Sonny Chiba
Sonny Chiba (born January 23, 1939 - August 19, 2021), also known as Shin'ichi Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience. Born in Fukuoka, Chiba played a variety of sports in high school, including baseball and volleyball. He also practiced gymnastics and participated at the National Sports Festival of Japan in his third year. When he was a university student, he learned martial arts, earning a black belt in Kyokushin Karate in 1965 and later receiving a fourth degree in 1984.
Chiba's career began in the 1960s, when he starred in two tokusatsu superhero shows. In his first role, he replaced Susumu Wajima as the main character Kōtarō Ran/Seven Color Mask in Seven Color Mask (Nana-iro Kamen) in the second half of the series. However, his breakthrough role was in the 1974 film The Street Fighter. Before retiring, Chiba had also appeared in a number of English language American films, including Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Fast & Furious 3: Tokyo Drift (2006).
Chiba died of COVID-19 complications at the hospital in Tokyo on 19 August 2021, at the age of 82.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.8537 |
| Birthday | 1939-01-23 |
| Place of Birth | Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | Shinichi Chiba, Sadaho Maeda, Sonny Chiba, |
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
7.971/19219
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
1998
The Storm Riders
6.5/111
Heeding a prophecy, a warlord trains two orphans after killing their parents. But the skills he teaches could lead to his downfall.
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The Storm Riders
2003
Battle Royale II: Requiem
5/546
It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down...
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Battle Royale II: Requiem
1974
The Executioner
6.586/29
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura wor...
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The Executioner
1975
The Killing Machine
5.5/10
Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor and...
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The Killing Machine
1961
Invasion of the Neptune Men
3.071/28
Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group o...
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Invasion of the Neptune Men
1963
Judo Life
0/0
Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo...
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Judo Life
1964
Judo Hall Demon
0/0
Sequel to the movie Judo Ichidai (Judo Life) with Sonny Chiba
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Judo Hall Demon
2004
Explosive City
6.6/25
A young Japanese woman has been trained to become a professional killer since childhood. Two cops pursue the girl, who has assassinated a Hong Kong of...
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Explosive City
1972
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
6.5/4
Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
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Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
1964
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
0/0
An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambu...
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1962
South Pacific Waves Are High
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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South Pacific Waves Are High
1982
Fall Guy
6.5/28
Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a...
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Fall Guy
2006
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
6.553/7764
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Sean gets caught u...
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
1975
Karate Bear Fighter
6.8/13
Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oy...
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Karate Bear Fighter
1975
Karate Bullfighter
6.7/14
Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After t...
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Karate Bullfighter
1977
Karate for Life
6.813/16
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a...
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Karate for Life
1978
Shogun's Samurai
7.033/46
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 the sho...
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Shogun's Samurai
1961
Police Department Part 15: Alibi
0/0
The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alib...
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Police Department Part 15: Alibi
1974
The Street Fighter
6.815/116
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress...
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The Street Fighter
1974
Return of the Street Fighter
6.077/97
Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the...
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Return of the Street Fighter
1974
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
5.46/50
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crosse...
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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
2002
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
6.609/32
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing oth...
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Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
2016
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
8/2
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Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
2012
Sushi Girl
5.453/118
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Sushi Girl
1966
The Kamikaze Guy
7.667/3
An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.
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The Kamikaze Guy
2004
Survive Style 5+
7.277/224
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
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Survive Style 5+
1979
Hunter in the Dark
6.3/20
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to...
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Hunter in the Dark
1981
Roaring Fire
6.533/15
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly...
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Roaring Fire
1974
Sister Street Fighter
6.644/59
Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, his sister Li Koryu turns to his former martial-arts...
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Sister Street Fighter
1961
Police Precinct Part 17
8/1
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before,...
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Police Precinct Part 17
1975
The Bullet Train
6.861/71
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police ra...
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The Bullet Train
1961
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
0/0
Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the...
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Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
1977
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
5.5/26
Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out"...
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Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
2013
Sushi Girl: A Documentary
0/0
A cinéma vérité look at first feature director Kern Saxton and producer Suren M. Seron leading the cast and crew of "Sushi Girl" (2013) through a seri...
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Sushi Girl: A Documentary
2012
修羅の花道
0/0
A period of rapid economic growth. The Sanno-kai, a giant organization in the Kansai region, has expanded into Yokohama. Under these circumstances, Ta...
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修羅の花道
2013
Don's Road 6
0/0
The sixth 'Don's Road' film.
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Don's Road 6
2013
Don's Road 7
0/0
The seventh 'Don's Road' film.
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Don's Road 7
2013
Don's Road 8
0/0
The eighth 'Don's Road' film.
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Don's Road 8
2013
Don's Road 9
9.5/1
The ninth 'Don's Road' film.
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Don's Road 9
1984
Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
6.5/3
An alien assassin, Omega, who makes a living by hunting down Space Sheriffs, arrives on Earth. Adapting a helmet, twin shoulder cannons, and other wea...
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Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
1984
Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!
6.667/3
Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers! is the second movie of Uchuu Keiji Shaider. This movie takes place between episodes 39 and 40, and was released on De...
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Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!
1973
Robot Detective: The Movie
7/1
Robot Detective K and his human colleagues battle the criminal organization BADDO. Theatrical release re-edited from episodes 1-9, 11, and 12 of the...
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Robot Detective: The Movie
1966
Night Bitch
0/0
A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a...
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Night Bitch
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
7.322/73
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
6.768/28
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the reve...
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The Fall of Ako Castle
1970
A Kamikaze Cop
5.792/12
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs again...
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A Kamikaze Cop
1966
Terror Beneath the Sea
5.35/20
While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the...
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Terror Beneath the Sea
1981
Samurai Reincarnation
5.872/43
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Sata...
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Samurai Reincarnation
1973
The Bodyguard
5.12/25
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the n...
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The Bodyguard
1976
Karate Warriors
6.889/9
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
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Karate Warriors
1979
G.I. Samurai
5.889/36
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai...
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G.I. Samurai
1964
Orders from Hell
7/1
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Orders from Hell
2014
修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬
0/0
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修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬
2017
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
0/0
Rise of the Underworld Lords—
The mighty Murohachi Alliance, once unifying Japan’s yakuza under Kyoto, collapses, and a fierce struggle for supremacy...
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Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
2017
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 2
0/0
The yakuza world has entered an age of war.
In Owari, Nobuhide Oriki (Tokuma Nishioka) pushes for unification, while his son Nobunaga (Hitoshi Ozawa)...
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Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 2
2017
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
0/0
With the death of Nobuhide Oriki (Tokuma Nishioka), a brutal succession battle erupts within the Oriki-gumi. By vote, Nobunaga (Hitoshi Ozawa) becomes...
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Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
1972
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
7.9/9
Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor -- ma...
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
1974
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
5.684/19
When both a priceless jewel and the daughter of a rich heiress are stolen by a master criminal, Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. But a do...
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The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
1961
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
7/3
The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a pl...
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Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
1962
The King
8/1
The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional sho...
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The King
1970
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
6.4/4
An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack on the boss he is assigned to kill a rival boss.
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Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
1976
The Machine Gun Dragon
6.5/4
Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and...
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The Machine Gun Dragon
1966
The Golden Bat
6/18
A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through his telescope. Scoffed at by the scientific estab...
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The Golden Bat
1992
The Triple Cross
7.167/6
Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice, who is then tracked down amid escalating carnage and...
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The Triple Cross
1961
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
6.5/2
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right be...
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Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
1962
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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あの空の果てに星はまたたく
2014
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1
0/0
The first 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.
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Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1
2015
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2
0/0
The second 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.
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Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2
1988
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
0/0
From his early days as Matsudaira Motoyasu through his rise to the most powerful man in Japan as Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first of the Tokugawa Shoguns, t...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1981
The Bushido Blade
5.333/15
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sen...
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The Bushido Blade
1971
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
0/0
Detective Hayata's friend is killed by criminals. In order to find the murder, Hayata infiltrate a gang, with the aim of getting closer to the big bos...
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Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
1983
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
5.667/3
Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of his grandfather, he starts living with Mai, his gr...
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Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
1994
Immortal Combat
5.579/19
Two police officers discover an island laboratory where a madwoman is turning martial artists into superkillers.
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Immortal Combat
2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
7.876/15287
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She v...
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
1975
Wolf Guy
5.75/42
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of...
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Wolf Guy
2012
修羅の花道2
0/0
Takamasa Ishida returned to Yokosuka after the war. Ishida, who met the boss Gihachiro Oshizuka and expanded his power as a substitute, decided to fur...
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修羅の花道2
1962
Zankokuna tsuki
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Zankokuna tsuki
2003
New Shadow Warriors
10/1
In the time of the peaceful Toyotomi Era, Shinotada, the master of Kochi Family, a source of revenue for the Tokugawa, is trying to marry his younger...
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New Shadow Warriors
2003
New Shadow Warriors II
10/1
Iga ninja led by Hattori Hanzo took back Princess Fuji who was kidnapped by Fuma Clan at the end of the war. However, there were three of them - one...
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New Shadow Warriors II
2003
New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1
7/1
Toyotomi Hideyori's married granddaughter, Princess Sen, is targeted by someone. Hattori Hanzo, who receives the news, challenges the blocking of cons...
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New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1
2004
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
7/1
Shippuu (Hayate) appeared suddenly dead. However, he fell into the hands of Sarutobi for due to his loss of memory.
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New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
2005
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
0/0
In order to save the daughter of Kuroiwa clan lord who was made ill by the curse of someone, Hattori Hanzo brings the shadow warriors.
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New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
2005
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
0/0
As the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate becomes firm, Hattori Hanzo struggles against Sarutobi Sasuke and Sanada Yukimura. At the same time, Sasuke and...
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New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
1992
Fighting Fist
6/2
The Yakuza of Japan has infiltrated the universities of Hong Kong and are conducting illegal activities such as underground bare knuckle fights,gambli...
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Fighting Fist
1975
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
6.6/14
Maki is the leader of a female gang who fights for justice, but she ends up being framed and sent to a sadistic woman's prison. Will Maki be able to e...
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13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
1962
Love School
0/0
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Love School
1985
Amazing Masters of Martial Arts
7.75/4
This collection of archive footage from martial arts films offers an array of power-packed kicks, chops, leaps, and other dramatic fighting moves from...
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Amazing Masters of Martial Arts
1976
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
7.556/9
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody...
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The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1963
Song of Yakuza
9/1
A low ranking yakuza who spends more time enjoying life than doing the yakuza work falls in love with a pretty student girl, whose brother later gets...
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Song of Yakuza
1976
Dragon Princess
6/17
A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter with the intention of her avenging...
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Dragon Princess
2001
Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf
0/0
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Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf
1989
Shogun's Shadow
6.9/25
A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are l...
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Shogun's Shadow
1980
Shogun's Ninja
6.3/24
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the...
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Shogun's Ninja
1963
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
7/1
This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words,...
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Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
1965
That Cute Girl
0/0
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That Cute Girl
1966
Dash to the Sun
0/0
A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo wi...
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Dash to the Sun
2000
Born to Be King
6.3/44
Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan....
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Born to Be King
2006
Legend of Seven Monks
4.8/2
Two of the greatest names in the world of Japanese Action Cinema are reunited in the latest film from Japan's action maestro, Kenji Tanigaki. One is "...
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Legend of Seven Monks
2013
Unification Of Japan
5.3/3
Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), local delinquents from Yokohama, used their fists to dismantle a local yakuza gang. This...
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Unification Of Japan
1963
Asakusa no kyōkaku
0/0
Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by an honorable Yakuza in Tokyo's Asakusa district.
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Asakusa no kyōkaku
1980
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
6/1
A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE
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Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
1995
Body Count
5.364/11
A cold-blooded assassin is out for revenge against an elite corps of Special Crimes Agents headed by Eddie Cook and Vinnie Rizzo. When Cold blooded hi...
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Body Count
2013
Unification Of Japan 2
0/0
Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya), who joined Kyowakai, steadily rose through the ranks with his calm and clear mind. Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) was also r...
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Unification Of Japan 2
2001
Akumyoh 2
0/0
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Akumyoh 2
1963
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
7/1
Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo Ka...
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Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1983
Legend of the Eight Samurai
5.794/34
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 Princess Sh...
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
1987
Sure Death 4
7/9
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in t...
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Sure Death 4
2014
Kabukicho High School
0/0
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Kabukicho High School
2019
Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba
0/0
Interview with Sonny Chiba, included on the Blu-rays "The Street Fighter Collection" (Shout! Factory) and "The Street Fighter Trilogy" (Arrow Video).
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Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba
1973
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
9/1
A truck driver arrives in Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and h...
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Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
1977
Soul of Chiba
6.5/8
This mid-1970s martial arts classic stars Sonny Chiba as Mu Yun Tek, a young man trained in the Thai fighting style since childhood to one day avenge...
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Soul of Chiba
1979
Dead Angle
8/2
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
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Dead Angle
1967
Classmates
6.5/4
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
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Classmates
1968
Human Torpedoes
7/1
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.
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Human Torpedoes
1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
7.667/3
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schoo...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1970
The Last Kamikaze
7/2
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji T...
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The Last Kamikaze
1962
All Rascals
7/1
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to wor...
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All Rascals
2015
Take a Chance
10/1
Even in Japan, the ancient lifestyle of Uchi Deshi training is all but forgotten. However, a teenager from Tokyo discovers that it's alive and well in...
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Take a Chance
2015
The Noise
10/1
Underground people who exhale toxic gas appear in Tokyo's S-Ward, which is dealing with construction noise from urban development projects. Everyone p...
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The Noise
1984
The Awesome Circus Bastard
0/0
Daigaku, member of the circus, is involved in a certain case and is suspected by Detective Hattori and others that he's the culprit. In order to unrav...
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The Awesome Circus Bastard
1965
Tale of Japanese Burglars
7/8
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some commun...
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Tale of Japanese Burglars
1992
Iron Eagle III
4.11/73
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides...
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Iron Eagle III
1961
Tale of a Company Boss 3
0/0
A story about the nature of office workers today.
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Tale of a Company Boss 3
1968
Army Intelligence
7/1
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.
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Army Intelligence
1973
Bodyguard Kiba 2
6.4/10
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins work...
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Bodyguard Kiba 2
1964
Here Because of You
5.5/6
An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing...
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Here Because of You
1966
Game of Chance
6.5/2
Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs, driftin...
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Game of Chance
1976
Jail Breakers
6/6
Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch o...
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Jail Breakers
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
5.5/4
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
Virus
6.3/73
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...
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Virus
2024
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement
0/0
Within Tokyo’s criminal underworld, there is a violent power struggle between former allies that serves as the central theme of the film. Detective Ry...
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Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement
1977
Doberman Cop
6.533/30
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grisly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into t...
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Doberman Cop
1990
Shingo's Ten Duels
0/0
The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his fa...
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Shingo's Ten Duels
2015
Biohazard: The Stage
9/2
A bioterrorism incident occurs at a university in Western Australia. Chris and Piers from BSAA's anti-bioterrorism unit head to the scene to investiga...
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Biohazard: The Stage
1961
Man with the Funky Hat
9/1
Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends ge...
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Man with the Funky Hat
1975
The Decisive Power of Aikido
7.8/5
It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido and how he did it. We can see why he developed ai...
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The Decisive Power of Aikido
1961
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
7/2
Drifting detective Goro Saionji is asked to investigate the sinking of a fishing boat in a port town on the Bōsō Peninsula and runs up against the smu...
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Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
1972
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
6.833/6
A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.
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Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
1982
Ninja Wars
5.6/25
A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with th...
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Ninja Wars
1979
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
6.3/10
A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to domi...
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The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1990
Seventeen Ninja
9/1
This remake of the classic film features the addition of Chiba Shinichi and Natsuyagi Isao as political intrigue reigns supreme. Tadanaga, the younger...
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Seventeen Ninja
1977
Hokuriku Proxy War
6.857/14
A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs.
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Hokuriku Proxy War
1985
The Last True Yakuza
5.667/6
A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.
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The Last True Yakuza
1977
Truckster of Guts
8/1
The fifth movie of the “Truck Yaro” series, which is comical road movies of two long-distance truckers. This time Momojiro falls in love with beautifu...
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Truckster of Guts
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
7.368/19
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The nex...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1962
Four Sisters
6/1
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
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Four Sisters
1967
King of the Gang
9/1
The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's market...
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King of the Gang
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
9/1
A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1981
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
6.333/6
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “spec...
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Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1962
Gang vs. G-Men
7.5/2
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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Gang vs. G-Men
1971
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
0/0
Exciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.
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Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
7.5/2
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
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2009
Yakuza Legacy
0/0
Matsuba Group was dominant in Gumma but an emerging group begins to mess around their territory. Designated as the leader of a branch, Makino swipes t...
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Yakuza Legacy
1991
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
6.5/2
During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country under their banners by becoming the supreme leader. On...
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Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
2012
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
10/1
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan is a special DVD released with Televi-Kun in 2012 to promote the film Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie. It features th...
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The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
1989
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
9/1
Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tas...
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Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
1965
Yakuza G-Men
0/0
34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to find out who robbed a truck full of gold.
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Yakuza G-Men
1984
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
6.5/2
Lewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious Tsurugamine Academy, until the Disciplinary Committee decid...
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Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
2011
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
8.114/1377
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day....
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2007
Oyaji
10/1
Surrounded by violence for as long as he can remember, Ryoudo Numata has steeled himself into a tremendously tough man, growing to become the very ess...
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Oyaji
1975
Detonation: Violent Riders
8.333/3
Wild-hearted mechanic boy Iwaki falls in love with the innocent but gang tied Michiko.
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Detonation: Violent Riders
1962
The Escape
7/2
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
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The Escape
1963
A Life of Intimidation
0/0
Japanese action film.
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A Life of Intimidation
1972
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
7/1
Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld.
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A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
1972
The Horrible Obsessions
6.3/3
Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after shooting heroin. There, he encounters the usual assortment o...
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The Horrible Obsessions
1967
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
8/1
A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a dau...
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The Rickshaw Man’s Son
2009
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
6.5/2
The history of the Yakuza Eiga at the TOEI studio is roughly outlined. Real Yakuza and also their connections to the movie business are discussed, and...
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Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
1967
Organized Violence
6.5/2
A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.
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Organized Violence
1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice
7/2
When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed.
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Japanese Humanity and Justice
1963
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
5.667/3
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era...
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1967
North Sea Chivalry
9/1
Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this tale of chivalry and friendship among yakuza in the...
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North Sea Chivalry
1967
Game of Chance 2
6/1
Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leav...
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Game of Chance 2
1978
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
6.2/5
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 mainla...
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The Okinawa War of Ten Years
1987
Taikoki
8/2
Rising from the lowliest of country samurai to the heights of power as Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is one of the pivotal figures of the Sengoku period.
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Taikoki
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
7/1
This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and written and directed by Teruo Ishii of "Operation Big Ba...
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2023
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter
0/0
A rookie detective's friend is brutally murdered by the Japanese mafia, she must revenge for her and bring justice to the world, as an assassin.
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Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter
2005
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
0/0
Sarutobi Sasuke’s army is attacked by the enemy and after returning to the hideout with a broken duplicate and a false sword, the real Muramasa can on...
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Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
7.5/1
The day of the final battle approaches and, to guarantee the uncertain victory, Sarutobi Sasuke is asked to retrieve the legendary sword Muramasa. Sig...
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Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
1977
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
6.167/6
Komori Chiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day while training, her coach hits a ball into her eye on accident. At the hospital, the news...
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Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1963
The Navy
0/0
A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...
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2018
Shakespeare in Tokyo
7.3/3
An Australian Shakespeare fan with Down Syndrome sets off on a solo adventure to discover Tokyo in order to get away from his overbearing older brothe...
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Shakespeare in Tokyo
1991
Yakuza Warfare
7.5/2
Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.
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Yakuza Warfare
1990
Minamoto Yoshitsune
0/0
One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridge, Shanao (later Yoshitsune), a young man of small...
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Minamoto Yoshitsune
1969
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
8.5/2
Kosaka Hiroshi is a small time swindler and the boss of a motorcycle gang in Shinjuku. Living only to make money, he never made the big time until he...
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Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
1967
Game of Chance 3
5/2
Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped the clan's vengeance by staying on the road with his...
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Game of Chance 3
1986
Cabaret
4.8/5
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist start...
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Cabaret
1978
Message from Space
5.858/60
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaib...
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Message from Space
1989
Sensei
8/1
In one of the districts of Tokyo, an old school is planned to be torn down after the summer holidays. The only person who is seriously worried about t...
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Sensei
2017
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
8/1
"National High School Photography Championship Tournament", also known as "Shashin Koshien" is an event held annually in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan'...
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Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
1965
Code of Ruffians
7.5/2
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the sc...
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Code of Ruffians
1977
Japan's Don
7.25/4
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
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Japan's Don
1976
The Rugby Star
10/1
The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports comedy/drama...
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The Rugby Star
2000
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
8/1
A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
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Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
2000
Legend of the Flying Swordsman
4.25/4
The story about a young man whose drinking habit causes disaster for his family and himself.
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Legend of the Flying Swordsman
1962
Fearful Witch
0/0
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1974
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
9/1
In the spring of 1945, Murakami, an apprentice officer, was ordered by the General Staff Headquarters to be assigned to the secret 33rd Eastern Unit,...
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Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
1989
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
7/1
Visualization based on Tetsuro Tamba's best-selling "Great Reikai". A story about a physicist who dies in an accident and experiences the afterlife as...
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Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1962
Mid-August Commotion
0/0
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General...
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Mid-August Commotion
1965
おゝい雲！
0/0
1965 Toei Drama / Comedy
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1991
Takeda Shingen
10/1
During the 16th century, Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of civil wars and the powerful warlords who fought them. One of the earliest...
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Takeda Shingen
1964
Tokyo Untouchables
0/0
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1973
Murderous Love
0/0
A 300 year old witch agrees to assassinate a dead-sick businessman and his ignorant sexy wife upon the former’s own request – the kills are to take pl...
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Murderous Love
2009
千年の松 完結編
0/0
Makino Kuniyasu is consulted about the succession issue of the Joshu Okubo family. At that time, Makino is attacked by the Arabu Alliance Moriwaki Gro...
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2013
Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition
0/0
A complete digest of “Unification of Japan” from “Unification of Japan 1” to “Unification of Japan 10”!
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2001
The Murder Corps
0/0
Nishinari, Osaka— Katsuhiro Tokuyama (Ryu Gan), who had been living as a civilian, gives in to repeated pleas from his former comrades and revives th...
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The Murder Corps
2001
The Murder Corps: Road to Kansai Domination
0/0
After their desperate battle against a hundred men, the six members of the Tokuyama-kai complete their prison sentences and are released from the Osak...
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The Murder Corps: Road to Kansai Domination
1980
Yagyu Abaretabi
0/0
The story of the Yagyu clan and their journeys across the country in their quest to fight injustice and corruption... and there are many surprises alo...
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Yagyu Abaretabi
1963
Violent Street
0/0
1963 Toei film
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2001
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
8.4/4
A look at the life of superstar Bruce Lee.
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The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
1992
Oda Nobunaga
8/2
Among the great ‘Warlords’ in Japanese history, Oda Nobunaga holds a unique place. In effect, his military success led to the ultimate unification of...
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