Tokyo Drifter
(1966) [R]

In Tokyo, the gangster Tetsu (Tetsuya Watari) regenerates when his yakuza boss Kurata (Ryuji Kita) decides to quit his criminal life. However, the mobster family leaded by Otsuka (Hideaki Esumi) threatens Kurata's legitimate business, and Tetsu decides to leave Kurata to relief the pressure on...  More

Branded to Kill
(1967) [M]

Hanada is the 'Number 3' killer in the Japanese underworld. Hired by a mysterious woman, the scheduled hit goes very wrong and Handa is launched into a deadly cat and mouse game with the sexually perverse rice sniffing 'Number 1' killer. Filled with bizarre imagery, eroticism and brutal violence...  More

Youth of the Beast
(1963) [M]

Maverick director Suzuki Seijun takes us on a wild ride into the world of 1960's Japanese Yakuza. A mysterious stranger arrives in town, muscling in on two rival Yakuza gangs. These results spark off a powderkeg that leads to an explosive war between the clans. With striking colors ,...  More

A Tattooed Life
(1965) [M]

Hired killer Tetsu wants to retire from life as a hitman but the partners of his last kill have other ideas. Tetsu's brother Kenji tries to help, but when a yakuza is killed both brothers flee to China and hide as workers on a construction site. The yakuza will not rest until the brothers are...  More