Asao Koike Movies

Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga.

1962 Japanese movie

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

A young yakuza soldier is torn between staying in his current life or leaving his family when his boss refuses to follow their ancient code of ethics.

Japanese crime film.

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths...

Every day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement agents (jidanya), mediators between the parts and the...

It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following...

Samon, who had left his position as a police constable, embarks on a journey. During his travel, he is attacked by a group of masked bandits and...

Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.

The "lowly ronin" meets a child who is being chased by men that killed his father before his eyes. Feeling indebted to the child for buying him...

When he was a little boy, Tokitō Kensaku was sent to live with his paternal grandfather and his mistress Oei. Years later, Kensaku realizes he...

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much...

Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord...