Akiko Kana Movies

A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Sata...

Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. H...

While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger...

First live action adaptation of Keiji Nakazawa's manga.

1979 Japanese film.

Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officia...

Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

A comedy of a yakuza family that goes into show business.

Rumors are circulating that the shogunate is losing control of some feudal domains. Lord Yagyu Munefuyu is assigned to deal with the problem and the r...

Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.

Based on the comic by Tetsu Kariya.

Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it w...

Adaptation of "The Lady Killer" by Masako Togawa.

After witnessing his chief retainer’s plot to murder their lord, Matahachiro fled to lose himself in Edo’s crowded streets. By day he sells his sword...

A rare film about the Zainichi and the relations between Japan and South Korea. It is the first feature film ever directed by a zainichi director to e...

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are...