Kenji Kusumoto Movies

One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as they took over the Tokaido Highroad and went on...

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord...

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.

1954 Japanese movie

The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are...

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which...

A bookseller from Seoul travels with a young woman to Fukuoka in Japan to meet a former friend from university. While their reunion is haunted by the...

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's...

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.

The film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in his 70,000 koku estate, where he is surrounded by his...

Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.

The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil...

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

The news that the fifth Shogun Tsunayoshi was seriously ill caused a fierce struggle for the post of sixth shogun between the Mito faction and the...

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

At the crowded Komatsuya in Kawadome, travellers are holding a secret art contest to relieve boredom. However, a thief goes around. During the sudden...