Yakuza franchise Movies, TV Shows, and Video Games
Yakuza franchise Movies, TV Shows, and Video Games
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- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKazuki KitamuraShun ShioyaSaekoCult Japanese director Takashi Miike draws inspiration from the popular Playstation 2 title Yakuza for this unhinged tale of underworld violence in Tokyo starring Goro Kishitani and Kazuki Kitamura. It's summertime in Tokyo, and as the temperature rises, two undercover cops stake out a high-profile bank robbery while complaining about the air conditioning. When the masked gunmen make their way into the vault only to find that the Tojo gang's ten-million-yen deposit has mysteriously vanished, an already complicated situation gradually starts to spiral out of control. Meanwhile, in another part of town, psychotic yakuza Goro Majima (Kishitani) strikes out on his own to pay a visit to rival gang leader Kazuma Kiryu (Kitamura) and track down the missing mother of adorable youngster Haruka (Natsuo). It seems that Haruka's mother has some valuable information, and Majima is determined to find her at any cost. Now, as Majima makes his way through the neon-lit streets of Tokyo, Satoru (Shun Shioya) and his girlfriend, Yui (Saeko), embark on a bold robbery spree, and South Korean hitman Park (Yoo Gong) prepares to locate and terminate the thieves who absconded with the Toho gang's money. Later, after Majima and Kiryu engage in a series of fights all across the city, a confrontation at the top of Tokyo's Millennium Tower finds the true criminal mastermind finally stepping out of the shadows.
- DirectorTakeshi MiyasakaStarsMasakatsu FunakiMikio ÔsawaAyaka MaedaA prologue to the first game of the Yakuza series, focusing on the friendship of Kiryu and Nishikiyama from their orphanage days to the fateful night of October 1, 1995.
- StarsTakumi SaitôYûki SatôTakuya IshidaFrom the yakuza world of the video game series Like a Dragon, the series is based on the characters in the franchise's first handheld game and released in conjunction with it.
- StarsRyôhei AbeSatoshi HakuzenTsuyoshi HayashiUkyo Tatsuya, who left behind the unprecedented record of ten consecutive wins in the underground fighting circuit called Dragon Heat, headed to Las Vegas by himself to banish his sorrow over the deaths of his older sister and good friend and made his debut in boxing. Returning to Tokyo for the first time in over a year for his pro debut in Japan, Tatsuya heads to Kamurocho where he was born and raised, but what awaits him is the underground fighting gang 'Ashura' which acts as if Kamurocho is their turf. Tatsuya meets the youngsters of Dragon Heat who are fighting back, and the nurse Aya's and his destiny change dramatically once again.
- DirectorKazuki HosokawaToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaHidenari UgakiKazuhiro NakayaKiryu and Majima, both Yakuza's who are in different cities in Japan in 1988, as the fate of the two characters become intertwined in a gritty, violent, and often touching narrative.
- DirectorHiroyuki SakamotoRyuta UedaStarsTakaya KurodaDarryl KuryloRie KugimiyaAfter Kiryu Kazuma takes the blame for the murder of its leader, he is sent to prison. Ten years later he learns that the criminal underworld is searching for 10 billion yen that has been stolen from the Tojo clan.
- DirectorHiroyuki SakamotoKoji YoshidaToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaRie KugimiyaKazuhiro NakayaKazuma Kiryu is demoted from his clan after taking the blame for his boss's murder. After a decade in prison, Kiryu sets out in search for his old friends who have gone missing.Remake of Yakuza (2005)
- DirectorRyuta UedaToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaYû DaikiSatoshi TokushigeOne year has passed since Kazuma Kiryu, "yakuza with the heart of gold", defeated his biggest adversary. Despite this victory, Kazuma has lost more than he had ever imagined. But events from the past continue to haunt him. A man he had admired so much, who was like a father to him, has revealed a terrible secret before he died. It's time for Kazuma to solve the mystery once and for all. Caught in the eternal fight between Kantou and Kansai, the Eastern and the Western organized crime groups of Japan, he soon realizes that there are other powers on the stage, including a mysterious Korean organization that seems to be connected somehow to his past.
- DirectorHiroyuki SakamotoToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaAya HisakawaSatoshi TokushigeKazuma Kiryu is called back to Kamurocho and tasked with finding a new chairman for the Tojo Clan, which brings him into conflict with the legendary 'Dragon Of Kansai'.Remake of Yakuza 2 (2006)
- The first two Ryu ga Gotoku games are being collected into an HD Collection, revisit the dark and flammable Kamurocho. This crime hot spot is about to be light up on fire again. The new features include clearer graphics. The jagged lines around the characters smoothen and you can see the words on the street signs at the farthest end of the street. The gameplay becomes smoother with shorter loading times. The telephone boxes act as save points and an area for players to dump excess items. Also be sure to go eating and drinking to replenish Kiryu's HP. When you taste everything in a restaurant's menu, the owner will give you a prize. In the PlayStation 2 version, the player has to keep track of everything they have tried, in this new collection, the game does the remembering for the gamer, so Kiryu can try something new every time.HD Collection: Yakuza 1, 2
- DirectorDaisuke SatoStarsTakaya KurodaTatsuya FujiwaraShidô NakamuraPoliticians are conspiring to take away Kazuma's land. A person whom Kazuma believed dead has returned, and Kazuma finds himself in the middle of a battle between organized crime divisions.
- DirectorJun OriharaToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaKôichi YamaderaRikiya KoyamaIn 1985 18 men were shot dead in a ramen shop. This event marked a turning point for the Ueno Seiwa clan, but the truth behind the incident has remained hidden. In 2010 four men, a chivalrous money-lender, a condemned man sitting on death row, a crooked cop, and the Dragon of Dojima, are drawn together as a plot 25 years in the making nears fruition.
- DirectorKazuki HosokawaMasayoshi YokoyamaToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaKôichi YamaderaRie KugimiyaThe story begins in Fukuoka with Daigo Dojima having met with Tadashi Madarame, the patriarch of the local clan. Daigo then leaves to meet discreetly with Kazuma Kiryu who now lives under the alias of Taichi Suzuki as a cab driver. He goes home for the night and has a chat with Mayumi, a hostess that he's befriended. After work the next day he is met by Yuu Morinaga and Masato Aizawa, members of the Tojo Clan who were running security for Daigo during his visit to Fukuoka. They inform Kiryu that Daigo has gone missing and that the last person he had contact with was Kiryu. Aizawa and Morinaga show up at Kiryu's house the following day, having gotten into a brawl with Yamagasa men. They learn Aoyama has taken up being the interim chairman which alarms them.
- Celebrate Kazuma Kiryu's saga with the beautifully remastered Yakuza 3, 4, and 5. With restored content and updated localization in 1080p and 60fps, experience the complete Yakuza collection on one console for the first time in history.Remastered Yakuza 3, 4, 5
- DirectorHiroyuki SakamotoToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaRie KugimiyaTatsuya FujiwaraKiryu takes Haruto to the last place Haruka was spotted. There, a new and merciless world of Yakuza awaits the unlikely pair.
- DirectorRyosuke HoriiToshihiro NagoshiStarsKazuhiro NakayaKaiji TangAkio ÔtsukaIchiban Kasuga, a low-level Yakuza member looking to prove his self-worth, and follows him and his motley crew of unlikely allies as they attempt to rise from rags to riches in this modern human drama.
- DirectorRyosuke HoriiYutaka ItoNobuaki MitakeStarsKazuhiro NakayaTakaya KurodaKen YasudaTwo larger-than-life heroes Ichiban, Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu are brought together by the hand of fate or, perhaps something sinister. Live it up in Japan and explore all Hawaii has to offer in an RPG adventure so big it spans the Pacific.
- StarsTakaya KurodaShôta MatsudaSusumu TerajimaRyu ga Gotoku Kenzan. is a side story within the Yakuza series, this time changing neon-lit Tokyo setting with a four hundred years older one: the city Kyoto of the year 1602, during the Edo period of the Japanese history. The player takes the role of the historical character Miyamoto Musashi, a renowned swordsman who, after the battle of Sekigahara, came to Gion district of Kyoto and changed his identity to Kiryu Kazumanosuke. Gion is a part of Kyoto where rich people indulge themselves in buying sexual favors. One day, a little girl named Haruka, comes to Kiryuu asking him to track down and kill an impostor pretending to be Miyamoto Musashi. At first Kiryuu refuses, but the girl's desperate attitude makes him reconsider and accept her plea.
- StarsKengo KôraKôichi IwakiHaruThe main character is Tatsuya Ukyo, a boy who only knows how to express himself through violence. An act of indiscretion by Tatsuya sets the story in motion, eventually leading him to face his destiny as a fighter. Tatsuya's story is told in epic style through over 300 minutes of fully voiced event movies. The main plot is enriched by over 100 sub-stories, and Kamurocho is brought to life in realistic detail thanks to countless corporate tie-ins and play spots like cabaret clubs.
- StarsMai EndôYoshiaki FujiwaraJun FukuyamaUkyou Tatsuya returns from the States to find Dragon Heat tournament have fallen into the hands of a new gang. Having lost everything, he seeks to gain it all back by uniting the remaining gangs of Kamuro-cho to reclaim the Dragon Heat.
- DirectorKazuki HosokawaStarsTakaya KurodaKôichi YamaderaHidenari UgakiNon-canon spin-off of the "Yakuza" series in which Shun Akiyama, Goro Majima, Ryuji Gouda and Kazuma Kiryu get together to rescue their district from a zombie apocalypse.
- StarsTakaya KurodaKatsunori TakahashiNanami SakurabaSet in the chaotic Bakumatsu period (between 1853 and 1867), Sakamoto Ryoma, is distressed resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and role in the society. Being embroiled in the middle of a Tosa coup d'état and bent on finding the murderer who assassinated his mentor, Ryoma burrows himself with a hidden identity in the streets of Kyoto and joins the grim Shinsengumi.
- DirectorYasuaki UeharaStarsTakaya KurodaHideo NakanoHidenari UgakiTake up the sword of Sakamoto Ryoma and venture to 1860s Kyoto to find your father's killer, clear yourself of a framed murder, and restore your honor.Remake of Yakuza: Ishin
- DirectorJun OriharaNobuhiro SuzukiToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaMiyuki SawashiroKenta MiyakeKenshiro, the successor of the Isshi Souden no Ansatsuken and Hokuto Shinken martial arts styles searched for "Eden," the city where Yuria his beloved fiancee was said to have been heading.
- StarsShô AikawaMasuo AmadaKinryû ArimotoRyu ga Gotoku Online is a free-to-play collectible card gacha game and as a spin-off title of the Like a Dragon franchise. The game features both Kazuma Kiryu and the succeeding protagonist Ichiban Kasuga.
- DirectorKoji YoshidaAkihito KitanaToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakuya KimuraShôsuke TaniharaPierre TakiWe have followed Kazuma Kiryu through his journey to solve mysteries, save a little girl and protect an orphanage through the Yakuza series. Judge Eyes is set in the Yakuza universe in a fictional depiction of Kabukicho and we now follow a detective that has had a shady past through his own story in this universe. Instead of seeing things on the Yakuza side, we see things in the eyes of the law.
- DirectorYutaka ItoToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakuya KimuraKôji YamamotoHiroshi TamakiA dark mystery unfolds as Takayuki Yagami must investigate a defendant with the improbable act of committing two crimes in different places at the same time, an act that will force him to question the balance of law and justice.
- The death of the Tojo Clan's Third Chairman has plunged the organization into chaos. The violence spreads to the streets, and only Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima can put an end to the bloodshed.
- DirectorRyosuke HoriiStarsTakaya KurodaYasukaze MotomiyaYoshiyuki YamaguchiOnce a legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu faked his own death and abandoned his name for the sake of protecting his family. Now, he is thrust into conflict by a mysterious figure attempting to drive him out of hiding.