Ken Takakura Movies

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the...

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...

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.

Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.

A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears,...

Japanese family drama.

The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.

1962 Japanese movie

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livelihoods are...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

Chiezo Kataoka grew up as a Magician's apprentice in America and no prison can hold him!

Starring Ken Takakura, this TV special depicts a detective (Akira Hayasaka) who lives in a harsh life with pride and conviction. Minoru Akiba, Chief...

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence in the young man he has chosen to...