Kentarō Shimizu Movies

A detective living a happy married life learns that a man he once arrested has escaped from prison. The fugitive commits a string of robberies and...

East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...

A married couple of abalone divers must confront ruthless investors taking over their coastline.

A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza...

A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a...

The first directorial work of Kazuhiko Murakami, a master of gangster comics. Yano-gumi Wakato and Kito Kiyoji, whose leader was shot dead, boarded...

Yasuaki Kurata plays a masked ring brawler who is out for revenge against an evil, megalomaniac entrepreneur played by Japan's most reliable bad guy...

During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers.

In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines,...

The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated...

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist...

Known as the ‘Woman Tamer’, Ryuji Akishima maintains several mistresses across various circles, skilfully manipulating them with...

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

After serving time for bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a quiet life as a taxi driver working night shifts... but her peace is shattered by a relentless...

In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the...

Two scammers who cross the world without being caught by Satsu and killed

The fifteenth 'Road to the Don' film.

A young professional mahjong player, Sakurai Shoichi (Shimizu Kentaro), who graduated from university, was employed at a real estate company. While...

The twenty-fourth 'Road to the Don' film.

In the midst of a match, Hayato, a successful boxer, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked out, and quits boxing, leaving his...