Haruo Tanaka Movies

Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.

A servant girl is seduced and abandoned by her lover, a man from a higher social class, forcing her to navigate a harsh world as an itinerant...

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

​The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and...

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as...

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on...

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

A 1943 film.

Young Sentaro struggles to avenge the murder of his younger sister Osuga and their father.

Sequel to the 1955 movie.

A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls...

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young...

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji...

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.