Search results for "Kunie Tanaka"
Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage

Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage

Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage
IMDb: 7.2
82

Zatoichi’s trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.

Genre: Drama
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
IMDb: 7.3
119

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
IMDb: 7.4
96

Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.

The Face of Another

The Face of Another

The Face of Another
IMDb: 7.9
124

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

Tora-san to the Rescue

Tora-san to the Rescue

Tora-san to the Rescue
IMDb: 7.1
107

Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.

Genre: Comedy
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
IMDb: 7
92

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.

Genre: Comedy
Early Spring Story

Early Spring Story

Early Spring Story
IMDb: 6.6
96

A university student Hitomi falls in love with a middle-aged man Okawa, who was the lover of her deceased mother. Hitomi’s feelings shift back and forth as she is not…

Genre: Drama, Romance
A Class to Remember

A Class to Remember

A Class to Remember
IMDb: 7.1
128

A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.

Genre: Drama
Manhunt

Manhunt

Manhunt
IMDb: 6.8
151

A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
IMDb: 6.4
133

A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets others looking for a new start…

Genre: Drama
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor
IMDb: 7.1
94

A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada,…

Sword of the Beast

Sword of the Beast

Sword of the Beast
IMDb: 7.5
85

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha’s Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His…

Genre: Action, Drama
Winter’s Flower

Winter’s Flower

Winter’s Flower
IMDb: 6.8
121

Kanno (Ken Takakura) is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Hidden Blade

The Hidden Blade

The Hidden Blade
IMDb: 7.7
132

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
IMDb: 7.3
100

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.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Evil of Dracula

Evil of Dracula

Evil of Dracula
IMDb: 6.3
83

Dracula, was shipwrecked in the 1600s in Japan, when Christianity was illegal. He was forced to spit on the cross and wander alone in the desert. Upon finding himself bleeding,…

Genre: Drama, Horror
The Sword of Doom

The Sword of Doom

The Sword of Doom
IMDb: 7.9
122

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads…

Genre: Action, Drama
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
IMDb: 8.5
178

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
IMDb: 7.4
99

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

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
IMDb: 7.3
118

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…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
IMDb: 6.4
113

Obayashi’s take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
All About Our House

All About Our House

All About Our House
IMDb: 6.6
116

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the…

Genre: Comedy
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
IMDb: 6.9
98

The sixth chapter of Jingi Naki Tatakai series With the endless power struggle. The extraordinary combination of Kinji Fukasaku and Bunta Sugawara, along with new ideas and a strong touch…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
The Last Ronin

The Last Ronin

The Last Ronin
IMDb: 7.2
133

16 years after the fateful “revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin,” involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of…

Genre: Drama, History
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro’s Birth

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro’s Birth

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro’s Birth
IMDb: 6
90

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and…