Haruhiko Oyabu

A violent thug plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other. (imdb)

Fresh out of the slammer, Togawa has no chance to go straight because he is immediately coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing a heist on an armored car carrying racetrack receipts. After assembling a ragtag bunch to carry out the robbery, Togawa learns that all is not what it seems in Takumi Furukawa's thriller. (criterion.com)

A former war correspondent photographer starts to lose his grip on reality after years of viewing battle field atrocities. (10kbullets.com)

Jo Shishido stars as Det. Tajima, a smug investigator who nabs a pair of criminal gangs with flamboyant aplomb while the police remain baffled. Suzuki treats the rather hoary plotline as an excuse for dark-humored camp, and young audiences were delighted with his irreverent approach, which made him one of the few distinctive names in the '60s assembly-line of Nikkatsu Studios. (www.surrealmoviez.info)

Pop star Akira Kobayashi stars as a former prizefighter who takes a job as an undercover agent for Japan's Internal Bureau, working as a mole among thieves who are plotting a heist worth 30 billion yen. His mission, if he chooses to accept it? To keep the cache of uncut gems and gold bullion that was confiscated by the Japanese military during World War II from falling into the hands of an ex-Nazi. (Netflix)

Second adventure of the detective.

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. (imdb)

Ronin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in love with the beautiful horse stable owner but like all heroes, cannot stay.