Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder

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

5.5

Yakuza Ladies 2

7.8

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

7.8

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

8.0

Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle

5.0

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

5.0

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

7.0

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

8.0

Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell

7.3

1994

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.

Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell

1994

7.3

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

7.0

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

7.5

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

7.5

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

3.3

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

3.3

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

In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

2008

6.1

Reincarnation

6.1

2005

A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.

Reincarnation

2005

6.1

Golden Kamuy

2024

On the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws.

Golden Kamuy

2024

7.0

Shadow Master

6.7

2022

After being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.

Shadow Master

2022

6.7

Baki Hanma VS Kengan Ashura

7.7

2024

It's the ultimate showdown. The toughest fighters from "Baki Hanma" and "Kengan Ashura" clash in this unprecedented, hard-hitting martial arts crossover.

Baki Hanma VS Kengan Ashura

2024

7.7

They Won't Believe Me

6.5

1947

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

They Won't Believe Me

1947

6.5

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