school in a beautiful remote valley. But she is soon trapped in a wide conspiracy...

She Cat

She Cat

1983

as Taro Irijika

3.8
Acting

Dr. Cat Kagami was hoping to leave her torrid past behind, but a failed assassination attempt has now put her square in the crosshairs of a team of br...

Crimson Night Dream

Crimson Night Dream

1983

as Yoshizô Gotô

2.0
Acting
Flames of Blood

Flames of Blood

1981

7.0
Acting

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's a...

Port Arthur

Port Arthur

1980

as Satoru Nakamura

7.3
Acting

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

1980

as Tsuneo Muraoka

6.7
Acting

The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight...

The Revolt

The Revolt

1980

6.0
Acting

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miy...

Run Truck Rascal, Run!

Run Truck Rascal, Run!

1979

as Sekine

Acting

Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving i...

Star of David: Beauty Hunting

Star of David: Beauty Hunting

1979

as Yasuhisa / Tatsuya's stepfather(神納康久)

6.3
Acting

The film portrays the life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper descent whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture. This handsome ...

The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

1978

6.1
Acting

The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle...

Boxer

Boxer

1977

as Yamamoto

6.8
Acting

In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and sta...

Japanese Humanity and Justice

Japanese Humanity and Justice

1977

7.0
Acting

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed.

Karate for Life

Karate for Life

1977

6.6
Acting

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 ...

Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

1977

as Masahiko Miyawaki

4.3
Acting

A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

1977

7.0
Acting

After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.

The Classroom of Terror

The Classroom of Terror

1976

6.0
Acting

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 ...

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

1976

as Funada

6.6
Acting

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constan...

The Racketeer Ishimatsu

The Racketeer Ishimatsu

1976

as Shinichi Hoshino

Acting

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

Female Ninjas: In Bed with the Enemy

Female Ninjas: In Bed with the Enemy

1976

5.9
Acting

Female ninjas nudity and sword-weilding action directed by Takayuki Miyagawa is bawdy and thrilling! The female ninjas are sent undercover (sometimes ...

The Killing Machine

The Killing Machine

1976

5.3
Acting

Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor and...

Operation Plazma in Osaka

Operation Plazma in Osaka

1976

6.5
Acting

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

Confessions of Lady Mantis

Confessions of Lady Mantis

1975

4.0
Acting

Midori Satsuki stars as a serial seducer who destroys one man’s life after another. Finally she seduces a professional killer, with disastrous consequ...

Story of a Nymphomaniac

Story of a Nymphomaniac

1975

as Kihei

5.0
Acting

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...

Detonation: Violent Riders

Detonation: Violent Riders

1975

8.0
Acting

Wild-hearted mechanic boy Iwaki falls in love with the innocent but gang tied Michiko.

Gambling Den Heist

Gambling Den Heist

1975

as Kuniyoshi

6.7
Acting

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.

Shimane Prison Riot

Shimane Prison Riot

1975

as Yakuza

5.0
Acting

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

The Murder Corps

1975

Acting

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...

Wolf Guy

Wolf Guy

1975

as Keiichi Manabe

5.9
Acting

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

13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats

1975

as Ryunosuke Daimon

6.2
Acting

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

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

1975

Acting

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...

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

1974

5.5
Acting

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

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

1974

5.6
Acting

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...

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

1974

6.5
Acting

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.

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

1974

5.0
Acting

Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.

Violent Fraternity

Violent Fraternity

1974

Acting

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

Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game

Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game

1974

6.7
Acting

Released from reform school, the Girl Boss and her girl gang enter into conflict with another girl gang who are allied to the powerful Yakuza Boss.

A Single Flower Withered

A Single Flower Withered

1974

Acting

Shiratori Shinichi, is released from prison and now roams the streets in search of his sister. While at a red-light district in Chiba, Shiratori finds...

The Executioner

The Executioner

1974

6.6
Acting

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

Yokosuka Navy Prison

Yokosuka Navy Prison

1973

7.0
Acting

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

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973

as Muraoka

7.3
Acting

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...

The Secret Sexual Life of College Girls

The Secret Sexual Life of College Girls

1973

Acting
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

1973

as Maehara

Acting

A truck driver arrives in Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and h...

Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group

Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group

1973

as School Principal

7.5
Acting

A nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is de...

The High Cost of Virginity

The High Cost of Virginity

1973

Acting

1973 Toei movie.

Dangerous Trade in Kobe

Dangerous Trade in Kobe

1973

6.5
Acting

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

Female Yakuza Tale

Female Yakuza Tale

1973

as Kinzô

6.2
Acting

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tor...

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

1973

as Minoru Toyama

6.2
Acting

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...

Hell Riders in Kyoto

Hell Riders in Kyoto

1973

Acting

The rich punk Junya has only one thing in mind: to race with the police on his motorcycle. That makes him unpopular, not only with the police, even wi...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973

as Tsuneo Muraoka

7.4
Acting

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...

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

1973

6.1
Acting

Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline b...

Sex and Fury

Sex and Fury

1973

as Naozô Iwakura

6.2
Acting

Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

as Doi

7.4
Acting

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

1973

as Bandô

5.5
Acting

The Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang territory, where they end up getting kidnapped by siniste...

The Red Silk Gambler

The Red Silk Gambler

1972

7.7
Acting

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 Tige...

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom

1972

as School Official

6.2
Acting

Delinquent girl boss meets and conflicts with an orphan girl who lives an isolated life after the dramatic deaths of her parents. She plays the piano,...

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

1972

as gambler

7.0
Acting

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Mon...

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

1972

as Monkumatsu

7.1
Acting

In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to...

Girl Boss Guerilla

Girl Boss Guerilla

1972

as Ryotan

6.1
Acting

Sachiko is the leader of a girl gang from Shinjuku who wind up in Kyoto and make a bid to take over the local girl gangs there.

Turtle Geisha

Turtle Geisha

1972

as Danpei

4.5
Acting

Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In the end, she’s pitted against a sexual superman and a...

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory

1972

Acting

A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.

The Erotomaniac Daimyo

The Erotomaniac Daimyo

1972

as Tadateru Ogura

5.2
Acting

Kiyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Ienari is married-off to Tadateru Ogura, the lord of a Kyushu clan. However, the lord's sexual inexperience and Kiyoh...

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

1972

6.0
Acting

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsu...

Delinquent Street

Delinquent Street

1972

Acting
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty

1972

7.4
Acting

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help gui...

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers

1971

Acting

When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu's underworld, three brothers and their yakuza family are the only ones that stand in their way.

The Viper Brothers Rage Again

The Viper Brothers Rage Again

1971

Acting

Part 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and ...

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen

1971

6.0
Acting

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.

The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor

The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor

1971

Acting

The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor (関東兄弟仁義 仁侠) is a 1971 film directed by Buichi Saitō. It is the ninth and last film in the Duty of Brotherhood series...

Story of Japanese Bad Men

Story of Japanese Bad Men

1971

Acting

Toei yakuza film.

Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha

Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha

1971

3.5
Acting

Many persons visit the hot springs resort to try out Reiko's famous vagina with quivering walls, "the sensation of worms wiggling about"... that won h...

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

1971

7.3
Acting

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her ...

Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival

Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival

1971

Acting

The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil Hiro...

Fun on the Run

Fun on the Run

1970

as Sagawa

Acting

Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.

The Silk Hat Boss 2

The Silk Hat Boss 2

1970

Acting

The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.

Japan's Number One Yakuza Man

Japan's Number One Yakuza Man

1970

Acting

The eighth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.

House of Gamblers

House of Gamblers

1970

7.0
Acting

Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of his family being insulted by the Tanuma's family go...

Kanto Street Peddlers Clan: Violent Loyalty

Kanto Street Peddlers Clan: Violent Loyalty

1970

Acting

The second film in the Kanto Street Peddlers Clan series starring Bunta Sugawara.

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

1970

6.3
Acting

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.

Brave Red Flower of the North

Brave Red Flower of the North

1970

6.0
Acting

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Ya...

Gambler's Legacy

Gambler's Legacy

1969

6.5
Acting

A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mita Family, searches for the man bearing a tattoo of...

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

1969

5.9
Acting

Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her si...

Okatsu the Fugitive

Okatsu the Fugitive

1969

6.1
Acting

Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to ma...

The Private Police

The Private Police

1969

7.0
Acting

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 ...

Bloody Territories

Bloody Territories

1969

as Masakichi 'Masa' Jinno, Kansai Syndicate vice-chair

4.9
Acting

A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a campaign...

The Biggest Gamble

The Biggest Gamble

1969

as Yoshioka

7.0
Acting

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which put...

Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage

Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage

1969

Acting

The third film in the Zenka-mono series.At the beginning of the Showa period, Matsukichi Iwaki was released from prison after 10 years in prison. Mats...

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless

1969

Acting

Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes.

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

1968

6.0
Acting

With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. ...

Ukiyo-e Artist

Ukiyo-e Artist

1968

Acting

A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign o...

Ohyaku: The Female Demon

Ohyaku: The Female Demon

1968

6.7
Acting

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of government gold. When this plan goes wrong and...

Enlisted Yakuza

Enlisted Yakuza

1968

5.0
Acting

It is the third film in the Gokudo series. In this episode, set in 1937, the main character of the series gang leader Shimamura is drafted into the mi...

Wicked Priest

Wicked Priest

1968

5.7
Acting

During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two factions. One of these factions was led by the Chief ...

Outlaw: Heartless

Outlaw: Heartless

1968

as Shinzeki

6.6
Acting

Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This...

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

1968

as Kuroiwa Shuzen

8.5
Acting

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns hersel...

Industrial Spy

Industrial Spy

1968

as Eiichiro Matsui

6.0
Acting

Kogure, an industrial spy, is tasked by Sawada, head of the research department of the Nisshin Corporation, to learn the secrets of the design of a ne...

Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger

Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger

1968

7.0
Acting

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A ra...

Big Time Gambling Boss

Big Time Gambling Boss

1968

as Kôhei Ishido

7.2
Acting

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 off...

Three Seconds to Zero Hour

Three Seconds to Zero Hour

1967

as Komiya

6.4
Acting

“I like shady dealings,” purrs undercover superspy Yabuki en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigger-happy gang of international jewel thieves. Gone...

Heiji, the Detective

Heiji, the Detective

1967

3.8
Acting

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

Everybody, Let's Go!

Everybody, Let's Go!

1967

as Iwasaki

Acting

A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company loo...

Gambler's World

Gambler's World

1967

as Kodama

Acting
North Sea Chivalry

North Sea Chivalry

1967

Acting

Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this tale of chivalry and friendship among yakuza in the ...

The Chivalrous Life

The Chivalrous Life

1967

7.0
Acting

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...

Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II

Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II

1967

Acting

The fourth part in the series "Code Between Brothers". The story takes place in Fukagawa, Tokyo, at the beginning of the Showa era, where five players...

Showdown of Men 2

Showdown of Men 2

1967

Acting

Part two.

Gamblers

Gamblers

1967

Acting

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 tatt...

Wild Spirit

Wild Spirit

1967

as Sarumura

Acting

It has been 5 years since Eijiro Kikukawa of the Asakusa Kaminarimon family killed the head of the Suzaki family. Finally he gets out of prison and co...

Wrath of Daimajin

Wrath of Daimajin

1966

as Daizen Matsunaga

6.4
Acting

In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A b...

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

1966

Acting

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

Modern Yakuza: Chivalry

Modern Yakuza: Chivalry

1965

Acting

Zenroku Nichigami, a charismatic con artist, is tasked with collecting a debt from the elusive Shishiro Oba. As he delves deeper, Zenroku uncovers a w...

Gambler

Gambler

1964

as Senzo Samizo

10.0
Acting

The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group, but...

Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo

Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo

1963

Acting
The Image of Mother

The Image of Mother

1963

as Shotencho no Matsugoro

Acting

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

Tange Sazen

Tange Sazen

1963

Acting

In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu ...

あらくれ荒野

あらくれ荒野

1963

Acting
Zatoichi the Fugitive

Zatoichi the Fugitive

1963

6.9
Acting

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after he...

The Confusing Journey of Jirocho

The Confusing Journey of Jirocho

1963

Acting

An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, such as Makoto Fujita, Minoru Shiraki, and Gannosuke ...

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

1963

as Maeda Kaga no kami

10.0
Acting

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soo...

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

1962

Acting
Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern

Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern

1962

Acting

One day, a funeral was held at one of the tenements in Asakusa. It was the only son of a wealthy merchant named Matasaburo, who had run away from hom...

Taiyō Sensei Seishunki

Taiyō Sensei Seishunki

1962

Acting

Movie directed by Kunio Matoi

Koina no Ginpei

Koina no Ginpei

1961

Acting
Osaka Tough

Osaka Tough

1961

Acting

The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who find themselves at the bottom of society, and abo...

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki

1961

Acting

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fuku...

Samurai Desperadoes

Samurai Desperadoes

1960

6.0
Acting
Honno-Ji in Flames

Honno-Ji in Flames

1960

5.0
Acting

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the...

Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines

1960

Acting

First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Sword of Vision

Sword of Vision

1959

as Naraya Toshiro

Acting

Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.

The Hidden Treasure

The Hidden Treasure

1959

Acting

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

Takamaru and Kikumaru

Takamaru and Kikumaru

1959

Acting

Two brothers, Takamaru and Kikumaru, are living with their father, Hakuraku-Ou, until one day Hakuraku-Ou is killed by "Death's-Head" Ginnosuke, a vil...

Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku

Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku

1959

Acting

1959 Japanese movie

Tomboy Samurai

Tomboy Samurai

1958

Acting

The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for her worried father. Disguising herself as a man an...

Akagi no komori-uta

Akagi no komori-uta

1957

Acting

Film directed by Tadashi Ashihara

Stories about Jirocho: Ishimatsu and Oiwake Sangoro

Stories about Jirocho: Ishimatsu and Oiwake Sangoro

1957

as Oiwake Sangoro

Acting

Ishimatsu is strong in fights, but weak in relationships with women and enjoys great popularity among them, and we see how an exciting historical dram...

Song of the Underworld

Song of the Underworld

1956

as Mitsuo Tsuruta

Acting

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshi...

Kingorô no omawari-san

1956

Acting

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

Kobushidake denki

1956

Acting

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

Kobushidake denki : hito hada jigoku

Kobushidake denki : hito hada jigoku

1956

Acting

快傑耶茶坊

1956

Acting

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

The Samurai of Edo

The Samurai of Edo

1955

6.0
Acting

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restora...

My Pistol Is Quick

My Pistol Is Quick

1954

Acting