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- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraShin'ichi ChibaMeiko KajiA young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow's niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsJirô YabukiShin'ichi ChibaNobiko SawaAn action movie that illustrates the struggle of Morihei Ueshiba who was born in a farming family in Wakayama on his way of pursuing the heart of martial arts until he finally created his own well-polished Aikido.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKinnosuke NakamuraShin'ichi ChibaHiroki MatsukataAfter the Tokugawa shogun's death by poisoning, his sons Iemitsu and Tadanaga compete for the shogunate, dividing the land into warring factions. Iemitsu's mentor, betrays all to secure Iemitsu's power, leading to widespread conflict.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsShin'ichi ChibaGoichi YamadaYutaka NakajimaAfter failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karateka protects the daughter of a recently-deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate gunning for her inheritance.
- DirectorSadao NakajimaStarsHiroki MatsukataShin'ichi ChibaMikio NaritaSet in Okinawa 1971, one year before the return of power to the mainland, this film highlights the bloody battle of Okinawa Yakuza gangsters versus mainland system.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsShin'ichi ChibaIsao NatsuyagiAkiko KoyamaA karate fighter and a samurai join opposing gangs to take them down from the inside.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsHiroki MatsukataYumiko NogawaShin'ichi ChibaA Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsShin'ichi ChibaKôjirô HongôHideo MurotaThis movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaJanet HattaEiko MatsudaA tough-as-nails cop from Okinawa investigates a savage murder in Tokyo's nightlife district. Originally dismissed as a bumpkin, he soon proves more savvy than the local police.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyôji HayamaKôji NanbaraThe son of a murder crime boss exacts his revenge by pitting two rival clans against each other.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsBin AmatsuShin'ichi ChibaJun FujimakiThis movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsJirô YabukiShin'ichi ChibaTsutomu HaradaThis movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.
- DirectorKôsaku YamashitaStarsShin'ichi ChibaHaruko WanibuchiEitarô OzawaSonny Chiba is a master prison breaker.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsShin'ichi ChibaYutaka NakajimaMakoto SatôSonny Chiba plays the character referred to as "Mr Soh", who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation. He is first seen spying on a meeting of Chinese soldiers as they plan a surprise ambush on the retreating Japanese Army. He is discovered and has to fight his way out, using fists, feet and then a machine gun. He rushes to inform the Japanese commanders of the plot, but is horrified to learn that Japan has done the unthinkable by surrendering unconditionally. Soh returns to his homeland to find a ravaged land of beaten people. Victimised by gangsters, occupation forces and corrupt local officials, the poor and the disenfranchised have lost the will to fight back. Using his "Shao Lin" skills (subtitle translation of Shorinji Kempo), he regularly champions the weak and teaches the black market thugs the error of their ways, becoming a regular guest at the local prison. He is seen to assist a former soldier, Otaki, who is seeking his lost wife at the bottom of a bottle, a fallen woman (Kiku) who has turned to prostitution after suffering rape by Russian soldiers, her little brother Kimio who gets injured by some American G.I.s who subsequently try to flee from accident. The Prison Governor warns him that the US Administration will not be so tolerant now that he has "crippled" the troops, suggesting a likely death sentence. He helps him to "escape" the jail and Soh leaves town in a hurry, pausing only to give advice to the band of orphans that he has befriended. Soh leaves the city of Osaka (central Japan) to go to the rural island of Shikoku where he finds a similar situation. He determines to bring new hope to the locals by teaching his martial arts skills to a growing band of followers. He gathers the loafers, ruffians and aimless, teaches them Shorinji Kempo (referred to as "Shao Lin" in subtitles) to build them up to be stronger physically and mentally. He meets some new characters, who he soon enlists in his school; Tomoda the young ex-soldier and his sister Miho. When the noodle-stall girl Noriko is raped by a gang of yakuza thugs, Soh and Tomoda dish out some rough justice (with some sharp scissors to one of the miscreant's tenderest flesh). Later, Tomoda and Miho are attacked and Tomoda has his arm cut off with a katana (Samurai sword). Soh avenges that with a visit to the local yakuza boss that leaves the boss with a dislocated arm and his minion missing a digit. Otaki, the former drunken soldier from Osaka joins the group, then in an emotional scene, discovers his wife is alive but has re-married after he was reported dead in the war. When the small-time local yakuza gangs are joined by familiar faces from Osaka seeking to expand their activities, it is time for action with a capital A. Before the final climactic face-off between Soh's students and the yakuza mob, there is time for Soh to receive an urgent message to see Kiku in Osaka. He returns to find the orphans caring for a terminally ill Kiku, who had turned to prostitution to help support them all. Soh experiences an epiphany and comes to recognise that "Strength and Compassion must be together" (Riki Ai Funi). In a typically cinematic finale, Soh's friend Otaki dies is killed by yakuza thugs paid to clear the honest poor from land to be used to build brothels and gambling dens. Soh goes on a final rampage to clear the yakuza right out of town forever. The epilogue reveals how Soh's school has flourished and spread across Japan (circa 1975), with scenes filmed at the organisations magnificent headquarters still based in the town of Tadotsu.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsShin'ichi ChibaClaude GagnonYôko IchijiMercenary karate master Tsurugi gets mixed up in a plot by the American mafia to take over the karate dojos in Asia, aided by a corrupt dojo master.
- DirectorTung-Min ChenYukio NodaStarsShin'ichi ChibaEtsuko ShihomiTadashi YamashitaAfter his master is brutally murdered by his fellow disciple & vicious Drug dealer Shikimura, Sonny sets out to find out his whereabouts. However the drug king pin has too many fighters and hit men under his command and Sonny nearly gets killed in the process.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsShin'ichi ChibaReiko IkeKôji WadaMercenary karate master Tsurugi is hired to retrieve a cassette tape which holds a very sensitive recording of governmental corruption. A back and forth game of who got the tape ensues.
- DirectorYukio NodaStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyôji HayamaMachiko YashiroAn undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
- DirectorYukio NodaStarsShin'ichi ChibaLun ChiaEtsuko ShihomiA HK cop investigates several similar murders done by Chow's men. Golgo 13, top sniper, is the 4th assassin hired to kill HK drug lord Chow for Americans wanting the HK drug market.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsShin'ichi ChibaMakoto SatôShozo SaijoThree street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaMari AtsumiKinji TakinamiKarate master and anti-drug vigilante Kiba returns to his home in Japan, where he aims to wipe out the nation's drug industry.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaTsunehiko WataseMaki MizuharaKiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaMinoru ÔkiKen TakakuraAn elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.
- DirectorKôsei SaitôStarsShin'ichi ChibaJun EtôMoeko EzawaJapanese soldiers time travel to feudal era. Their lieutenant allies with samurai lord to become Shogun. Both seek power through different eras' warfare.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsShin'ichi ChibaEtsuko ShihomiYutaka NakajimaA former police captain recruits a group of deadly murderers to remove the corrupt and mafia Yakuza . Their first task is to intercept a briefcase from a band that trafficked drugs.
- StarsShin'ichi ChibaSô YamamuraKirin KikiA band of ninjas has been forced to stand back and covertly go into business in order to stay out of the spotlight. Being out of favour with the shogun does that to you. With the said shogun dead there is an opening for the band to return to activity, but at first the inclination is to remain dormant. That is, until a violent group of ninjas emerge.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsShin'ichi ChibaKyôsuke MachidaYuriko AzumaA man with a special power attempts to help a cursed woman.
- DirectorYasuo FuruhataStarsKen OgataNorihito AraiToshihiro AsariA small band of heroes goes on a journey to protect a five year old who is next in line to become the Shogun of Japan. The boy's father, the Mad Shogun, tries to remove his son from the line of succession by any means possible.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsEtsuko ShihomiShin'ichi ChibaAsao UchidaA young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.
- DirectorAkinori MatsuoStarsHiroki MatsukataShin'ichi ChibaYumiko NogawaAfter World War II when Okinawa was under control of the US, the local Yakuza prospered. But when the island was returned to Japan, the mainland Yakuza tries to take over and the locals tries to compete.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaHiroyuki SanadaMichiko SagaBungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs, drifting from city to city.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyôhei UchidaFumio WatanabeHayata is an undercover cop assigned to infiltrate not one, but two rival Yakuza gangs. Things get complicated when Hayata gets into a relationship with a young schoolteacher, the daughter of a fellow officer who was slain by one of the gangs.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaShigemi KitaharaJun UsamiThe great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspicious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.
- DirectorHajime SatôStarsShin'ichi ChibaOsamu KobayashiWataru YamagawaWhen the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaHitomi NakaharaShigeko AraiIchiro, the son of a private detective, is a part-time convertible salesman who spends his time picking up girls, through which he becomes involved in the investigation of the kidnapping of the son of a government official.
- DirectorShin TakakuwaStarsShin'ichi ChibaEiko TakeharaHiroshi MiyauchiUndercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsHiroyuki SanadaShin'ichi ChibaEtsuko ShihomiJoji learns a dark secret from his dying father; he learns he has a twin brother and a sister. He travels to find his brother and finds he has been murdered in mysterious circumstances. While staying with his sister he overhears his Uncle's plans to find a 130CT diamond (named the Queen of Sheba) and soon learns he may be behind other sinister schemes.
- DirectorShin TakakuwaStarsShin'ichi ChibaTsunehiko WataseMitsuko AoiAn undercover cop goes to Okinawa to fight the narcotics and prostitution trade.
- DirectorSadao NakajimaStarsShin'ichi ChibaChiezô KataokaKôji TsurutaThis anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
- DirectorSadao NakajimaStarsShin'ichi ChibaHiroki MatsukataBunta SugawaraA truck driver arriving Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and has something to do with international drug smuggling.
- DirectorJun'ya SatôStarsKen TakakuraShin'ichi ChibaKei YamamotoCriminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.
- DirectorAkihisa OkamotoStarsBunta SugawaraShin'ichi ChibaYutaka NakajimaBunta Sugawara and his gangster mom robs a bagful of mafia money. They get in trouble when the mafia sends their finest hit men after them.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyôhei UchidaIsao NatsuyagiDetective Hayata's friend is killed by criminals at a jewel business. In order to clarify the case, Hayata works in the ranks of local small community with the aim of getting closer to the big bosses responsible for the murder.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaShigemi KitaharaTakashi KandaSonny Chiba returns as Goro Saionji, a private detective fighting against drug smuggling gang at a fishing village.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaTôru AbeShigeyoshi FujiokaDetective Hayata's mission is to infiltrate a nightclub at a ski resort and confiscate a lethal poisonous gas.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaRikiya IwakiYoshi KatôSonny Chiba returns as the daring son of a private detective.
- DirectorJun'ya SatôStarsTetsurô TanbaShin'ichi ChibaRyôhei UchidaA war breaks out on the streets between rivalry Yakuza clans.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKôji TsurutaYoshiko SakumaTetsurô TanbaTwo rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaTetsurô TanbaHiroyuki SanadaBungo, fulfilling his duty as a Yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped the clan's vengeance by staying on the road with his son Kenichi. Tired of running, the two settle in a mountain town.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaKenji SawadaAkiko KanaCenturies ago, a samurai survives the massacre of 35,000 Christians and denounces God for ignoring the pleas of the believers. He sells his soul to the devil and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him on a murderous rampage.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaKinnosuke NakamuraTsunehiko WataseThis is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe.
- DirectorMiki WakabayashiStarsShin'ichi ChibaSaburô KitajimaHideo MurotaSonny Chiba plays a low ranking Yakuza who spends more time enjoying life than doing the Yakuza work. He falls in love with a pretty student girl, whose brother later gets drawn into the Yakuza business against his own wishes.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaAkiko KoyamaKanjûrô ArashiBungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers.
- DirectorKiyoshi SaekiStarsHideo MurataNaoki SugiuraShin'ichi ChibaSonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by an honorable Yakuza in Tokyo's Asakusa district.