Minken Karasawa Movies

Fukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and sold. One day Shino came to like a thief (Yoshioka) who...

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

1966 film directed by Kudo.

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.

Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic...

The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend Risaburo.

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed...

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.

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...

The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody...

Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.

1962 Japanese movie

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.

The hero tries to unite various gangs.

A crime film released in 1965

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...