Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell

When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.

Yakuza Ladies

1986

5.3

Yakuza Ladies 2

7.7

1987

Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she grows into her new role, she manages to assert control and increase the influence of her organization. But when her husband is released from prison, she finds him a changed man, lacking the character necessary to be a powerful yakuza leader. Conflict ensues and their marriage is challenged by a desire for power.

Yakuza Ladies 2

1987

7.7

Yakuza Ladies 3

1989

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?

Yakuza Ladies 3

1989

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle

3.5

1990

A Yakuza boss's wife and the widow of a rival crime syndicate's murdered leader bond over a common purpose: to seek vengeance.

Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle

1990

3.5

Yakuza Ladies Revisited

1991

The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.

Yakuza Ladies Revisited

1991

6.5

Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2

1993

Recently released from prison for a murder sentence, a yakuza boss's wife leaves Hong Kong for a fresh start, but a betrayal leads to her return.

Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2

1993

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

1995

Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.

Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

1995

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble

1996

The wife of a recently deceased yakuza boss is caught in a conflict between the candidates for his succession and must protect her beloved daughter. 9th installment of the 16-film franchise.

Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble

1996

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

1998

Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi.

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

1998

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder

1999

11th installment of the 16-film franchise.

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder

1999

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: I Want You Dead

1999

12th installment of the 16-film franchise.

Yakuza Ladies: I Want You Dead

1999

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: Revenge

2000

13th installment of the 16-film franchise.

Yakuza Ladies: Revenge

2000

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell

2001

When her husband is betrayed by his fellow yakuza and jailed, his wife takes over and fights to prevent his expulsion from the clan. 14th installment of the 16-film franchise.

Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell

2001

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire

2.0

2005

Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly corroding the clan's cohesion. Ginji, it turns out, was mired in debt. After Ginji borrowed a small fortune to build a luxury resort, his bank went belly up and stopped financing the loan. Frantic for funds, he decided as a last resort to rat out his boss who had skimmed five-billion yen from the gang. Soon everyone assumes that Idei did the hit. Convinced that Idei is being framed, Tamaki sets out to find the real killer.

Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire

2005

2.0

Yakuza Ladies Neo

4.5

2013

Kotone (Tomoka Kurotani) is the wife of Mitsuru Kiba (Kazushige Nagashima), boss of the Kiba gang in the Saikyo Alliance. She hides a girl named Sakura Nishizawa (Rina Koike), who is chased by Azami (Natsuki Harada). Azami is the wife of Kato (Masayuki Imai), boss of the Kato gang in the Saikyo Alliance. Years ago, Azami's lover was murdered by Mitsuru Kiba. To get revenge, she married Kato. Through the girl Sakura Nishizawa, Kotone and Azami unexpectedly meet and become involved in a large conspiracy.

Yakuza Ladies Neo

2013

4.5

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball-bat-wielding psycho Gorō Majima, who has a grudge to settle with Kiryū.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

2007

6.5

Fudoh: The New Generation

6.6

1996

In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.

Fudoh: The New Generation

1996

6.6

The Outsider

6.2

2018

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

The Outsider

2018

6.2

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

7.3

1973

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973

7.3

Cruel Story of Youth

1960

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

Cruel Story of Youth

1960

6.5

Graveyard of Honor

6.2

2002

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Graveyard of Honor

2002

6.2

The Return of Sister Street Fighter

6.4

1975

When Koryu's childhood friend Shurei is abducted by gangsters, the desperate young woman recruits a female martial artist and a tough-as-nails stranger to join her for a dangerous rescue mission.

The Return of Sister Street Fighter

1975

6.4

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

7.0

1981

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

1981

7.0

Sex and Fury

6.1

1973

Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shunosuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa, and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.

Sex and Fury

1973

6.1

Intentions of Murder

7.0

1964

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.

Intentions of Murder

1964

7.0

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

7.1

1972

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

1972

7.1

Rainy Dog

6.7

1997

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.

Rainy Dog

1997

6.7

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