Shigeo Kobayashi Movies

The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aya Sugimoto

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...

Genre: Action

Cast: Riki Takeuchi

A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Christian Bale

Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He...

Genre: Action

Cast: Riona Hazuki

Mayo, the Black Angel, is ordered to assassinate a powerful syndicate leader. The hit goes awry, however, as the crime boss' bodyguard steps in the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yûki Amami

A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Mikami

Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Show Aikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cao Shuai

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Goro Kishitani

Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) was...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Masaya Katô

Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joseph Fiennes

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified....

Genre: Action

Cast: Kazuya Nakayama

Based on the true battle. August 31st, 1937. The Kuomintang Commander Yao Ziqing was ordered to protect Baoshan County. The Japanese army used land,...

Genre: War

Cast: 吕星辰

The second installment of the "Gokudo Seisen" series, a hard-line action OV that presents the original draft of Shigenori Takechi under the...

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Cast: Hakuryu

The third installment of the hard-line action OV "Gokudo Seisen" series, which presents the original draft of Shigenori Takechi under the supervision...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hakuryu

The first in the "Gokudo Seisen" series, a hard-line action OV that presents the original draft of Shigenori Takechi under the supervision of Takashi...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hakuryu

Collection of short films: Spaghetti Napolitan (Atsushi Kaneshige) 3:15 PM (Hiroyuki Nakano) Iron (Hiroyuki Nakano) Lighthouse (Hiroyuki Nakano)...

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Cast: Mitsuru Fukikoshi