Takashi Hio

Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference... (imdb)

After witnessing a murder, Kaoru is sent to Tokyo to investigate a mysterious organization with links to her past and to her family. The organization also happens to have an army of martial arts experts standing in between Kaoru and her loved ones!

A nobleman writes a letter to the Shogun detailing a tobacco smuggling operation in Edo, but the smugglers kill him before he sends it. His daughter obtains the letter and swears revenge on those responsible.

The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Show Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro of the Shimazu family. When the boss of the Shimazu is killed, Shigejiro takes revenge and is sent to jail. Upon his release, he meets the dying widow of one of hid followers and takes her to her father, Boss Shiomasa, who take him into his family. But when Shiomasa is killed by an old enemy, Shigejiro is obligated to take revenge... (themoviedb)

The third installment of "Sister Street Fighter" is hardly surprising at first sight. Koryu (Etsuko Shihomi) comes to Yokohama to bring a young girl to her mother and soon gets to fight lots of gangsters. Of course they use the child as a hostage, or rather a bait to get hold of Koryu. Of course they believe Koryu defeated, but then she returns alive and kicking. (imdb)

A gritty, nourish gangster saga - especially for 1963 - more in the jitsuroku (true account) vain before there were many yakuza films. (The Movie Database)

This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series.

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. His sister died in the Great Kanto Earthquake and his father is also gone. His brother Jukichi invites him to stay at his in-laws and works in their family pub. He lies low, helping his blind mother-in-law and slowly developing a relationship with Ikuye, the hostess who helped him before his arrest.

Tarao Bannai is a dialogue loaded detective film that gets increasingly weird as the case becomes more complicated. Although the tempo is rather slow in the beginning, it changes later. Humour is plenty, and Suzuki has a couple of big surprises in his back pocket, including some Italian genre cinema borrowals.