Akikane Sawa Movies

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...

A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern...

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.

Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.

The sexworker who works in Turkish baths plans to make her fortune on the stock market, open a beauty salon, and marry her boyfriend. However, her...

1963 Toei movie.

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

This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.

The masked hero 'Moon Light Mask' battles the villainous 'Skull Mask' and his numerous masked henchmen who are trying to steal the secrets of the...

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

1962 Japanese movie

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

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However,...

The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro...

1966 Toei Comedy