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- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaShigemi KitaharaJun UsamiThe great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspicious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaShigemi KitaharaTakashi KandaSonny Chiba returns as Goro Saionji, a private detective fighting against drug smuggling gang at a fishing village.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaHitomi NakaharaShigeko AraiIchiro, the son of a private detective, is a part-time convertible salesman who spends his time picking up girls, through which he becomes involved in the investigation of the kidnapping of the son of a government official.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaRikiya IwakiYoshi KatôSonny Chiba returns as the daring son of a private detective.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTetsurô TanbaNaoko KuboIssac SaxsonAfter a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKôji TsurutaTetsurô TanbaHitomi NakaharaKuroki, a journalist working for a newspaper, is investigating the clandestine sale of arms to Southeast Asia.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKôji TsurutaYoshiko SakumaTetsurô TanbaTwo rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsRyôhei UchidaKei SatôKenji Susukida
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKen TakakuraTetsurô TanbaIsao YamagataIn a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKen TakakuraKin'ya KitaôjiShinjirô EbaraA lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsRentarô MikuniKô NishimuraMasumi HarukawaTwo escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaMinoru ÔkiKen TakakuraAn elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuo UmemiyaSusumu FujitaNijiko KiyokawaThe son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader. He sets out to avenge his father, keeping his plans secret from his mother who is cold to him since his perceived abandonment of the family. This wonderful, if little-seen, Fulasaku gem deals with family, community and what it means to do right by both.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKôji TsurutaTetsurô TanbaJunko MiyazonoSawaki is an old skool Yakuza hitman fresh from an eight-year stint in prison. On his release, this "man of men" reunites with his old gang companions, now disbanded, and witnesses how they have fallen away from the Yakuza code of not harming civilians. Sawaki must act.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsRobert HortonLuciana PaluzziRichard JaeckelAfter destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsHiroki MatsukataTomomi SatôHideo MurotaA pungent, extremely entertaining tale of hedonistic, amoral blackmailer Matsukata.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsAkihiro MiwaIsao KimuraKikko MatsuokaJapanese sixties comedy featuring a cunning female jewel thief named Black Lizard who tries to kidnap Sanaye, a wealthy jeweler's beautiful daughter as part of a plot to steal the jeweler's expensive "Star of Egypt" diamond. To thwart the planned kidnapping, the jeweler hires Japan's number one detective, the brilliant Akechi. This sets off a dual between Black Lizard and Akechi as each tries to outwit the other. In the process, the two adversaries develop a mutual respect and affection for each other. Despite Akechi's efforts, Black Lizard and her crew are able to kidnap Sanaye and gain possession of the "Star of Egypt". Black Lizard takes Sanaye to her secret lair on a remote island which is populated by an eerie collection of naked human dolls. There Black Lizard plans to preserve Sanaye's beauty forever by turning her into one of her dolls. As Sanaye's doom quickly approaches, it is up to Akechi to save the day.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKôji TsurutaFumio WatanabeMasayo BanriThe story of men devoted to the Yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading Yakuza power.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsAkihiro MiwaEitarô OzawaMasakazu TamuraWhen the enigmatic woman Ryoko (played by Mishima-discovered female impersonator Akihiro Miwa) arrives at the Black Rose Mansion to perform, not only do the gentleman patrons seem smitten by her mystery and beauty, but past flames arrive to vie and die for her affections, as well. But things get even more complicated when the Mansion's manager and his wayward son both fall for the same dangerous woman.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKôji TsurutaTomisaburô WakayamaBunta SugawaraComing out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTetsuo IshidateGin MaedaChôichirô KawarasakiRiveting story of five kids who come to Tokyo for work in 1960. Fukasaku shows the shocking consequences for these idealistic youths whose dreams are soon torn apart in the chaos of class turmoil and youthful indiscretion.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsKôji TsurutaTomisaburô WakayamaTsunehiko WataseA yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTetsurô TanbaSachiko HidariShinjirô EbaraOne woman's search to find the truth about her husband's death in World War II.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraNoboru AndôMayumi NagisaA yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself leading the remnants of the gang he once belonged to in order to secure an area of their own.