Brutal Tales of Chivalry

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking

Shouwa Monogatari

Dramatic story of the Yamazaki family during the year Showa 39 (1964), the year that Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics.

Man of a Stormy Era

The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable employment conditions, and political corruption was a major issue. Out

The Glory of the Shōwa Era

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Legends of Honor

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

Shōwa Gokudōshi

Showa Gamblers

The first installment of the Showa Gamblers series. In 1964, as Tokyo buzzes with excitement over the upcoming Olympics, Ginzaki of the Kansai Senba Union approaches Hanamura, the leader of the “Asakusa Union Eight,” wh

The Perennial Weed

A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.

Karaoke Terror

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!

Tokyo 196X

Kenkichi Godai, a reporter for the social affairs desk, returns home after covering the war-torn Vietnam. Compared to Vietnam, with its gunpowder smoke and carnage, Tokyo seems nothing short of paradise.

Showa Genroku Shameless Festival

Sales staff from a pharmaceutical company who love drinking, fighting, and shopping, along with employees from a rival company, develop a competitive rivalry while approaching the daughter of a researcher at the institut

Modern Lady Gambler

Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betrayed her, and destroying her family and her life. When she discovers that man had already died, she loses her will to liv

Showa Gamblers Gaiden

The second installment of the Showa Gamblers series. In the mid-1950s, Orin, the daughter of Takashima Tomezō, the 8th-generation leader of the Takashima clan in Jōshū Nitta, seeks out Seijirō Hanamura, an old friend of

昭和から騒ぎ

Shôwa Popular Song: Jealousy

International scholar Kenzo Ishikawa is calling for environmental protection and ecology awareness on a stage. However, the audience is small and the reaction is not good but one man called Haruo was listening enthusiast

Death of Emperor Showa

In 1989, Emperor Shōwa passed away. The procession was televised, and between 800,000 and 2 million people watched it in person.

The Battle of Okinawa

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates a

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

The Militarists

The second film in Toho's series on the military history of the Showa era, Hiromichi Horikawa's war drama offers a look at the career of controversial politician Hideki Tojo and the strained relationships between Japan's

The Woman Killer

Japanese crime film.