Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana

Born: August 19, 1935
in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Nobuo Yana...

Words left behind by director Tomu Uchida, a single frame of life
Title: Words left behind by director Tomu Uchida, a single frame of life
Released: April 11, 2021
Type: Movie
On August 7, 1970, a great figure in the film world passed away. Leaving behind "Souls in the Moonlight," "Miyamoto Musashi," and "A Fugitive from the Past." 40 years after his death, Tomu Uchida's passion and indomitable spirit are revived.
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Title: My Girl
Character: Murota Choshi
Released: October 9, 2009
Type: TV
Back in his high school years, Kazama Masamune had a girlfriend four years his senior, who one day left to go study abroad. Now, six years later, Kazama hears that his girlfriend has passed away, and that she had secretly given birth to their daughter, who is now five years old. Kazama then decides to raise his daughter on his own.
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Title: Junjo Kirari
Released: March 4, 2006
Type: TV
The 74th NHK Asadora Drama is Junjo Kirari, which means something along the lines of "pure-hearted Kirari." The story is set in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture in the era around the Second World War. When the story opens in 1928, the heroine, Sakurako, is a very active seven-year-old girl. Indeed, even in the first episode she exhibits her confidence and enthusiasm. But above all else, Sakurako is interested in becoming a jazz pianist, and music features extensively in the plot.
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Fireflies: River of Light
Title: Fireflies: River of Light
Character: Tanaka-san
Released: June 5, 2004
Type: Movie
After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through to his students, until he creates a class project to raise fireflies to fly over it once again. All students, even the reserved girl Hikari (Risako Sugaya), become passionately involved in the project. However, it brings them into conflict with parents and the school, one problem after another stands in his way.
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Road to the Don Theatrical Version
Title: Road to the Don Theatrical Version
Released: June 18, 2003
Type: Movie
A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko.
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All About Our House
Title: All About Our House
Character: Arakawa Sr.
Released: June 9, 2001
Type: Movie
Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa’s contemporary ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project becomes a huge mess.
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Dream Stadium
Title: Dream Stadium
Released: June 21, 1997
Type: Movie
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Crow
Title: Crow
Released: February 10, 1995
Type: Movie
Yakuza entertainment with shooting, battle and car action
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Ghost Pub
Title: Ghost Pub
Character: Fishmonger
Released: October 29, 1994
Type: Movie
One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and tells her to go to sleep. When he wakes the next morning, however, Shizuko is dead. Sotaro keeps his promise, until one day he meets Satoko. The two quickly fall in love, and agree to get married. Their first night together, however, is interrupted by Shizuko, who is angry over her husband's broken promise. Sotaro and Satoko must find some way of appeasing the spirit before she drives them from their home.
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This Is Shinogi
Title: This Is Shinogi
Released: February 4, 1994
Type: Movie
An office worker who happens to end up helping a yakuza
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The Triple Cross
Title: The Triple Cross
Released: September 12, 1992
Type: Movie
Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice, who is then tracked down amid escalating carnage and spectacular car chases.
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The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
Title: The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
Released: November 8, 1991
Type: Movie
A man with darkness in his eyes has returned from hell for revenge.
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The Villain Company Wolf's Soul
Title: The Villain Company Wolf's Soul
Released: March 8, 1991
Type: Movie
A unique group of individuals who stand out in the Japanese film industry.
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Betrayal tomorrow
Title: Betrayal tomorrow
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
A violent detective who can handle assault and blackmail in a straight forward manner.
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Fu · Shi · Gi · na BABY
Title: Fu · Shi · Gi · na BABY
Released: December 18, 1988
Type: Movie
Roller skating boy band Hikaru GENJI face a series of strange events after a baby one day suddenly appears in their dormitory.
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Title: Crying Freeman
Character: Shudo Shimasaki (voice)
Released: November 25, 1988
Type: TV
Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, he is infamously known by the Dragons and every crime syndicate in the world as the "Crying Freeman."
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Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Title: Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Character: Shudo Shimazaki
Released: September 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Emu Hino, a 29-year-old virgin, witnesses a mob hit and fears that the killer will now find her and kill her. Indeed, he sets out to do so; he's Yo Hinomura, a talented potter and artist who's been conscripted against his will to be the prime hitman for the 108 Dragons, a gang within the Chinese Mafia, who are determined to push aside Tokyo's local crime lords. He breaks into her house, and she asks that he make love to her before he kills her; she connects to his inner self, and he becomes her protector. Now he must defend her against the local crime gang, who have connections with corrupt Tokyo police. Will Yo and Emu make it out alive, and will the 108 Dragons triumph?
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Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars
Title: Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars
Character: Dorakoruru (voice)
Released: March 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Nobita helps Doraemon to create a space movie. After Dekisugi fails to help them, the duo rope in Shizuka, who prefers to make a film about dolls.
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Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
Title: Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
Released: March 25, 1983
Type: Movie
A gripping and entertaining historical drama that follows the actions of the thief Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi during the Edo period.
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Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
Title: Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
Released: October 29, 1982
Type: Movie
Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV movie. The wandering ronin is reminiscent of his most famous role as the samurai without a name in Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". He travels about Japan, and while he may seek happiness, violence and tragedy always cross his path. This time it is a woman carrying a young infant who he encounters on the road that leads him into a tale of violence, intrigue and a village in uproar. A great story and cool action scenes, a movie not to be missed!
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Title: Pro Hunter
Released: April 7, 1981
Type: TV
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Heroes of the East
Title: Heroes of the East
Character: Japanese Spear Master
Released: December 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Gordon Liu stars as a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife. When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, he's forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.
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Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
Title: Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
Character: Shohei Iwaki
Released: April 8, 1977
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
Character: Crime Boss
Released: April 2, 1977
Type: TV
Cyborg warriors were created by the Special Science Investigation Squad to bear nuclear, gravitational, magnetic, and electrical forces. They fight the crime empire known as "Crime".
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Yakuza Graveyard
Title: Yakuza Graveyard
Character: Nobuhisa Ezaki
Released: October 30, 1976
Type: Movie
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 syndicate of choice.
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!
Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!
Character: Black Cross Führer
Released: July 22, 1976
Type: Movie
The Gorenger head for Matsuyama to prevent the Black Cross from firing a missile to destroy Japan. Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane is a theatrical film based on the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series. It was originally shown on July 22, 1976 (between Episodes 56 and 57 of the TV series) as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival. It was the only Gorenger film that was a completely original work and not a theatrical version of a TV episode.
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Volcano's Last Big Eruption
Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Volcano's Last Big Eruption
Character: Black Cross Fuhrer (voice)
Released: June 19, 1976
Type: Movie
When Magman makes a blunder that finally makes him lose the Black Cross Furher's trust, he begins a rampage against EAGLE with Navarone Fortress, the Gorenger must finally stop them. It features the destruction of Volcano Mask General Magman and his Mobile Fortress Navarone, as well as the Gorenger Machines, and the first appearance of his successor Commander-in-Chief Golden Mask. This is a theatrical version of episode 54 of the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger television series.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Title: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Released: April 24, 1976
Type: Movie
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Title: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Character: Miyai
Released: November 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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 next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
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Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
Character: Dr. Shinigami
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
The first heroes of the Super Sentai series! The heroes were brought together to defend the world from the Black Cross Army, who attempted to conquer the world. The five powers united as one to defeat the monsters.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Title: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Character: Shin Kudô
Released: December 28, 1974
Type: Movie
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 attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.
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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Title: The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Released: December 7, 1974
Type: Movie
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.
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Violent Fraternity
Title: Violent Fraternity
Released: November 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.
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A Single Flower Withered
Title: A Single Flower Withered
Released: October 5, 1974
Type: Movie
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Character: Ryôsuke Kaga
Released: June 29, 1974
Type: Movie
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
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Violent Streets
Title: Violent Streets
Character: Higashimatsu
Released: April 13, 1974
Type: Movie
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
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Reformatory Buddies
Title: Reformatory Buddies
Released: March 30, 1974
Type: Movie
Third film in the series.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Character: Isamu Kasai
Released: January 15, 1974
Type: Movie
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 dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
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The Ando Gang Documentary Film
Title: The Ando Gang Documentary Film
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Title: Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Character: Adachi
Released: July 29, 1973
Type: Movie
Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Character: Takuya Asano
Released: April 28, 1973
Type: Movie
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 with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
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Quarreling with Yakuza
Title: Quarreling with Yakuza
Released: March 3, 1973
Type: Movie
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.
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Woman His Prey
Title: Woman His Prey
Released: July 30, 1972
Type: Movie
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The Lucky Status Symbol
Title: The Lucky Status Symbol
Released: June 9, 1972
Type: Movie
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 buying his sister a washing machine for her wedding, he travels to Tokyo, where he must help his friend Masa out of a half-million yen debt. Among other hijinks, he becomes a penis god in the process.
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Street Mobster
Title: Street Mobster
Character: Karasawa
Released: May 6, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Title: The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Character: Dobutatsu
Released: March 4, 1972
Type: Movie
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, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?
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The Armed Organization
Title: The Armed Organization
Released: November 10, 1971
Type: Movie
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 finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
Title: Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
Released: October 27, 1971
Type: Movie
A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
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The Gambler's Counterattack
Title: The Gambler's Counterattack
Character: Kikuchi
Released: October 14, 1971
Type: Movie
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 him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
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The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
Title: The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
Released: September 14, 1971
Type: Movie
This is the thirteenth film in the series.
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The Gambling Nun
Title: The Gambling Nun
Released: September 7, 1971
Type: Movie
A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to gambling and challenges the racketeer threatening to sell the place to a game.
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Title: Kamen Rider
Character: Goro Kisaragi
Released: April 3, 1971
Type: TV
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.
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The Path of the King
Title: The Path of the King
Released: March 6, 1971
Type: Movie
When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence in the young man he has chosen to replace him. A fight for the succession begins.
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Fate Deals the Card of Death
Title: Fate Deals the Card of Death
Released: February 13, 1971
Type: Movie
Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after, and they promise each other to meet again a year later. However, Seijiro gets jailed for five years. Unable to find him, Shizue gets married to a yakuza boss who can help her family business.
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The Drifting Gambler
Title: The Drifting Gambler
Character: Shota Nomura
Released: April 18, 1970
Type: Movie
8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
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House of Gamblers
Title: House of Gamblers
Released: March 29, 1970
Type: Movie
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 goons, by retaliating on his own. After injuring the head of Tanuma's family, and slaying others along the way, he then surrenders to the law and serves time. Before his last year to serve, the head of the Aramasa family falls ill and decides to retire, Ryoji miss chance to be successor, his old friend is reluctant but accepts. Now this gives the Tanuma family a chance for revenge! But with Tomisaburo Wakayama (Sekine) always having your back, how can you go wrong?
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Rise and Fall of Chivalry
Title: Rise and Fall of Chivalry
Released: February 21, 1970
Type: Movie
A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.
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Bloodstained Clan Of Honor
Title: Bloodstained Clan Of Honor
Released: January 31, 1970
Type: Movie
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 opportunities was giving way to Japan Inc. A young Bunta Sugawara takes over as the oyabun of a crime syndicate in Yokohama, where he is struggling to keep operations at the port there alive. As his syndicate is eroding quickly, a major heavy industries company offers his gang the chance to chase some vagrants out of a shantytown where they are squatting on land where a factory is to be built. The job would secure steady profits for Bunta's crime ring for years to come. However, Bunta and other members of his outfit grew up in the shanty, and they would be muscling their friends and neighbors. This sets the stage for an internal struggle that complicates the violent struggle with a rival mafia organization in Tokyo.
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Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
Title: Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
Released: January 20, 1970
Type: Movie
After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki family was always deserted. Ryūzaki, the boss, declared his retirement in response to the changing times. It was thought that Igarashi, who valued righteousness and principles and had the respect of others, would become the second-in-command. However, he was an annoying presence to Ryūzaki...
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Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
Title: Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
Released: November 20, 1969
Type: Movie
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
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Team of Ruffians
Title: Team of Ruffians
Released: September 19, 1969
Type: Movie
Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.
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Japan Organized Crime Boss
Title: Japan Organized Crime Boss
Released: July 8, 1969
Type: Movie
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 taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.
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Brothers Serving Time
Title: Brothers Serving Time
Released: May 3, 1969
Type: Movie
While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers. Tatsu and the sworn brothers he acquires weren’t really gangsters before their prison time, just ruffians. Prison, however, introduces them to plenty of gangland characters and three years later, they’re out of prison and enmeshed in the yakuza world.
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Yakuza on Foot
Title: Yakuza on Foot
Character: So
Released: March 30, 1969
Type: Movie
An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
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Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage
Title: Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage
Released: February 21, 1969
Type: Movie
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. Matsukichi came to Yokosuka relying on his old friend Mitsuo Nakai from the Nakai gang, but Nakai was killed and the gang disbanded. Matsukichi discovers that the Shimanaka gang is behind everything, and from her the thread reaches the Navy. With the help of grenades and sword, Matsukichi, nicknamed "Bomb Man", sets off a disorderly rampage.
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A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless
Title: A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless
Released: February 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes.
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Gambler Biography
Title: Gambler Biography
Character: Debatora
Released: December 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.
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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Title: Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Released: October 25, 1968
Type: Movie
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. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop. Protagonist Hishakaku murders a man in a quarrel over a barmaid and goes to jail. In his temporary absence, his girlfriend Otoyo, a former geisha, falls for Hishakaku’s brother, inciting a dangerous love triangle that, in typical yakuza fashion, ends tragically.
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Rogue
Title: Rogue
Character: Kazama
Released: October 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the pair enjoy several "fish-out-of-water" sequences before finding employment at a boxing gym with trainer Sawada and his spunky sister Tomoko. The boys also find part time night jobs as roving minstrels in the club district courtesy of benevolent gang boss Asakawa. Of course, they run afoul of boss Karasawa's cruel gang. Karasawa also has it in for Asakawa, and this indirectly throws a spanner into the works as far as Isamu's burgeoning success as a kickboxer. When Asakawa 's HQ is burned to the ground by Karasawa's men, Asakawa tries to kill Karasawa - which, of course, leads to his own gruesome death. Isamu goes on the rampage with his sword, wiping out Karasawa and men.
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Gambling Den's Master Clan
Title: Gambling Den's Master Clan
Character: Ishiguro
Released: September 3, 1968
Type: Movie
Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.
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The Cheating Underworld
Title: The Cheating Underworld
Character: Torakichi
Released: August 14, 1968
Type: Movie
Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yens.
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Return of the Outlaw
Title: Return of the Outlaw
Character: Maruyama
Released: June 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama
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The Bandits
Title: The Bandits
Character: Takimoto
Released: May 21, 1968
Type: Movie
Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.
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Henchmen
Title: Henchmen
Character: Tsuchiya
Released: April 19, 1968
Type: Movie
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. Representatives of three different yakuza gangs - Tatsuo Umemiya, Tomisaburo Wakayama and Koji Tsuruta celebrate male friendship and male chivalry in action.
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Prison Boss
Title: Prison Boss
Released: April 18, 1968
Type: Movie
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
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Gambler's Farewell
Title: Gambler's Farewell
Character: Dosa
Released: February 9, 1968
Type: Movie
The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.
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Gambler's World 2
Title: Gambler's World 2
Character: Yukizô
Released: November 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.
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Parole
Title: Parole
Released: October 21, 1967
Type: Movie
Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.
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Gambler's World
Title: Gambler's World
Character: Ikeno
Released: July 30, 1967
Type: Movie
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Organized Violence II
Title: Organized Violence II
Character: Shiraki
Released: June 29, 1967
Type: Movie
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Title: Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Released: April 20, 1967
Type: Movie
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Dissolution Rites
Title: Dissolution Rites
Character: Yasuhara
Released: March 31, 1967
Type: Movie
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 Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.
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Organized Violence
Title: Organized Violence
Released: February 25, 1967
Type: Movie
A war breaks out on the streets between rivalry Yakuza clans.
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Wild Spirit
Title: Wild Spirit
Character: Kanbayashi
Released: January 14, 1967
Type: Movie
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 comes to the city of Odahama, where he had a mistress, Okei, whom he could not forget. He accidentally helped a man named Hanji from the Kurokane family and was received by the family as a guest. And soon Eijiro is involved in a showdown between the yakuza families.
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Glorious Fights
Title: Glorious Fights
Released: October 29, 1966
Type: Movie
A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.
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Nerves for Victory
Title: Nerves for Victory
Released: August 26, 1966
Type: Movie
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.
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Tokyo Drifters
Title: Tokyo Drifters
Released: June 19, 1966
Type: Movie
Japanese crime film.
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Gang's Upward Strategy
Title: Gang's Upward Strategy
Released: December 18, 1965
Type: Movie
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Code of Ruffians
Title: Code of Ruffians
Released: December 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group.
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One Man's Chivalry
Title: One Man's Chivalry
Released: October 15, 1965
Type: Movie
Tokizо, the boss of the Tenmaru-gumi group, assists Kikujiro, a traveler on the run. At this time, a tender is being held to conclude a contract for the construction of the railway. Tokizo, who made the highest bid, was bought by the head of the Wakatsuki section of the Kansai Railroad, who was thinking about the country, and won by suppressing Takebe-gumi, who used bribes. However, not everything went as smoothly as planned...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry
Title: Brutal Tales of Chivalry
Character: Shimada
Released: October 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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 keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.
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Dupe
Title: Dupe
Released: October 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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A Charming Devil
Title: A Charming Devil
Released: May 15, 1965
Type: Movie
Movie adaptation of the TV series.
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A Fugitive from the Past
Title: A Fugitive from the Past
Character: Machida
Released: January 15, 1965
Type: Movie
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, provoking a policeman's interest.
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Gamblers and Racketeers
Title: Gamblers and Racketeers
Released: December 24, 1964
Type: Movie
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will stop at nothing to undermine the vendors and take over the territory. Masakichi will do all he can to protect and support the people. Ryutaro Kijima is senior son to Masakichi, though disowned, he keeps interest in the family from a distance. He will be there for his father and his hot tempered younger brother Katsuo, if they should need his loyal help.
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Wolves, Pigs & Men
Title: Wolves, Pigs & Men
Character: Bagman
Released: August 26, 1964
Type: Movie
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 not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
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Main Street in the Underworld
Title: Main Street in the Underworld
Released: April 25, 1964
Type: Movie
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Orders from Hell
Title: Orders from Hell
Released: January 9, 1964
Type: Movie
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Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang
Title: Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Title: Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Released: October 20, 1963
Type: Movie
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
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Duel of the Underworld
Title: Duel of the Underworld
Released: July 13, 1963
Type: Movie
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Gang and G-Men Part 2
Title: Gang and G-Men Part 2
Released: February 24, 1963
Type: Movie
A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.
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Gang vs. G-Men
Title: Gang vs. G-Men
Released: November 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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Hell's Kitchen
Title: Hell's Kitchen
Released: October 12, 1962
Type: Movie
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Gang vs. Gang
Title: Gang vs. Gang
Released: July 13, 1962
Type: Movie
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However, his former gang boss seems to have gone to seed, with people now killing each other and dealing in drugs. The hero then teams up with a lone operator (Tamba) who specialises in shaking down gangsters.
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The Thinking Leaf
Title: The Thinking Leaf
Released: May 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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G-Men in the Pacific
Title: G-Men in the Pacific
Character: Takebayashi
Released: April 22, 1962
Type: Movie
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
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The Challenge
Title: The Challenge
Released: March 28, 1962
Type: Movie
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
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All Rascals
Title: All Rascals
Released: March 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.
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Devotion to Railway
Title: Devotion to Railway
Character: Railway police officer A
Released: November 8, 1960
Type: Movie
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...
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The Second Bullet is Marked
Title: The Second Bullet is Marked
Released: January 27, 1960
Type: Movie
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.