Genji Kawai Movies

Based on the comic by Tetsu Kariya.

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he...

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect...

A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki...

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack on the boss he is assigned to kill a rival boss.

Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.

1962 Japanese movie

A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a...

Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.

1961 Japanese movie

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.