A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.

Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the idea that they need Sakamoto, the best counterfeiter in Japan. A seesaw game unfolds between the three men as each tries to outdo the other two in handing over Sakamoto for one million yen to Hijikata, the big boss, who intends to make counterfeit money with the stolen paper. A little belatedly, they realize it needs their combined forces to outwit Hijikata and they raid his place together. Outnumbered, however, they are thrown into a basement room and the gas is turned on. Certain death stares them in the face, but the three men are not ones to take things lying down....

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

When a middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers he is dishonored and fires back at the Yakuza bosses, with destructive consequences.

Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?

Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.

A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a strong leader.

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at every turn. The leader of these ruthless samruai was Mizuno Jirozaemon, who despite his high rank was in deep financial distress, thus leading to a tragedy that shook the very streets of the city.Opposing him was Banzui-in Chobei, the ‘Protector of the Weak’ who was willing to put his life on the line to save the 808 districts of Edo from the 80,000 hatamoto whose violent behavior threatened to destroy the fabric of society. Starring Bando Tsumasaburo, the first great star of the silver screen along with mega-star Ichikawa Utaemon, this is a story not to be missed. Torn from the pages of history, this true story has been told many times, but never as powerfully as this!

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.

Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.

Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.

Takashi Miike directs a stage version of Zatoichi, the tale of the blind swordsman.

A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger, most of it directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.

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 New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.

Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.

昭和十五年。考古学者本郷直樹は次男の真二が自分と同じく学問の道を志すことを喜んでいた。兄の英一は父の意に反して海軍少尉になっていた。一方、船大工の小田切武市は一人息子の正人が海軍兵学校に合格したので有頂点になっていた。十八年間海軍に勤めても下士官止りの武市は正人の将来は約束されたと信じて疑わなかった。一年が過ぎた。世界情勢は日毎に緊迫の色を強め、戦争の予感は現実のものになろうとしていた。昭和十六年十二月八日、早期和平を強調する山本五十六のもとで、連合艦隊は、ハワイ真珠湾に奇襲をかけた。次々と炎上する米海軍の戦艦群を、英一は興奮の面持ちで見つめていた。その頃、五年の歳月と建艦技術の粋を集めた空前総後の巨艦、大和が完成した。山本はアメリカに時間を与えず、早期和平に持ち込もうと、ミッドウェイ作戦に賭けた。しかし、作戦は失敗に終り、戦局は消耗戦へと展開していった。数々の戦闘を体験している英一は、死を覚悟し、婚約者の陽子と式を挙げたが、指一本触れずに戦場へもどった。やがて大学生の真二も召集され兵学校を卒業した正人も武市の意に反して零戦に乗る決意をしていた。日本軍は劣勢に回り、起死回生のレイテ作戦に出た。英一は戦場で真二と出会った。陽子への仕打ちをなじる真二に「陽子を頼む」と遺書を残して英一は大空に散った。英一の残したライフ・ジャケットのために沈む船から脱出した真二は、生きる喜びをあらためて知り、陽子と生きようと陸上勤務を志願するが、大和への転属を命ぜられる。死を目前にして真二は陽子を抱けなかった兄の気持を初めて理解した。陽子は逆だった。愛する人に抱かれたい。陽子は真二に激しく体をぶつけるのだった。同じ頃、正人は特攻を志願していた。武市は息子の出世に固執し兵学校へ行かせた己の浅薄さを呪い戦争の恐しさを痛感した。戦況は挽回の余地もない所まで来ていた。そしてついに、最後の切札、大和の沖縄への水上特攻が計画されるに至った。大和は出撃した。真二も正人もその中にいた。そして、陽子、武市、多くの肉親を残して、大和艦上の戦士たちはその命を沈めていった。

Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.

In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins bring bad luck, so the sister was abandoned at birth. Later her parents tell her that her sister was kidnapped. The woman doesn't believe this and when she eventually meets her twin, both women are involved in love affairs. The merchant's daughter is seeing an educated fellow. Trouble ensues when she begins suspecting that he may be more interested in her sister.