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68
7.4
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74
/139/
73
/116/
3.8
/11563/
90
/116/

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
poster
76
57
7.4
/2160/
72
/65/
72
/67/
3.8
/5317/
88
/34/

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
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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Criterion Channel
70
52
7.3
/4653/
74
/158/
71
/124/
3.7
/7250/
62
/6/

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu clan.
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73
46
7.3
/1374/
70
/43/
72
/42/
3.8
/3095/

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
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.
poster
71
45
7.3
/1463/
67
/41/
70
/43/
3.7
/3362/

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
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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Hoopla
70
37
7.1
/995/
65
/31/
72
/33/
3.6
/1675/

Samurai Wolf (1966)
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.
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66
32
6.7
/691/
64
/20/
63
/28/
3.5
/1758/

Doberman Cop (1977)
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 the sleazy world of flesh-peddling, talent agency corruption and mob influence, Kano uncovers the shocking truth.
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Hoopla
67
30
7.2
/718/
66
/25/
65
/22/
3.6
/742/
60
/90/

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
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Hoopla
72
29
7.5
/514/
67
/17/
72
/14/
3.8
/1996/

Big Time Gambling Boss (1968)
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 offer.
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64
21
6.9
/513/
61
/16/
54
/17/
3.5
/1165/

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)
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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71
17
7.1
/315/
73
/8/
64
/10/
3.7
/928/

Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
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68
15
6.8
/315/
66
/8/
69
/11/
3.5
/749/

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)
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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Hoopla
63
11
6.9
/244/
61
/5/
54
/5/
3.5
/691/

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, a corrupt cop, a motorcycle gang and every police officer in the Kanto region.
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10
/1/

Evil Spirit Princess Sakurako (1982)
A beautiful girl, haunted by the evil spirit of a woman who was burned at the stake 17 years ago, begins to kill one person after another.
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5.7
/11/
10
/1/

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.
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10
/1/

The Cross of Vengeance (1969)
Film with Junko Miyazono.
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10
/1/

Convicted Woman (1966)
1966 film directed by Kudo.
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6.2
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10
/1/
20
/1/

The Shogun and His Mistresses (1967)
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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7.1
/9/
45
/2/
80
/1/

Brothers Serving Time (1969)
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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10
/1/

The Gambler (1965)
A crime film released in 1965
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10
/1/

Return of the Outlaw (1968)
Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama
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6.9
/16/
10
/1/
50
/5/

The Pledge (1972)
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.
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5.9
/9/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Gambler: Victory Without Death (1967)
Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in Kyuushu. Quickly there's trouble with the local mining competition, who doesn't always play a fair game. True to his hot-headed nickname, Tsune only gets into deeper trouble.
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6.3
/10/
10
/1/

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972)
Part 4 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 Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of getting in bed blindfolded with a girl who turned out to be an old granny. Later he and Kawaji try to settle down in a neighbourhood harassed by businessman yakuza Bin Amatsu.
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7.4
/9/
10
/1/
65
/4/

Code Between Brothers 5 (1967)
Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro, the head of the rival family, Ryuji takes a liking to him. He ends up leaving his current family, and becomes close to Shiotaro like brothers swearing to become a full-fledged yakuza.
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10
/1/

The Bandits (1968)
Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.
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7.0
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40
/2/
60
/1/

Rub Out the Past (1966)
A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
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10
/1/

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival (1967)
A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.
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7.3
/57/
45
/2/
60
/1/

Samurai Geisha (1969)
Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era. With a stellar all-star cast, thrilling story and Takakura Ken's violent swordplay, makes this into a classic Yakuza movie!
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6.8
/19/
10
/1/
60
/1/

The Viper Brothers (1971)
Action comedy.
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6.0
/9/

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 need as his naivety prevents him from seeing their true nature.
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6.7
/68/
60
/1/
88
/2/

Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
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10
/1/

The Fancy Man (1974)
A first-class heel exploits a spinster's hunger for love. She is a trusted employee in a bank and embezzles money to secure his love.
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6.7
/69/
46
/3/
70
/1/

Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973)
A small time crook, who sells rabbits for a living frequently gets him into trouble with loan sharks and the yakuza. He dreams of becoming a successful big-shot and embarks the life of a yakuza hitman.
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5.9
/37/
10
/1/
35
/2/

Swords of the Space Ark (1981)
Sci-fi meets martial arts in this lively chronicle of a warrior pilot who returns to his native planet to find it controlled by a wicked tyrant Captain Kogar. He also finds his family has been slaughtered and so now it is up to him and his pals to kick the heck out of Kogar and return the planet to its rightful rulers. This film was assembled from episodes of the Japanese TV series, Message from Space: Galactic Warriors (which in itself was a spinoff from the feature Message from Space).
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6.9
/102/
26
/3/
74
/4/

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972)
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 guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…
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6.9
/26/
70
/1/
70
/1/

The Yakuza Code Still Lives (1976)
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
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6.3
/9/
10
/1/
50
/1/

The Shogun's Vault II (1982)
A mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of the shogunate one after another and steals the shogun's treasures, has been shaking the public authorities. The identity of the thief is Ichibei, a medicine seller whose father was once killed by the shogunate, and his daughter Oasa. Ichibei had been seeking revenge against the official to avenge the death of his father, Sasajima Hyobu, who was a member of the Kurokuchi clan, the official ninja. He was also plotting to seize the gold orca of the Nagoya Castle keep, aiming at the Owari clan that had slain his father. ......
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57
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6.9
/131/
43
/3/
59
/8/

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969)
Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebted to their generosity, she stays to work for the village and promises to leave her yakuza ways behind. When a dispute breaks out for the gambling rights to a local festival, the villagers are harassed by a gang of thugs. When the harassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.
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10
/1/

Tears of Banishment (1967)
Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.
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6.5
/18/
10
/1/
60
/1/

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry (1965)
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.
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5.8
/8/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Judo vs. Karate (1966)
A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.
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6.2
/35/
10
/1/
60
/7/

Trials of an Okinawa Village (1971)
A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangsters and indirectly by American GI influences. She must battle a yakuza organization with her employees to help settle things.
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6.1
/29/
70
/1/

Japanese Humanity and Justice (1977)
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.
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5.5
/10/
10
/1/

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.
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Hoopla
68
?
7.2
/133/
48
/6/
87
/3/
3.6
/351/

Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.
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6.4
/10/
10
/1/

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory (1972)
A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.
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10
/1/

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (1967)
The second part of the Gamblers series.


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