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overview : Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the …

overview : A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in …

overview : A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, …

overview : The most notorious househusband in history appears!! The sinister yakuza who left behind many legends in the underworld, "The Immortal …

overview : Koshiro Matsudaira lives in Tanjousan Bun in Echigo as a commoner and surrounded by people that love him, including his …

overview : A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, …

overview : In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble …

overview : An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives …

overview : Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among …

overview : Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he …

overview : A cocaine deal is about to go down between yakuza and Hong Kong triad gangsters and a small time porn …

overview : In Edo, a group of masked samurai stormed a seafood wholesaler, killing the head clerk and robbing the money. They …

overview : In the town of Edo, a series of bizarre incidents occur, where people are kidnapped, have fox masks placed on …

overview : Takei Goro leaves the gang to quit the yakuza world, but the gang won't allow it and relentlessly pursues Takei. …

overview : After six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. Two survivors, Kosuke and Kingo, lead a search to uncover …

overview : After two thugs are killed, Dobu and his crew have three days to catch the murderers. Dobu suspects a hidden …

overview : Marc Schrader, a rookie cop caught red-handed with drugs in a police raid of an illegal rave, joins a homicide …

overview : Washio now reigns as boss of Tendokai, but a deal over casino operating rights ignites a fierce war with a …