Akikane Sawa Movies

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan.

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When...

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.

Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Krangkor, the dark planet, descends on Earth to...

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...

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is...

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

Chiezo Kataoka grew up as a Magician's apprentice in America and no prison can hold him!

To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who...

1963 Toei movie.

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor. Sado Masasaburo, the founder of Sado Masa, one of the...

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

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

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

Pilot Mitarai Ken is mistaken for a murder suspect after a dying man leaves his name. Sent to fly to Taipei with journalist Xiang-lan, he discovers a...