Shinichirō Mikami

Jun, a 16-year-old teen, refuses to stand while the national anthem is being played at his graduation ceremony. This event will totally change his life, as he involuntarily becomes the new hero of a rebel anti-system youth. Singer Muy's pop music and his friend, Nozomi, with whom he shares his sadness and hatred for the society that surrounds them, help him bear his terrible loneliness.

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An action comedy about a freshman who joins his university's cheerleading squad and gradually discovers his manliness through interactions with powerful seniors.

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Madoka's colleague Sanae, who's hooked on host club activities, agrees to play with a schoolgirl for money, only to find a cheeky schoolgirl and a gang waiting for her...

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Tsujimaki, commonly known as Marie. Her public face is that of a makeup artist, while her hidden side is that of a professional killer. She sends people who are stuck in this world to the afterlife one after another with a perfect death, and what is her brilliant way of killing?

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Terrible ! Bloody conflict , outbreak !! The overwhelmingly popular graphic novel serialized in Manga Goraku is finally made into a moviel Draw the hard life of men running through the times , including Show Alkawa !!! First film of the live action series.

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Ryoji Minami, an elite trading company man, falls in love with Minako Kano, the daughter of the fifth president of the Kanto Kano family, overcomes obstacles, and has a wedding. A sudden misfortune befell Ryoji. On the day of the wedding, his father and daughter were killed by a bomb planted in a package. In anger and sadness with nowhere to go, Ryoji vows to take revenge on the bomber, and as the sixth head of the Kano family, confronts the Kyoei Alliance.

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He can sort out any financial trouble! The legendary hero from the Weekly Manga Sunday series is now available on DVD! The client this time for Goro Inui—commonly known as Goro the Fixer—is his former secondary school classmate, Yamanaka. Having squandered his money at a secret casino and racked up a massive debt, Yamanaka has, unbelievably, handed over a blank promissory note from his parents’ company as collateral. A few days later, his father receives a fax of the promissory note, bearing a face value of 100 million yen. Sensing the hand of a professional forger, Goro finally steps up to the plate as a master of the underworld!

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The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.

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Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane.

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Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.

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The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.

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After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.

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A Yakuza boss's wife and the widow of a rival crime syndicate's murdered leader bond over a common purpose: to seek vengeance.

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A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup exposes the truth.

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An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu's long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this). Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it focuses less on Ozu's accomplishments as a film-maker than on his impact on the lives of the people he worked with..

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A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.

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A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.

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The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.

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From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.

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Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.

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After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.

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A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan.

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Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help her escape and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast.

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Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.

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The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.

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As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic Games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

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When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.

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Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

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In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate.

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In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher of a music class, invites Takuro Yoshida to Koriyama City to hold a concert. He then starts being harassed by the Hashimoto group, a local gangster group which manages the city's entertainment.

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In Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords had been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest carries his sword disguised as a Priest?s staff. One of the strongest entries in the series, Shinkai is badly injured, and must face his worst enemy in what could be their final showdown.

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The film takes place in Yokohama, a night city where you can revel in the neon mood. A bartender who wants to become a singer and a beautiful married woman burn fierce and ephemeral love in a confrontation with a ruthless yakuza.

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Film with Junko Miyazono.

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Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

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Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.

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