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- DirectorChûsei SoneStarsYuko KatagiriSetsuko ÔyamaEimei EsumiA girl works for the yakuza as a whore.
- DirectorAtsushi YamatoyaStarsGenjiro AratoMoeko EzawaNozomi YasudaA delirious roman porno re-imagining of Seijun Suzuki's 'Branded to Kill'. Directed by Atsushi Yamatoya and scripted by Yôzô Tanaka, both 'Branded to Kill's' screenwriters and Suzuki's regular collaborators.
- DirectorSadao NakajimaStarsHiroki MatsukataShin'ichi ChibaMikio NaritaSet in Okinawa 1971, one year before the return of power to the mainland, this film highlights the bloody battle of Okinawa Yakuza gangsters versus mainland system.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsKen TakakuraKôji NanbaraKanjûrô ArashiShinichi is a good guy serving three years and approaching the end of his time. He escapes handcuffed to dangerous Gunda, who instigated the escape. Thus tethered, they start out on a journey across the desolate snow country of Hokkaido.
- DirectorYûsuke WatanabeStarsYoshio HaradaNaoko OhtaniShimokawa ShinpeiA bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. But the chase turns into a personal vendetta where the ex-cop plans to wipe out the entire gang.
- DirectorYasuo FuruhataStarsKen TakakuraIchirô RyûzakiBin Amatsu
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsMasahiko TanimuraAkiko KudôKôji TsurutaA lone gambler tries to keep a Yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitayushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from Yakuza's ill deeds.
- DirectorKiyoshi SaekiStarsSaburô KitajimaBunta SugawaraKenji Imai
- DirectorTadashi SawashimaStarsKinnosuke NakamuraTatsuya NakadaiHiroki MatsukataThis anthology tells three separate stories, all about yakuza (Japan's gangsters) in the feudal period. In the first, Sentaro, a roaming yakuza, seeks sanctuary with a gang which then asks his help in a fight against its rivals. His attention is drawn primarily to a young woman who waits in vain for the man she loves. In the second tale, two gamblers barely escape from their pursuers after being caught cheating. They rest in a cabin where a young woman lives. The older gambler, it turns out, has a history with the young woman, a history that changes all three lives. The third tale concerns a young yakuza, a braggart and coward, who is asked by villagers to kill the hated official who torments them. Despite being a gangster, he finds himself sympathetic to the villagers' plight. Now if he can only find the courage to help them.
- DirectorYasuo FuruhataStarsKen TakakuraRentarô MikuniKei SatôA young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan without fear of consequences.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert MitchumKen TakakuraEiji OkadaAmerican private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.
- DirectorMasahiro MakinoStarsKinnosuke NakamuraKen TakakuraMinoru ÔkiA timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. The widowed lady owner is being threatened by a scheming competitor who is offering much cheaper labour. X has just left the army, and his buddies in the firm beg him to rejoin them as second in command, which he does. Thus emboldened, the firm tries to make a deal to stay in business, which launches a serious turf war.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsHiromi FujiyamaKenjirô IshiyamaMichiyo KogureTsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallible. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in Kyuushu. Quickly there's trouble with the local mining competition, who doesn't always play a fair game. True to his hot-headed nickname, Tsune only gets into deeper trouble.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsKen TakakuraTetsurô TanbaNaoki SugiuraA killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. He then seeks revenge against the people who employed him.
- DirectorKazuo IkehiroStarsRaizô IchikawaMayumi OgawaKaneko IwasakiIsazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of Yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and bravery, his impeccable manners, and his brilliant talent in gambling.
- DirectorEisuke TakizawaStarsHideki TakahashiYukiko TodorokiHiroshi IzumiIn early 20th Century Japan, a yakuza boss goes on a 3-year journey. When he sees some trouble, he heads right for it.