Harumi Sone

From the acclaimed director, Takashi Miike, comes a Yakuza/horror film to shock and amaze audiences everywhere. When Minami is sent to kill his mentor, Ozaki, who is in the midst of a nervous breakdown, he embarks on a journey of unexplained natural phenomenon. (Pathfinder Pictures)

The "Legends of the Poisonous Seductress" saga continues in this sequel to Female Demon Ohyaku that finds avenging swordswoman Okatsu (Junko Miyazono) seeking the blood of a corrupt magistrate. The daughter of a famous swordplay instructor, Okatsu learned how to wield her deadly weapon when she was just a young girl. Raped by one of the magistrate's assistants who then goes on to slaughter her father, a furious Okatsu vows to claim the official's head even if it costs her own life. (Allmovie.com)

Miike's take on Fukasaku Kinji's Jingi Naki Tatakai series! Seventeen year old Tetsuya kills the boss of a rival gang with the promise of being made. After seven years of prison, he discovers that he is all but forgotten by his Family. The two rival Families have reconciled and Tetsuya was been discarded to keep the peace. Wanted what he was promised, Tetsuya becomes a one-man path of destruction. (Surreal Moviez)

As the Clan of the Yakuza Reijiro Masaki is dissolved, he finds shelter in the former hostile Todo-Clan. He gets the second leader, because he once spared the life of the leader of the Clan. This, of course, causes displeasure between the other members. Fight and terror start.

The film follows Detective Hoshino, who is investigating the murder of a maid. He begins to interrogate her boss Miyako Romberk. She leads him down a dark path to her ex-lover Ukyo. When he infiltrates Ukyo's hideout, his case takes a turn for the worse. Detective Hoshino discovers that Ukyo has a thing for biting the necks of his victims. (FilmArcade.net)

The Karashi Botan returns in the fourth chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Takakura Ken plays Hidejiro, the reluctant boss of a firefighter company. They win the bidding for the construction contract of an annual festival. When a rival family, desperate for that contract, becomes treacherous and violent, Hidejiro must take brutal revenage. (japanesesamuraidvd.com)

The story rests on a rivalry between two yakuza families, Takeshi and Honma. Takeshi runs security at the bicycle racetrack but Honma wants to push them out. The city mayor sides with Takeshi and the council favors Honma. Toshiko is the daughter of the Takeshi boss, and Takakura a member of that crime family. Takakura is a strong upholder of the yakuza code, and that's the main theme of the story. (imdb)

A sequel in name only, Ambition Without Honor 2 follows Tetsuya, a young yakuza, who returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack from a rival gang. In his battle against dishonorable enemies and corrupt yakuza politics, he makes an unlikely ally in a rebel cop . (letterboxd.com)

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power. (thehawaiiherald.com)

The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspicious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor. (imdb)

In 1914, Sakuragi, a famous Karate master, gets hired by a military commander to eliminate spies sent to Japan from Germany and Russia. Sakuragi heads to Yokohama China Town to hunt a spy leader.

A yakuza man is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating a new gang and attempts to pull off a huge ransom score.

Part 5 in a long-running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short-tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. After serving four and a half years in prison, Masa and his brother Katsuji leave Kobe to go to Nagoya to help a hostess get her daughter back from her mother. As they arrive in Nagoya, they get into a scuffle with the local yakuza affiliate.

Bank robbers steal 30 million yen and try to elude the cops and escape with the cash. Of the three, only one manages to avoid capture. Yoko, a female accomplice, is tossed into a women's prison where she meets Yuki, and the two of them manage to escape. Their plan is to meet up with the robber who avoided capture, get ahold of the cash, and get far away from the big city.