Hiroshi Kondō Movies

Authentic action drama of modern gangsters.

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

Based on the comic by Tetsu Kariya.

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his...

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect...

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many...

1962 Japanese movie

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western...

A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to...

A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds himself torn by the death of an old friend - the...