Nobuo Kaneko Movies

Ikiru

83/100

A bureaucrat tries to find a meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

76/100

When Zatoichi witnesses the murder of a young mother he promises to deliver the baby to the father. Along the way he gains the help of a reluctant criminal.

Final Episode

76/100

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!

69/100

Police detective Tajima, tasked with tracking down stolen firearms, turns an underworld grudge into a blood-bath. Suzuki transforms a colorful pot-boiler into an on-target send-up of cultural colonialism and post-war greed.

Intimidation

72/100

A bank manager is blackmailed into robbing his own bank.

Zubekô banchô: zange no neuchi mo nai

69/100

Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers...

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 »

Voice Without a Shadow

67/100

Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Three years ago, she accidentally heard the voice of ... See full summary »

Shadow Warriors

88/100

Upon the death of the third Shogun, his heir is kidnapped by a ninja group. Consequently, Hattori Hanzo fights the evil forces that threaten to destroy the nation.

Eight Hours of Terror

69/100

The plot concerns a passenger train which is stalled when a typhoon wrecks the tracks. The commuters are offloaded onto a shuttle bus, which is then taken over by a pair of sadistic gangsters.

Tokyo Knights

66/100

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

Sukeban: Tamatsuki asobi

63/100

Released from reform school, the Girl Boss (Yuko Kano) and her girl gang enter in conflict with another girl gang who are allied to the powerful Yakuza Boss (Toru Abe). The Girl Boss teams ... See full summary »

The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass

69/100

A carnivalesque tale of a young student who hooks up with a down-at-heels traveling circus troupe.

Rokudenashi kagyo

54/100

Sanpo suru reikyusha

73/100

Violence

Big Time Gambling Boss

75/100

Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps

71/100

Gorotsuki

74/100

Return of the Vagabond

46/100

Kuroi tsume

28/100

Hatô o koeru wataridori

Ore wa shiranai

Ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku

School of Echoes