Yakuza series starring Hideki Takahashi
Yakuza series starring Hideki Takahashi
Overview: In 1936, under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Shozaburo Oshima is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable...
Rate: 7
Release date: 1963-07-14
Overview: A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
Rate: 0
Release date: 1963-11-10
Overview: Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.
Rate: 6
Release date: 1963-12-25
Overview: Sixth part in the Enblem of Man series.
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Release date: 1964-12-19
Overview: A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds himself torn by the death of an old friend - the son of crime kingpin Kiyomiya. A death Ryuji feels responsible for.
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Release date: 1964-08-01
Overview: A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful gangster plans to stop the project. By any means necessary.
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Release date: 1964-11-11
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Release date: 1965-10-08
Overview: The new head of a powerful family faces danger from an evil rival out for blood.
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Release date: 1965-04-03
Overview: A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.
Rate: 0
Release date: 1965-08-04
Overview: A young gambler returns from prison to find his gang scattered, and many gone over to his old rival. But their rivalry is not only a matter of gambling. For when he is about to marry the daughter of a police official, the rival again interferes and this time it is a fight to the finish -- the end of his enemy.
Rate: 0
Release date: 1966-01-14
Overview: A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.
Rate: 7
Release date: 1967-02-04