Movies: Joe Shishido

Cheating by Kageyama, a member of the Amagasaki Daimon-gumi, is discovered at the gambling den of the Matsuura family. The Matsuura family is subordinate to the Morita family, which is run by underboss Tatsusaburo Sunagawa. Sunagawa and his men plan...

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity....

In this second film compiled from episodes of a Japanese TV serial, Captain Joe, reformed interstellar marauder Ken and the rest of the crew of the Bacchus-III set off to destroy an alien race's super-weapon....

Global South guerrillas hijack the Japanese oil tanker Arabian Light, threatening to blow it up in Tokyo Bay, unless the Cabinet complies with an economically devastating ultimatum....

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlist...

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials....

An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans....

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence....

A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the woman who runs it is in financial trouble. The three decide to help her....

When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a string of bizarre serial murders that have Yokohama's police baffled and the city terrified....

Tatsusaburo Sunagawa, the assistant underboss of the Morita Family, ousts Yukichi Matsuura, Matsuura Family head, from his position as underboss of the main Morita Family and took his position. This was due to the incident in which Kenji Kano, the un...

Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands....

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation....

Osaka, 1993. Sunagawa, assistant to the Morita Family underboss, proposes the establishment of a "Commercial Mutual Aid Association" as a future source of funding for the group, stating his great desire to make it a success. However, Matsuura Yukichi...

Second film of the yakuza series starring Hiroki Matsukata....