Ryōta Minowada Movies

Low-caste former samurai Hanayama Daikichi and his gambler friend Hanji of Yaizu, come to a once peaceful post town of Kofu. A town now filled with...

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Part one.

While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers....

The second part of the Gamblers series.

Part two.

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths...

A crime film released in 1965

Samon Kamiyama, a yoriki of the Minami-machi magistrate infiltrates the Denzū-machi prison disguised as Mushuku Sahēji. Samon is mistaken...

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.

Samon, who had left his position as a police constable, embarks on a journey. During his travel, he is attacked by a group of masked bandits and...

Kokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run by an elderly boss (Kanjuro Arashi). They come into...