Akikane Sawa Movies

1962 Japanese movie

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

An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.

Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this tale of chivalry and friendship among yakuza in the...

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Part one.

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

1962 Japanese movie

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

The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro...

A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups.

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate)....

A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.