Bang-ho Cho
1956 - 1997
三月のライオン
Hitoshi Yazaki
Bang-ho Cho, Yoshiko Yura
The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. they are brother and sister, she is seven and he is eight. She goes on to say that when she was seven and he was eight, she told her brother that she would marry him.
March Comes in Like a Lion
人間椅子
Toshiyuki Mizutani
Misa Shimizu, Jun Kunimura
After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the chairs he creates, even going so far as to claim some sort of intangible connection to his work.
The Human Chair
ガキ帝国
Kazuyuki Izutsu
Shinsuke Shimada, Ryusuke Matsumoto
Following a stint in reform school, Ryu (Shinsuke Shimada) returns to his home, the Minami area of Osaka, accompanied by his new friend Ko (Takeshi Masu). He's greeted by his friends, Chabo (Ryusuke Matsumoto) and Ken (Bang-ho Cho). They seek to forge their own path through a multitude of rival gangs in Kita and Minami, including the Hokushin Alliance, backed by the yakuza, the Hope Association, and various other minor factions, including Zainichi Korean groups. What follows is a wild, fast-paced story of violence, revenge, betrayal, and discrimination, that never loses its sense of humor.
Empire of Kids
ヒルコ／妖怪ハンター
Shinya Tsukamoto
Kenji Sawada, Naoto Takenaka
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths and eventually battle Hiruko.
Hiruko the Goblin
傷だらけの天使
Junji Sakamoto
Etsushi Toyokawa, Claude Maki
An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of the boy’s mother, and the detective’s buddy Hisashi joins them later.
An Angel with Many Scars
極道の妻たちII
Toru Dobashi
Rino Katase, Yukiyo Toake
Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she grows into her new role, she manages to assert control and increase the influence of her organization. But when her husband is released from prison, she finds him a changed man, lacking the character necessary to be a powerful yakuza leader. Conflict ensues and their marriage is challenged by a desire for power.
Yakuza Ladies 2
GANGSTER 東京魔悲夜-外伝
Takeshi Miyasaka
Riki Takeuchi, Masayuki Imai
Former hitman Ginya Yabuki (Riki Takeuchi) left the mafia and split somewhat contentiously with his longtime former partner. Years later, that same ex-partner has emerged as the head of a very dangerous crime syndicate and Yabuki is forced to confront his former partner, which may start an all-out war within the Tokyo Mafia.
Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku
