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Hoopla
75
54
7.3
/1286/
68
/25/
71
/37/
3.8
/2647/
83
/6/
79
/35/

Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
51
7.3
/1735/
66
/24/
65
/36/
3.8
/2594/
81
/382/

Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
poster
Hoopla
71
44
7.1
/1219/
58
/13/
70
/20/
3.6
/1912/
84
/206/

Tattooed Life (1965)
After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.
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Fandor
67
44
6.6
/1524/
66
/64/
68
/59/
3.4
/5542/

The Vampire Doll (1970)
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
poster
75
40
7.5
/921/
66
/21/
71
/25/
4.0
/2167/
83
/21/

Lightning (1952)
The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has rejected.
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Hoopla
65
33
6.9
/715/
56
/16/
55
/14/
3.4
/1289/
79
/448/

Underworld Beauty (1958)
The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones.
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FlixHouse
64
31
6.8
/543/
63
/25/
67
/12/
3.5
/1946/
80
/5/
38
/2/

Black Tight Killers (1966)
Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar, he becomes involved in saving Yuriko from assassination by stylish, female ninjas. When trying to rescue Yuriko from kidnappers, Daisuke discovers a group of foreigners are hunting for a WWII-era treasure hidden on an island by Yuriko's father.
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70
27
7.0
/588/
68
/20/
72
/14/
3.6
/1715/

Massacre Gun (1967)
Kuroda is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji and aspiring boxer Saburo, the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no one will stop until one faction emerges victorious.
poster
60
23
6.8
/462/
38
/6/
63
/10/
3.4
/485/
67
/94/

Kanto Wanderer (1963)
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
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66
20
7.3
/542/
60
/8/
62
/18/
3.7
/780/
60
/12/

Brother and Sister (1953)
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
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68
18
7.2
/364/
65
/13/
66
/12/
3.6
/884/

Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.
poster
61
16
6.7
/359/
64
/13/
58
/15/
3.4
/898/
50
/6/

Retaliation (1968)
Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds are made to be broken, and pledges of loyalty soon give way to competition, betrayal and — naturally — retaliation.
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Criterion Channel
68
16
7.2
/545/
66
/12/
65
/12/
3.6
/655/

Endless Desire (1958)
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.
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Criterion Channel
65
15
6.7
/335/
56
/9/
69
/14/
3.4
/562/

I Hate But Love (1962)
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
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Criterion Channel
64
13
6.6
/350/
62
/7/
56
/13/
3.5
/527/

Heat Wave (1991)
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
poster
64
12
6.6
/323/
57
/7/
64
/7/
3.4
/677/

Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.
poster
59
10
6.3
/195/
60
/4/
62
/11/
3.3
/447/

Smashing the 0-Line (1960)
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?
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61
9
6.0
/175/
50
/4/
70
/6/
3.2
/509/

Teenage Yakuza (1962)
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
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?
7.3
/18/
10
/1/

Afternoon When Flowers Fell (1989)
A widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out of wedlock. Hearing that two criminals had attempted to take over the restaurant from her late husband, she hires her late husband's best friend, a private detective, to investigate.
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?
10
/1/

The Gun Like Lightning (1960)
Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just released from prison who has resolved to turn over a new leaf. He has returned, however, because of Keiko, his sweetheart, who he now finds is engaged to Noboru, a detective and son of Jinsaku, boss of the Otsu gang. That night at the night club, headquarters of the Highlight Group - which Noboru is investigating, Majima meets Joji who knows of his attempt to kill Jinsaku, and resolves to kill him.
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?
10
/1/

Passion and Rifle Bullets (1955)
Private Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society who runs an illegal gun trade.
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?
10
/1/

Why Are We Young? (1965)
After ten years of study in the US, Nonomura Kensuke returns to Japan to be an English teacher at a local high school. Kensuke's nontraditional teaching style stirs up the school, but the students gradually accept him.
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?
10
/1/

Gambler in the Sea (1961)
Joe, a master diver, explodes his fighting spirit and friendship across raging seas and scorching deserts in this gorgeous and entertaining epic.
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?
10
/1/

Mehyō to Narazu Mono (1957)
A poignant entertainment epic about a righteous mountain man, a young company director with new ideals, and a beautiful woman with wild charm, whose love and action unfold against the backdrop of a rice field in the middle of a vast forest.
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?
10
/1/

Drunken Ghost (1958)
A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.
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?
10
/1/

I'll Kill the Women (1958)
A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unaware that he has fallen into a trap set by his younger brother.
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?
10
/1/

The Singing Gunman (1967)
Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has been killed by the gangsters who held up the bullion transport.
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?
10
/1/

The Reckless One (1967)
Kosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has disappeared. Kosuke is persistently hindered by Hasebe from Omura Sangyo. Kosuke's partner Kumagoro investigates and finds out that Hasebe, who killed the head of the Muraoka clan, made Takehara disappear in order to keep him silent. The third film in the series.
poster
?
7.0
/13/
10
/1/

Ruthless Gambler (1969)
Unlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and humanity with a yakuza lover as the main character. A young man who heard that his former boss was killed is imprisoned by slashing his family's minions, and his lover is tortured by the enemy, but rescued by the imprisoned young man's nemesis.
poster
?
10
/1/

Furankī no uchūbito (1957)
Dr. Kinoshita, whose rocket experiments had been a series of failures, discovers a strange flying saucer zooming through the night sky at super speed. He contacts the newspaper about it, but the editor dismisses him, saying he's gone mad and doesn't take him seriously at all. This is the imaginative sci-fi comedy "Frankie 14," featuring a groundbreaking and innovative story with flying saucers of unparalleled rarity and the appearance of artificial satellite people produced from single cells.
poster
?
10
/1/

Punishment of a Lawless Villian (1964)
In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong friendship, suddenly hated each other and face many obstacles. Adapted from Shugoro Yamamoto novel.
poster
?
10
/1/

Journey to the North (1967)
Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings. However, Yuko, having returned home, has just become engaged to a local young man, and the sudden appearance of Eikichi makes others worry that their good relationship will be spoiled. An epic about pure love, which tells the story of a man who leaves his beloved woman, praying for her happiness. Adapted from the novel "Kiri no Naka no Shojo" Yojiro Ishizaka.
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?
10
/1/

Hitoribotchi no futari daga (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
5.4
/12/
10
/1/

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (1958)
"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara.
poster
?
10
/1/

He Killed Dad (1961)
The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murdered. Kunio sets out on a manhunt to avenge his father and will stop at nothing until he finds the killer. Setsuko, Kunio's fiancée, is unable to keep up with the lunacy that Kunio stirs up and finds comfort with another man - his brother, Akira.
poster
?
10
/1/

Sun and Stars (1962)
It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion.
poster
?
10
/1/

Umi no jōji ni kakero (1960)
1960 action film.
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?
10
/1/

無情の夢 (1961)
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Mujo no yume" by Mitsuo Sagawa.
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?
6.3
/7/
10
/1/

Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Girl Boss: Broken Justice (1969)
N/A
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?
10
/1/

The Man of Victory (1967)
N/A
poster
?
6.7
/10/
10
/1/

Blood Shed (1966)
Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.
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?
10
/1/

Kakedashi keiji (1964)
N/A
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?
5.6
/8/
10
/1/

A Man With Dragon Tattoos (1962)
In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many across Japan. A vigorous young man with a look of fearless determination, sets foot on the northern part of Kyushu, an area where Yakuza thrived. His name is Kingoro Tamai (Yujiro Ishihara). With plans to travel the world, Kingoro worked diligently at a coal mine. His loyalty and hard work earned the respect of his peers, his courage won the heart of the beautiful Mon (Ruriko Asaoka), and his success evoked jealousy in his enemies.
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?
10
/1/

Wind of Volcano (1960)
An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the remains of the pilot can be found.
poster
?
10
/1/

Song of the Underworld (1956)
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 Yoshida man, Fuyu, the Izu family sends Tsuruta, a senior member of the clan, to make a personal apology to Fuyu. Tsuruta discovers that the woman he is in love with is Fuyu's sister, Tatsuko. Tsuruta ends up gambling with a swindler, who is in fact Tatsuko's husband. (The general plot of the film was re-used for Seijun Suzuki's Kanto Wanderer).


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