Tatsuo Endō Movies

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

The harrowing journey of Kinu Wada, a young woman who is sold into prostitution to pay her family's debts.

When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the...

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

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged...

Set in the decadent mid-Edo period, this unconventional work depicts the story of a man who, after being pursued as one half of a double suicide,...

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each...

A yakuza family goes into show business.

Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.

Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grisly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into...

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love...

The second part of the Gamblers series.

In the year 1873, a Japanese woman is sold as a mistress to an American diplomat stationed in Japan.

A street vendor who eloped with his girlfriend and injured her brother loses her to illness, and now has to confront the brother and some dirty local...

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama