Tsunehiko Watase

Tells the story of a police officer who, through a mysterious encounter, meets a condemned smuggler’s daughter with a kappa tattoo.

A modern-day (Japan, 1974) take on Bonnie and Clyde, as a car accident between two stolen vehicles throws together Hijiriko, on the run from boredom and sleaze of her job, and Jiro, who barely escaped with his life after stealing millions of yen from murderous goons.

After serving jail time for all the violent acts he has committed, Kiba takes up a job as a bodyguard at a notorious gangster club.

Based on historical events in 17th-century Japan, this exciting and entertaining martial-arts film tells the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin."

In the second entry, The Boss's Head, Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki (Tampopo's Tsutomu Yamazaki) goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him, Kuroda targets the family bosses with a ruthless vengeance

Chiba exacts his revenge for the setup that sent him to prison by attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in a no-holds barred massacre.

A man tries to adapt to life outside of prison, but it proves difficult when an all-out war between the Yakuza and the mainland system breaks out.

Through a simple act of revenge, Tokyos deadliest assassin sets off the biggest gang war in crime history. There is nowhere to hide when the most vicious criminal imaginable try to hunt him down, determined to annihilate this definitive master of death. Starring Bunta Sugawara ("Spirited Away," "The Man Who Stole the Sun") and Tsunehiko Watese ("Antarctica," "Amagi goe"). Japanese Language Film with English Subtitles.

When Battles Without Honour and Humanity first hit Japanese screens in January 1973, partially inspired by the success of The Godfather, it blasted out a new Ground Zero for crime cinema not only in Japan, but in the rest of the world, and spawned a legendary series that would lead to additional episodes, spin-offs, and countless imitations. 1947. Ex-soldier Shôzô Hirono (Bunta Sugawara), after proving his ability with a gun, emerges from the teeming black markets of postwar Kure City into the professional world of the yakuza. Shôzô makes his way from prison to boss in the newly-formed Yamamori family via gang feuds, assassinations and the shifting allegiances of his fellow mobsters, despit his own growing disillusionment with the men he is supposed to respect. Based on the true account of a Hiroshima mob boss and supplemented by meticulous research by screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara, this ferocious, violent saga was directed in a dynamic, newsreel-like style by Kinji Fukasaku, and stunned cinemagoers in Japan upon its release. Like a head-spinning mixture of Martin Scorsese and Paul Greengrass, the film’s frenetic cinematography, colourful characters, and iconic score by Toshiaki Tsushima will leave you thrilled and exhausted, as you embark on one of the world’s greatest gangster film series.

Returning from a ten-year prison sentence, former gang leader Masuo Gunji finds that things have changed, and his turf now has a new leader.

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki (Lone Wolf and Cub's Tomisaburo Wakayama) attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honourable way out

Finally in 1976, Toei produced 'Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist', an unofficial follow-up to the series helmed by original Street Fighter director Shigehiro Ozawa. Shihomi stars as Kiku Nakagawa, the daughter of a Kyoto kimono shop owner who'd rather practice karate than study flower arranging. Luckily, Kiku stumbles upon a heroin ring being operated out of a local movie studio and must team up with two mixed-race martial artist friends to take down the villains.