Shingo Yamashiro

Cops vs. Thugs
7.2

Cops vs. Thugs

Apr. 26, 1975

Cops vs. Thugs

In at least 6 movies by director Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara played a yakuza thug. This time, he carries a badge but his character ...
Graveyard of Honor
7.2

Graveyard of Honor

Feb. 15, 1975

Graveyard of Honor

A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with ...
Return of the Street Fighter
6.4

Return of the Street Fighter

Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. ...
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics
7.4

The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension ...
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War
7.4

The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War

The film is set in 1960, fifteen years after the end of the end of World War II. Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara), the protagonist of the first film ...
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
7.6

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami’s assassin fee ...
Brothers of Capones

Brothers of Capones

May. 23, 1970

Brothers of Capones

Three aspiring assassins seek their education from Chicago returnees.