Akikane Sawa Movies

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs...

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the...

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...

An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is...

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some...

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local...

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man...

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.

Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of...