Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness
Battle Royale (2000)
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary Battle Royale act
Dôtonborigawa (1982)
A love story between a 29 year old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19 year old college student
Message from Space (1978)
An embattled planet, which is on the edge of doom, sends an S O S and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue
House on Fire (1986)
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work Adapted from autobiographical story by Kazuo Dan, who published it a few months before his death
Battle Royale II (2003)
Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students are sent to an island with one objective kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara
The Green Slime (1968)
After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster
Day of Resurrection (1980)
After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
When Tamiya Iyemon joins the Asano Clan, he brings with him a legacy of death Aside from Horibe Yasubei, he is the only one with fighting experience and could help the group carrying out their long awaited vendetta against Lord Kira
Cops vs Thugs (1975)
Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians Open warfare erupts between the two gangs
Head of the Boss (1975)
Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him, Kuro
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 fa
Doberman Cop (1977)
A tough as nails cop from Okinawa investigates a savage murder in Tokyos nightlife district Originally dismissed as a bumpkin, he soon proves more savvy than the local police
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
The villain is called Amakusa Shiro Tokaisada He is actually based on a real christian samurai The movie was one of the inspirations for the game called Samurai Shodown actual spelling
Hiroshima Death Match (1973)
A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way
Street Mobster (1972)
A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself leading the remnants of the gang he once belonged to in order to secure an area of their own
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 partners brother, a corrupt cop, a motorcycle gang and every police officer in the Kanto region
Japan Organized Crime Boss (2000)
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 alli
Akôjô danzetsu (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 clans downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe
Hitokiri Yota: Kyoken Sankyodai (1972)
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when hes released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent
Hokkai no Abare Ryu (1966)
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader He sets out to avenge his father, keeping his plans secret from his moth
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
Hokuriku dairi sensô (1977)
A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
One womans search to find the truth about her husbands death in World War II
Hissatsu 4 Urami harashimasu (1987)
Following the local magistrates death during a bloody massacre, a new maverick magistrate rides into town, and soon ends up toe to toe with the local law enforcement
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
A self destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa