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overview : A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy …

overview : Akihiro, a native japanese filmmaker living in Paris, came to Japan to interview survivors for a documentary celebrating the 70th …

overview : The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who …

overview : Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his …

overview : As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who …

overview : In a barren land ruled by oppression and ignorance, a spirited woman driven by hope of a better life must …

overview : For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself …

overview : After being excommunicated from the yakuza, Ginya Yabuki returns from the shadows as leader of his own crime syndicate known …

overview : It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy …

overview : Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body …

overview : A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent …

overview : Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any …

overview : “Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who …

overview : Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro …

overview : Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save …

overview : Amir is in charge of an insurance office. His wife realizes his betrayal and separates, and Amir is not allowed …

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overview : Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while …