Yasuo Furuhata

A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.

Takakura playsa cop training to be a sharpshooter for the Olympic games, he divorces his wife and abandons his daughter when he discovers she's had an affair. Later his coach is gunned down by a fleeing criminal. Years later Takakura returns to his snowy hometown and starts an affair with a middle-aged bar owner. (imdb)

The boy who is the Shogun's Shadow, or heir, is in considerable danger. Personal bodyguard Igo Gyobu (Ken Igata), accompanied by seven samurai, is sent to bring him to safety. They cross deserts, swim through roaring rivers, and climb snow covered mountains, all with hostile armies in pursuit. (allmovie.com)

A retired yakuza Shuji (Ken Takakura), now turned fisherman, gets dragged into his past by the arrival of a woman from Osaka Keiko (Yûko Tanaka) who sets up a bar in the small fishing village, bringing her boyfriend Yajima (Takeshi Kitano) and his troubles along. Shuji seeing the bad influence Yajima has on the other fishermen, tries to sort things out the only way he knows.

A prison officer hands in his resignation after his wife's death, to drive to the port where she wants her ashes scattered at sea. (imdb)

A sixth-grade elementary school student, Shoichi, is visiting his divorced father who lives in Australia after retiring from a leading Japanese company in order to find the Tasmanian Tiger. Shoichi had run away from home and is in Sydney looking for his father

A World War II pilot (Ken Takakura) reflects on the friendships he forged in the past. (google)

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)

After causing problems, Ken Takahara is transferred from Abashiri to the honor factory at Tanigawa Prison. When the local yakuza gang is hired to destroy the factory, Takahara has to take violent action to save it. (imdb)

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza. (rarefilm.net)

A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan without fear of consequences. (imdb)

Eiji, also known as Choji, quits the shipyard to start Izakaya Choji (snack bar) with his wife Shigeko on the outskirts of Hakodate. (imdb)

Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.... (TMDB)

A thug is released after fifteen years in prison for the murder of a yakuza gang boss. Things were never going to be simple and bygones were never going to be bygones of course, but to make matters more complicated the murdered boss had a young daughter upon his death. Will it be a case of vengeance? (imdb)

The seventh movie of the series "Yakuza Ladies" focuses on a wife of a small Osaka family. She risks her life to protect her husband's family and its members against much larger, more established organizations. (themoviedb)

Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan's boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Will Hazuki be able to assume her husband's position as the head of the established yakuza clan? (themoviedb)

Well made period drama with a touch of fantasy. In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young woman and only child, who has grown up in the shadow of the brewery, strives to overcome all in order to save her family's run-in-a-traditional-manner sake business. (imdb)

Set in 1932, the film centers on Botan (Yoko Minamino), a geisha who was forced into the business at a young age by her dissipated father. Her pimp is the gruff but kindly Tomita (Toshiyuki Nishida), who has a passion for his flesh-peddling position. Amid the abuse heaped upon the pure-hearted Botan by reptilian mobsters and her own selfish father, she falls for the stout Nioyama (Masahiro Takashima), who first rapes her and then saves her from her life as a fallen woman." Janathon Crowe, Rovi.

An unfortunate low-ranking samurai Hikoshiro decides to pray in a small shrine and ask the resident gods for help. Unfortunately the resident gods are those of poverty, pestilence and death and they latch onto him. (imdb)

Back after four years, Goro learns his younger brother's been thrown out of the gang and his girlfriend's married another man. It's payback time.

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.