Hiroki Matsukata Movies

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

75/100

During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.

The Shogun's Samurai

72/100

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and ... See full summary »

Cops vs Thugs

73/100

Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.

The Magic Serpent

65/100

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of ... See full summary »

Blackmail Is My Business

70/100

Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his ... See full summary »

New Battles Without Honour and Humanity

71/100

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and ... See full summary »

Sanada Yukimura no bouryaku

72/100

Hokuriku dairi sensô

66/100

Anego

72/100

The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.

Okinawa Yakuza sensô

70/100

Set 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.

Oda Nobunaga

77/100

Kyôdai jingi

61/100

Hiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen

78/100

In Search of Mother

67/100

The protagonist Chujiro, who possesses many attractive qualities, is a victim of unkind circumstances: his mother abandoned him as a child...

Jirochô sangokushi daiichibu

66/100

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the... See full summary »

Shinobi no shu

72/100

Fylfot Swordplay

54/100

Matatabi san ning yakuza

67/100

This anthology tells three separate stories, all about yakuza (Japan's gangsters) in the feudal period. In the first, Sentaro, a roaming yakuza, seeks sanctuary with a gang which then asks ... See full summary »

Âa dôki no sakura

69/100

Showa onna bakuto

66/100

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok

62/100

Tengoku no Taizai

55/100

Bodo shimane keimusho

65/100

Nippon no don: Yabohen

84/100

Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don

64/100