Eiji Minakata Movies

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on...

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

After spending over half his life in prison, ex-hitman Kunihiro is determined to go straight. But the shortcomings of the new gangs mean that he is...

When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in...

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...

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

Middle-aged pro wrestler Ushinosuke's wife passes away, and he and his son, Kazuo, move in with his father. His fellow wrestlers help them shift...

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

After a man racks up a huge debt, his wife and his father are “persuaded” to perform together in a sex show in order to pay it off.

A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.

1962 Japanese movie

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young...

Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later,...

The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to steal bribe money on its way to Edo for the...

1961 Japanese movie