The Boss / 1965

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is ordered to acquire the rights to work to level the reclaimed land and prevent the Doshikai from expanding from Kansai into Tokyo, but the interference of the Koda-gumi, associated with the Kansai Doshikai, intensifies. Nakagami's younger brother Hayami, unhappy that the situation is moving slowly, tries to blackmail the mayor into moving forward, but... A true Toei gangster film with an all-star cast including Koji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura!

Kaoyaku / 1971

A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.

Big Shots Die at Dawn / 1961

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)

Street of Wandering Men / 1963

When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing so, he uncovers a wider scheme.

Greatest Boss Of Japan / 1970

A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.

Edo no kaoyaku / 1960

The Big Boss / 1963

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman Yamaoka, whose territory is in the Jonan district, in response to Kikuya, the head of the Asahina family, refusing to join the Syndicate. Yamaoka relentlessly pursues the Asahina family and uses his brother Komatsu to kill Shibaki, Kikuya's brother, who owns Nagoya territory. When Kikuya receives information that a general meeting of the Brown and Yamaoka Syndicate is to be held in Nagoya, he is determined to root out the syndicate and rushes to Nagoya, ready to die...

Prison Boss / 1968

Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era / 1966

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

The Big Boss / 1959

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region / 1960

His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke Nakamura enthusiastically plays the young Jirocho from Shimizu in this chivalrous story.

Good Rascals / 1962

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.

Eleven Gangsters / 1963

Scarface - Lo sfregiato / 19328.161 voti

Un giovane killer, Tony Camonte, diventa la guardia del corpo di un boss. Aiutato da un amico, Rinaldo, si impadronisce del potere. Morbosamente innamorato della sorella, Tony compie però l'errore di uccidere Rinaldo, quando viene a sapere che questi ha sposato la ragazza...

I ruggenti anni venti / 19398.07 voti

Tre reduci dalla prima guerra mondiale non riescono a inserirsi nella vita pacifica e sfruttano le possibilità del proibizionismo. Il primo si dà al contrabbando, il secondo diventa un boss della mala, il terzo avvocato. Scritto da Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay e Robert Rossen da un racconto di Mark Hellinger, è l'ultimo grande film gangster dell'epoca d'oro di Hollywood. Riprese iniziate da Anatole Litvak. Molte qualità: perentorietà del racconto, immediatezza dell'azione, secca definizione dei personaggi. Inedito in Italia dove fu importato da RAI2 negli anni '70.

The Last Betrayal / 1960

A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him.