List of the best Kinji Fukasaku movies: Battle Royale(2000), Battles Without Honor and Humanity(1973), Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima(1973), Cops vs. Thugs(1975), The Fall of Ako Castle(1978), Yakuza Burial(1976), Doberman Cop(1977), Samurai Reincarnation(1981), Black Lizard(1968), Blackmail Is My Life(1968), Black Rose Mansion(1969), The Green Slime(1969) ... ...
7.6/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Japan
2000
114 Minutes
Director
Tatsuya Fujiwara Aki Maeda Taro Yamamoto Masanobu Andô Kou Shibasaki Chiaki Kuriyama "Beat" Takeshi Kitano
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
7.5/10
Crime, Drama
Japan
1973
99 Minutes
Director
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.
7.5/10
Crime, Drama, Action, History
Japan
1973
99 Minutes
Director
Bunta Sugawara Sonny Chiba Meiko Kaji Hiroshi Nawa Mikio Narita Gin Maeda Toshie Kimura Junko Matsudaira
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.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama, Action
Japan
1975
100 Minutes
Director
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.
7.1/10
Adventure, Action
Japan
1978
159 Minutes
Director
Sonny Chiba Kinnosuke Nakamura Tsunehiko Watase Toshirô Mifune Kyôko Enami Shinsuke Mikimoto Teruhiko Saigô Takuya Fujioka
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe.
7.1/10
Crime, Drama
Japan
1976
92 Minutes
Director
When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. The cop is bent on results and is not immune to becoming ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Crime, Drama, Action
Japan
1977
90 Minutes
Director
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.
6.6/10
Action
Japan
1981
122 Minutes
Director
Sonny Chiba Kenji Sawada Akiko Kana Ken Ogata Hiroyuki Sanada
The villain is called Amakusa Shiro Tokaisada. He is actually based on a real christian samurai. The movie was one of the inspirations for the game called 'Samurai Shodown' (actual spelling)
6.0/10
Comedy, Drama
Japan
1968
86 Minutes
Director
Akihiro Maruyama Kikko Matsuoka Isao Kimura Kô Nishimura Yukio Mishima
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 »
6.0/10
Crime, Drama
Japan
1968
90 Minutes
Director
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 »
6.0/10
Drama
Japan
1969
91 Minutes
Director
Akihiro Maruyama Eitarô Ozawa Masakazu Tamura Ayako Hosho Kô Nishimura Kikko Matsuoka 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 »
4.9/10
Sci-Fi
Italy|Japan|USA
1969
88 Minutes
Director
Robert Horton Luciana Paluzzi Richard Jaeckel Bud Widom Ted Gunther Robert Dunham David Yorston William Ross
After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
4.7/10
Action
Japan
2003
132 Minutes
Director
Tatsuya Fujiwara Ai Maeda Shûgo Oshinari Ayana Sakai Haruka Suenaga Yuma Ishigaki Miyuki Kanbe Masaya Kikawada Yôko Maki Yuuki Ito
Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students are sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.
Adventure, Drama
1980
103 Minutes
Director
Sonny Chiba Chuck Connors Stephanie Faulkner Glenn Ford Stuart Gillard Olivia Hussey George Kennedy Cecil Linder Ken Ogata Edward James Olmos Henry Silva
Survivors of a worldwide catastrophe attempt to rebuild civilization from their Antarctic stronghold.
Sci-Fi
1978
105 Minutes
Director
Vic Morrow Sonny Chiba Philip Casnoff Peggy Lee Brennan Etsuko Shihomi Tetsuro Tamba Mikio Narita Makoto Satô Hiroyuki Sandada
emperor mother princess human pilot general campy offbeat spirited thrilling planet jillucia spaceship outer space imperialism rebellion protection heroism redemption last stand adventure
Eight intergalactic mercenaries take on the defense of an embattled planet in this Japanese space opera.
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