Eiji Minakata Movies

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.

A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed...

When an innocent young country girl falls for a low level yakuza, she enters a completely different world in which the line between good and evil are...

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

Makabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if he wants to destroy himself. He steals a mistress of...

After a man racks up a huge debt, his wife and his father are “persuaded” to perform together in a sex show in order to pay it off.

1961 Japanese movie

Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a...

A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), based on an original scenario by Yasuo Yokoyama.

When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in...

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.

1962 Japanese movie

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato