1964 film by Hideo Gosha

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.

クリスマス・イヴの夜、すずは相棒リュウの為にケーキを盗み、販売員に捕まってしまう。人々の嘲りと同情の視線の中、すずを助けたのは、サーカスの団長・磯貝であった。しかし彼は、身寄りのない子供たちを安く買っては、団員としてこき使っている悪党で、すずもまたそのサーカス小屋に連れて行かれるのだった。ところが、その小屋にはすずの意地悪な叔母・京子と、その娘・真弓がいた。真弓たちのいじめに遭うすず。しかし、そんな彼女に優しく接する少女がいた。その少女の名は恵。実の兄のように慕っている稔という青年と共に、サーカスの花形である空中ブランコ乗りとして活躍している少女だ。だが、恵は生れつき心臓が弱く、練習中に倒れてしまう。そんな彼女を見て稔とすずは、稔の実の父親であるらしい、県会議員の南条に恵の手術代を借りに彼の元を訪れるが、けんもほろろに取り合ってもくれなかった。そこで、医師・黒崎に頼むことを思いついたすずは、彼の病院へリュウを走らせ、自分は恵の代わりを務めようと、稔の指導の下、空中ブランコの練習に励むのだった。「いそがいサーカス」の公演初日、リュウに案内されてやって来た黒崎によって恵の応急手術が行われた。恵は一命をとりとめ、すずも空中ブランコを成功させる。しかし、中央政界への進出をもくろんでいる南条にとって、自分の過去の汚点となる稔と恵は邪魔な存在。そこで、恵が入院した病院の医師を買収して、恵を殺害した南条は、続いて稔とすずをサーカスのテントごと、事故にみせかけて焼死させようと火を放つ。だがその時、稔が昔愛した女との間に出来た子であることを知った南条は、稔を救おうとして自らの命を落としてしまう。その後、稔は別のサーカスに入団し、すずはまたリュウと共に孤独な生活に帰っていくのだった。

A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Based on one of China's enduring epic novels, written in the 14th century, "All Men Are Brothers" continues the patriotic story of righteous warriors battling despotic leaders, featuring mythic characters familiar to every Chinese, and with a cast that has achieved an equally celebrated status among Shaw Brothers devotees.

The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.

Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?

1991 film by Lam Ngai Kai

1964 Japanese film by Masaki Kobayashi

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.

Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...

1961 film by Shōhei Imamura

Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.