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- DirectorYôichi Higashi
- DirectorYôichi UshiharaStarsJô ShishidoYaeko MizutaniShôbun Inoue
- DirectorHideo SuzukiStarsMichiyo AratamaChisako HaraYuriko Hoshi
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsShintarô KatsuJirô TamiyaMakoto Fujita
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsShintarô KatsuJirô TamiyaMichiko Saga
- DirectorTokuzô TanakaStarsShintarô KatsuJirô TamiyaKyôko Enami
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsKen YamauchiMasako IzumiMidori TashiroA teenager is dismissed from school for misconduct. Still violent, he falls in love with a pupil of his new establishment.
- DirectorKôji WakamatsuStarsReiko GoshoHiroko IchikawaTamaki KatoriAn office worker who dreams of a peaceful happiness with her boyfriend is forced into prostitution by the Yakuza.
- DirectorShigeo TanakaStarsKen UtsuiJun FujimakiHideo Takamatsu
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsKôji TsurutaKen TakakuraShinjirô Ebara
- DirectorUmetsugu InoueStarsKôji TsurutaKen TakakuraMinoru Ôki
- DirectorYoshishige YoshidaStarsTamotsu HayakawaYoshiko KayamaTaiji TonoyamaA shipyard worker gets an offer of free lodging in the company seaside rest house. Upon arriving there, he finds out that he also has to take care of a flock of undisciplined youngsters.
- 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.
- DirectorAkira MiwaStarsHiroshi AsamiReiko GoshoSally Hines
- DirectorYasushi SasakiStarsKusuo AbeChiyonosuke AzumaKikuko HôjôRyujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsKôji TsurutaTakashi ShimuraTatsuo UmemiyaA gritty, nourish gangster saga - especially for 1963 - more in the jitsuroku (true account) vain before there were many yakuza films.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsMikijirô HiraNobuo KanekoKyôsuke Machida
- DirectorTadashi ImaiStarsKinnosuke NakamuraEijirô TônoKyôko KishidaAfter a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he's about to repeat their mistakes.
- DirectorTsuneo KobayashiStarsKen TakakuraYoshiko MitaShinjirô EbaraLieutenant Ken Takakura tries to maintain peace between Yakuza gangs.
- DirectorManao HoriuchiStarsJunzaburô BanYasuko KamiyaDaisuke Katô
- DirectorSadatsugu MatsudaStarsChôjûrô KawarasakiJûshirô KonoeSatomi OkaA ronin comes to a village and tries to organize a defense against bandits. At the same time 4 samurai are hunting him.
- DirectorKentarô MasudaStarsMika FujinoMiyo SuzukiMasayoshi Nogami
- DirectorKan Mukai
- DirectorKengo FurusawaStarsMakoto SatôYôsuke NatsukiYûzô KayamaDuring World War I, Japanese planes assault a lone German enemy outpost.
- DirectorSenkichi TaniguchiStarsToshirô MifuneTadao NakamaruMie HamaSukezaemon, a pirate, is shipwrecked in a strange corner of the world. With his companion, a wizard named Sennin, Sukezaemon becomes entangled in a plot by the evil premier to succeed the dying King Raksha.
- DirectorShirô ToyodaStarsHisaya MorishigeMitsuko MoriNobuko Otowa
- DirectorTokuzô TanakaStarsShintarô KatsuJirô TamiyaReiko FujiwaraZatoichi is caught between two gang bosses and must fight his way pit of an intense territorial dispute (Hulu)
- DirectorUmetsugu InoueStarsRaizô IchikawaHizuru TakachihoMasayo BanriA warlords' retainer offers a farmer the chance to become a samurai, but he is instead forced to serve as a double of the warlord at expense of his freedom.
- DirectorSôjirô MotokiStarsHisako TsukubaEiji WakasugiMalta Carbo
- DirectorKô NakahiraStarsMitsuo HamadaSayuri YoshinagaMasako IzumiA delinquent, budding yakuza has a clash of sensibilities with his good girlfriend in this gritty tearjerker.
- DirectorKihachi OkamotoStarsKeiju KobayashiMichiyo AratamaEijirô TônoThis comedy portrays the everyday life of an ordinary salary-man who uses himself as a model to write a novella.
- DirectorKôzaburô YoshimuraStarsAyako WakaoJunichiro YamashitaTamao NakamuraHaunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.
- DirectorKatsumi NishikawaStarsHideki TakahashiMasako IzumiEijirô TônoHigh school student Tomoe's initial apprehension towards Nanjo, a new handsome teacher in her school, is mistakenly perceived as a crush by her classmates, leading to dramatic consequences.
- DirectorMitsuo MurayamaStarsKôjirô HongôJun FujimakiHideo TakamatsuA ninkyô yakuza tale in a contemporary frame.
- DirectorSôjirô MotokiStarsMichiko SakyôKen'ichiro Sayama
- DirectorShigeo TanakaStarsKen UtsuiJirô TamiyaJunko KanôThere are some organized crime elements here,but this is really more of a noirish action thriller.
- DirectorTokujirô YamazakiStarsTôru AbeToyo FukudaKazuo Funaki
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsHarumi SoneTetsurô TanbaKôji Tsuruta
- DirectorKô NakahiraStarsTomio AokiReiko AraiYoshio Ichikawa
- DirectorMotomu IdaStarsReiko AraiHyôe EnokiEimei Esumi
- DirectorMotomu IdaStarsIwae AraiFumiko AritaSaburô Bôya
- DirectorTomotaka TasakaStarsChôichirô KawarasakiYoshiko SakumaMichiyo KogureA forlorn love story between a young monk and his childhood sweet-heart set in post WWII Japan.
- DirectorToshirô MifuneStarsToshirô MifuneTatsuya MihashiTsutomu YamazakiDuring the Second World War, Takeichi Matsuo had participated in hiding a huge cache of gold in the Phillippine mountains. Years after the war, he is kidnapped by Mitsura and Keigo Gunji, brothers who want Matsuo to lead them to the still-buried gold. Matsuo, who is tormented by the memories of the half-million Japanese who died in the Phillippines during the war, wants to make off with the gold and return it to the Japanese people. But of course the Gunji brothers have other ideas.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsYoshirô AokiMinoru ChiakiManami Fuji
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsKôjirô HongôJun FujimakiJôtarô Senba
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsChiezô KataokaSô YamamuraKenji ImaiTakakura is a young gang boss tricked by the villainous Toru Abe. His underlings, lead by Chiezo Kataoka, start planning for revenge after Takakura dies in jail.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsRyôhei UchidaKei SatôKenji Susukida
- DirectorShigeo TanakaStarsAyako WakaoChieko MurataKen Utsui
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaHaruko SugimuraHomizu ArataniTamiko is a divorced mother with a seriously ill son, struggling to save him and give both a sense of their existence. She lives with her mother and brother, but will marry a man older than her. The dramatic shadow of Hiroshima bombs is always hovering over the fate of the characters.
- DirectorKôzô SaekiStarsMie NakaoMari SonoYukari Itô
- DirectorShunkai MizuhoStarsJun FujimakiSeishirô HaraKôjirô Hongô
- DirectorUmetsugu InoueStarsJirô TamiyaKôjirô HongôJun Fujimaki
- DirectorMasahiro MakinoStarsShin'ichi ChibaSumiko FujiChiezô KataokaKunisada arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang.
- DirectorJun FukudaStarsYûzô KayamaYuriko HoshiKunie Tanaka
- DirectorEiichi KudôStarsRyûtarô ÔtomoSatomi OkaKusuo Abe
- DirectorTadashi SawashimaStarsMinoru ChiakiChiemi EriRyûji KitaBefore she is to be married of according to the clan's will, Princess Kimi escapes for a last gasp of freedom. Toshi, her loyal and always ravenous servant - as well as bosom friend - has to keep the show running.
- DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsKôshirô MatsumotoHiroyuki NagatoRyûnosuke TsukigataA young swordsman, Tenzen, becomes possessed by his own evil sword style. It falls to his brother to restore the family's lost honor, and to challenge Tenzen to a duel to the death.
- DirectorKiriô UrayamaStarsMasako IzumiMitsuo HamadaJun HamamuraWakae is a teenage girl neglected by her alcoholic father and stepmother. She has nowhere to turn to until she is reunited with her childhood friend, Saburo.
- DirectorToshio SugieStarsHitoshi UekiHajime HanaKei TaniComedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.
- DirectorYûzô KawashimaStarsReiko DanKimiko FukudaHajime Hana
- DirectorNoboru OnoStarsNoritaka DanHiroki MatsukataKyoko Mikage
- DirectorTakashi NomuraStarsShigeru AkiyamaFumiko AritaToyo Fukuda
- DirectorKatsumi NishikawaStarsSayuri YoshinagaMitsuo HamadaHideki TakahashiAdapted from a famous short story in Japan, The Izu Dancer is the story of a male teenager on vacation in the Izu peninsula who encounters a thirteen-year-old girl who is part of a travelling troupe of performers. The boy and the girl are attracted to one another and make certain they spend time together given the short few days they have.
- DirectorYôichi UshiharaStarsJô ShishidoReiko SasamoriYûji Odaka
- DirectorTadashi SawashimaStarsKôji TsurutaYoshiko SakumaTatsuo UmemiyaServing his prison time after the events of the first movie, Hishakaku discovers that Otoyo is working as a prostitute in Manchuria. He travels to China to save the woman he still loves, only to get involved in a battle he can never win.
- DirectorTadashi SawashimaStarsKôji TsurutaYoshiko SakumaKen TakakuraHishakaku asks his woman, Otoyo, a former geisha, to move to Tokyo, where they are taken in by Boss Kokin. Due to his obligation to Kokin, he is involved with a gang war and is arrested.
- DirectorMasaharu SegawaStarsKatsuo NakamuraShin'ichi ChibaHitomi NakaharaOld man Eitarô Shindô, young fella Katsuo Nakamura and Toru Yuri run a travel agency whose latest customer turns out to be bunch of mischievous elementary school kids.
- DirectorMasahiro MakinoStarsKôji TsurutaYoshiko SakumaShingo YamashiroThe 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 smartest and strongest of all the gang bosses, he went on to survive the end of the samurai era and become a successful businessman. But first, he must survive against all odds in order to build his reputation and develop his strength. Powerful portrayals of the group are led by the great Tsuruta Koji with help from the likes of Matsukata Hiroki.
- DirectorEiichi KudôStarsTakayuki AkutagawaChiezô KataokaKôtarô SatomiA group of samurai plan to assassinate a sadistic feudal lord.
- DirectorSatoru KobayashiStarsEnver AltenbayTony CeteraShiro Enami