Yōko Minamida Movies

A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series...

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often...

In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from...

Set in Osaka’s lively entertainment district, the film follows a rakugo performer whose unconventional style makes him a rising star. Despite...

Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent...

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

A story of the conflicting friendship and love between two young men over a young girl from a working-class neighborhood.

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.

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

Life and love stories of stunt men and women.

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of...

Film directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako

Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.

In a fictional mining city in northern Kanto, a Tokyo drifter named Shiro (Ishihara Yūjirō), caught in a conflict between two...

Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful...

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.