List of the best Hiroki Matsukata movies: Blackmail Is My Life(1968), Battles Without Honor and Humanity(1973), Cops vs. Thugs(1975), Nihon Kyokaku-den(1964), Uzumasa Limelight(2014), Doberman Cop(1977), 13 Assassins(2010) ... ...
Crime, Drama
Japan
1968
90 Minutes
Muraki
Hiroki Matsukata Tomomi Satô Yôko Mihara Tetsuro Tamba Bin Amatsu Hideo Murota Akira Jo Shigeru Amachi Eriko Sono Ryôhei Uchida
When the enigmatic woman Ryoko (played by Mishima-discovered female impersonator Akihiro Miwa) arrives at the Black Rose Mansion to perform, not only do the gentleman patrons seem smitten ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
Japan
1973
99 Minutes
Tetsuya Sakai
Bunta Sugawara Hiroki Matsukata Tatsuo Umemiya Tsunehiko Watase Nobuo Kaneko Gorô Ibuki Tamio Kawaji Eiko Nakamura Hiroshi Nawa
prisoner gangster mob boss best friend gritty brutal hiroshima, japan market bar organized crime postwar japan double-cross yakuza sacrifice revenge wretched excess 1950s
During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.
Crime, Drama, Action
Japan
1975
100 Minutes
Kenji Hirotani
Bunta Sugawara Hiroki Matsukata Mikio Narita Tatsuo Umemiya
Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.
Drama
Japan
1964
99 Minutes
A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. The widowed lady owner is being threatened by a scheming competitor who is offering much cheaper labour. X has ... See full summary »
Action, Drama
Japan
2014
103 Minutes
Seijyurou Onoe
Seizo Fukumoto Chihiro Yamamoto Masashi Gouda Hiroki Matsukata
The film centers an aged movie extra who specializes to be killed in samurai movies without ever being lit by the limelight. Using Charlie Chaplin's film Limelight as an underlying theme, ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama, Action
Japan
1977
90 Minutes
Kaiji
Sonny Chiba Janet Hatta Eiko Matsuda Hideo Murota Hiroki Matsukata Ryûji Katagiri Tatsuo Endô Takuzô Kawatani
A tough-as-nails cop from Okinawa investigates a savage murder in Tokyo's nightlife district. Originally dismissed as a bumpkin, he soon proves more savvy than the local police.
Action, Drama, Adventure, History
Japan|UK
2010
126 Minutes
Kuranaga
Koji Yakusho Takayuki Yamada Yusuke Iseya Goro Inagaki Mikijir? Hira Hiroki Matsukata Ikki Sawamura Arata Furuta Tsuyoshi Ihara Sosuke Takaoka Masachika Ichimura
samurai lord assassin warrior bodyguard government official brutal spectacular thrilling japan bordello village assassination violence abuse of power honor loyalty suicide mission pursuit wretched excess
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.