Akira Shioji Movies

Adapted from Sanpei Shirato's classic manga, a legend unfolds as Watari, a young boy skilled in ninjutsu, takes on the corruption inside the Iga clan...

The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livelihoods are...

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

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

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.

In the year 1873, a Japanese woman is sold as a mistress to an American diplomat stationed in Japan.

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

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

Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will...

Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's...

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to...

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.

Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf.

Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes...

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the...