Kunie Tanaka

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.

Various tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.

A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.

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.

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to prevent a massacre from taking place.

Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family affiliations prove themselves to be wildly unstable, causing gang conflicts to slowly escalate.

Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.

Conflicts between Hirono's family and Yamamori's family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police's efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs.

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.

After a married man stops providing for his mistress, she abandons their three young children with him and his wrathful wife.

In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.

A teacher assumes a position at a school that's run by a vampire.

A tough police detective is falsely accused of corruption, and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two...

An army of loyal samurai plot to revenge their unjustly executed lord.