Kinji Fukasaku

Battle Royale II: Requiem
4.7

Battle Royale II: Requiem

It’s three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to ...
Battle Royale
7.6

Battle Royale

Dec. 16, 2000

Battle Royale

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary ...
Legend of the Eight Samurai
6.5

Legend of the Eight Samurai

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of ...
Lovers Lost
6.5

Lovers Lost

Jun. 12, 1982

Lovers Lost

A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a ...
Virus
6.2

Virus

Jun. 26, 1980

Virus

Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
The Fall of Ako Castle
7.1

The Fall of Ako Castle

This is the story of “The Forty-Seven Ronin.” Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano ...
The Shogun’s Samurai
7.2

The Shogun’s Samurai

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him ...
Doberman Cop
6.7

Doberman Cop

Jul. 02, 1977

Doberman Cop

The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The police comes to the conclusion that its the work of a pyromaniacal serial ...
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 ...
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 ...
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
6.7

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed ...
Street Mobster
7.1

Street Mobster

May. 06, 1972

Street Mobster

After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
7.9

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been ...
Sympathy for the Underdog
7.4

Sympathy for the Underdog

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Jan. 26, 1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. ...