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Hokuriku Proxy War
IMDb: 7 1977 98 min 14 views
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji ...
6.9
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
IMDb: 6.9 1969 122 min 10 views
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of ...
7.3
Story of a Prostitute
IMDb: 7.3 1965 96 min 15 views
Volunteering as a “comfort woman” on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is ...
6.9
Pleasures of the Flesh
IMDb: 6.9 1965 104 min 11 views
A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence.
6.8
A Certain Killer
IMDb: 6.8 1967 82 min 25 views
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he’s in contact with.
6.4
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
IMDb: 6.4 1978 102 min 24 views
After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the ...
7.3
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
IMDb: 7.3 1968 82 min 42 views
Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
7.2
Gate of Flesh
IMDb: 7.2 1964 90 min 24 views
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, ...
