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Director
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2003
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In a future where society is on the verge of collapse, the government takes drastic action against the problem of rebellious...
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Director
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2000
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An acclaimed yakuza autuer best known for his pungent Jingi Naki Tatakai series, Kinji Fukasaku spins this tale about the...
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Director
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1999
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A samurai and his companions become "ronin" (masterless samurai) when their master is forced to commit suicide after a failed...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1994
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Screen legend Sonny Chiba makes his feature directorial debut with this tale of a young bear hunter who vows to end the...
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Supervisor/Manager
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1990
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This is the fourth of a series of samurai movies based on a popular Japanese television series. Among the other features of...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1987
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This drama is based on the experiences of celebrated novelist Kazuo Dan. Kazuo Katsura (Ken Ogata) is a writer, with a wife...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1986
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As might be gathered from its title, The Legend of the Eight Samurai is set in feudal Japan. Princess Hiroku Yokoshimaru's...
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Director
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1984
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A double disaster film with both an American and a Japanese cast, Virus presents some pretty wild probabilities to viewers....
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Director, Screenwriter
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1982
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In this Japanese fantasy, the wrathful ghost of a shogunate warrior emerges from a thunderstorm to exact revenge on those...
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Director
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1981
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A has-been samurai movie star takes unfair advantage of the loyalty of one of his devoted fans in this Japanese...
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Director
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1981
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Director
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1980
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Message from Space, a bargain-rack Japanese Star Wars clone, stars Vic Morrow as the token American. Responding to a plea for...
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Director
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1978
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You've seen him as the bone-cracking anti-hero of the Street Fighter films, now watch Sonny Chiba team with Japanese screen...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1978
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Director
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1976
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A haunted detective whose unconventional methods virtually define the term rogue cop is set up for failure when his corrupt...
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Director
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1976
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Director
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1975
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Director
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1975
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Director
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1974
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A long-standing gang war on the streets of Hiroshima escalates despite police pressure in this, the fourth film in...
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Director
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1974
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Kinji Fukasaku's violent chronicle of mob warfare in post-war Hiroshima continues with this, the third film in the Yakuza...
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Director
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1973
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Kinji Fukasaku directed this powerful and uncompromising look at the deadly stakes of life among the Yakuza -- the Japanese...
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Director
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1973
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Director
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1973
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Director, Screenwriter
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1972
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The quest of a war-widow for the truth about her husband's death during World War II serves as the backbone for this film,...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1972
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This 25-million dollar epic collaboration accurately recreates the events that led to the Japanese attack on the American...
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Director
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1970
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In the 1960's, young men in rural Japan were frequently sent to the city when they became old enough to work. The...
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Director
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1970
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Mysterious lounge singer Ryuko (Akihiro Maruyama) is the subject of awe with an intensity bordering on worship at the Black...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1969
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A young swinger finds that his criminal habits have gotten him in over his head in this rare 1960s yakuza film from legendary...
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Director
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1968
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The Black Lizard (Kurotakage) takes place in the sub rosa world of organized crime in Japan. Famed female impersonator...
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Director
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1968
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This shoestring-budget science fiction drama finds astronauts plagued by a mysterious green slime that clings to the men's...
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Director
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1968
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Director, Screenwriter
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1964
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