Tatsuo Umemiya Movies

A member of the jieitai ("Self-Defense Force"; i.e. Japanese military) is on leave and finds a woman giving birth in a graveyard in the former...

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local...

Tokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters.

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.

The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend.

After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness,...

Convict son revenges innocent father's death.

An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both...

1963 Toei war / action film.

A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.

Tajibee, a cockfighting expert from Kawachi, and Kitahachi, a carpenter from Edo, survive a shipwreck near Beppu. They rescue Sakamoto Ryoma from...

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

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

Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.