Crime, Drama
In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many across Japan. A vigorous young man with a look of fearless determination, sets foot on the northern part of Kyushu, an area where Yakuza thrived. His name is Kingoro Tamai (Yujiro Ishihara). With plans to travel the world, Kingoro worked diligently at a coal mine. His loyalty and hard work earned the respect of his peers, his courage won the heart of the beautiful Mon (Ruriko Asaoka), and his success evoked jealousy in his enemies.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Dead Angle
Brother
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
History of Yakuza Conflict: Attack on the Leader
Blue Tiger
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
American Yakuza
Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 12
Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 13
Pornostar
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Psycho Sushi
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
Bloodiest Flower
Like a Dragon: Prologue
Daikichi Konomura
Postman Blues
Monday
SIMILAR MOVIES
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
IMDB 8 | Oct , 2003
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.Dead Angle
IMDB 7 | Jul , 1979
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.Brother
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 2000
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.Battles Without Honor and Humanity
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 1973
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.History of Yakuza Conflict: Attack on the Leader
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2014
Yamadai is the third generation Tamba group leader, a man who stands at the top of Japan's largest Yakuza organization. In Yakuza society, he rules as an absolute figure who should not be touched. However, one day a samurai appears with his blade raised against the untouchable man...Blue Tiger
IMDB 5 | Apr , 1994
Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that the gunman has a picture of a blue tiger on his chest. She is turned into an obsessed person and has an identical red tiger etched into her skin. She then tracks down the killer and plots his death. This leads her into the world of the Japanese MafiaShark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 1999
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.American Yakuza
IMDB 5.7 | Dec , 1993
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia lead by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 12
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2022
The twelfth sequel to the popular series "Yakuza Emblem Legend" Hakuryu and Ichizo Matsuda team up again and expand their influence from Kansai to the whole country, advancing to the top of the Yakuza organization.Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 13
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2023
The 13th sequel to the popular series "Yakuza Emblem Legend".Pornostar
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1998
A young man decides one day to start killing yakuza. After he kills his first two he gets roped into helping a wannabe gangster and his bumbling underlings to perform a hit. While things work out in the beginning, this young psychopath quickly becomes more trouble than the gang expected. Will they be able to rid themselves of him, or will they be his next victims?Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1964
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 2018
In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.Psycho Sushi
IMDB 4 | Jan , 1997
An American model is pursued by Yakuza gangsters when she writes a book about her experience modeling in Japan.The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
IMDB 5.8 | May , 1997
Second half of the violent tale of revenge from actor Sho Aikawa and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa! It's been five years since he left the force, lost his wife, and waged all out revenge, and now our hero is idling his time with a failing yakuza group. When he discovers the secret of one of his superiors, he takes up the gun of vengeance and realizes that his life has only been to serve that purpose.Bloodiest Flower
IMDB 5.2 | Apr , 1971
A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining being a predominately male domain. Overcoming the natural hardships, a more serious threat to Tei and her mine, the menacing presence of rival mining gangs who sense her vulnerability... Nihon jokyo-den:ketto midarw-bana is an outstanding drama, highlighted by wonderful characterizations/performances. Yamashita's excellent direction maintains a rich emotional flow from the opening seconds to the last. Intense and bloody encounters punctuate throughout the engaging multi layered tale!Like a Dragon: Prologue
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2006
In 1970s-era Japan, three children, Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama, and his younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama, are raised together in Shintaro Kazama's Sunflower Orphanage. In the summer of 1980, Yumi Sawamura, a young girl whose parents were accidentally shot and killed during a gang's shootout, joins them in the orphanage. Following a yakuza tradition, the honorable Kazama secretly raises orphans whose parents he has directly or indirectly killed. In return, the children love him as a father and he eventually inducts the teenage Kiryu and Nishikiyama into the Dojima Family, a Tojo Clan affiliate of which he is a senior officer.Daikichi Konomura
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1954
A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the government. A member of the yakuza thugs has fallen in love with the samurai's daughter and conspires to report the father to the authorities in order to snatch the girl. The samurai's daughter has a boyfriend who hides the father and daughter from the thug.Postman Blues
IMDB 7.4 | Aug , 1997
Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.Monday
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2000
A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.