With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.

Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of his family being insulted by the Tanuma's family goons, by retaliating on his own. After injuring the head of Tanuma's family, and slaying others along the way, he then surrenders to the law and serves time. Before his last year to serve, the head of the Aramasa family falls ill and decides to retire, Ryoji miss chance to be successor, his old friend is reluctant but accepts. Now this gives the Tanuma family a chance for revenge! But with Tomisaburo Wakayama (Sekine) always having your back, how can you go wrong?

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A railroad line brings changing times to a community. Because Tetsu can't stand by and allow a bunch of yakuza men to molest women, it forces him to battle it out with a knife wielding rival, the unfortunate incident leads to his boss losing face and him having to leave the family to protect it. But the rival family won't stop until they destroy Tetsu who will risk life and love for his brothers.

Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against other yakuza gangs.

The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro of the Shimazu family. When the boss of the Shimazu is killed, Shigejiro takes revenge and is sent to jail. Upon his release, he meets the dying widow of one of hid followers and takes her to her father, Boss Shiomasa, who take him into his family. But when Shiomasa is killed by an old enemy, Shigejiro is obligated to take revenge...

Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group.

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…

A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining being a predominately male domain. Overcoming the natural hardships, a more serious threat to Tei and her mine, the menacing presence of rival mining gangs who sense her vulnerability... Nihon jokyo-den:ketto midarw-bana is an outstanding drama, highlighted by wonderful characterizations/performances. Yamashita's excellent direction maintains a rich emotional flow from the opening seconds to the last. Intense and bloody encounters punctuate throughout the engaging multi layered tale!

45-year-old Hiro Kamon works as a librarian because she loves books. Although she is worshiped as the "aloof beauty" and "ideal female" for her beautiful, gentle smile and amiability, she actually dislikes people. Hiro has been hurt countless times, and Chōji, the only guy she loved wholeheartedly in university, also fled in one night. She has become a person who no longer believes in love and has decided to live alone for life. But she ends up acting as a "fake married couple" with Chōji, whom she happens to meet again, for the sake of his mother, Teruno, who has been given a short time to live.

A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution from a local factory. They seem to work out an agreement, but Oryu must help the poor villagers when the greedy factory owner and corrupt politicians betray them…

作家・泉鏡花の耽美的な原作「義血侠血」に着想を得て、1975年に作家・唐十郎が書き下ろし初演された戯曲。大掛かりな舞台装置が要されるため、蜷川演出初演時は大映の東京撮影所で行なわれた。その後、1989年の日生劇場、2000年のシアターコクーンを経て、今回が4度目の上演となった。演出の蜷川幸雄が、死ぬ前に何としても再演したかったと述べているほどの代表作だ。 ＜ストーリー＞人気のない、廃墟のような街を歩く少年・アリダ（窪田正孝）は、後ろをつけてくる怪しげな男・銀メガネ（平幹二朗）に気づく。銀メガネは10年前に幼いアリダを誘拐しようとして逮捕・投獄された男だった。おぼろげな記憶を呼び起こしたアリダだが、1年前に兄と心中しひとり生き残ったお甲（大空祐飛）と会うために彼女を待ち続ける。困窮するお甲は、兄に貸していたお金を返して欲しいとアリダに頼んでいたのだ。やがてお甲が姿を現わすが、アリダは銀メガネの口車に乗りお金を渡してしまっていた。そんな中、奇妙な男・羊水屋（鳥山昌克）も現われ、かつて兄と事業を起こす約束をしていたことを明かす。兄との間にできた子どもを育て、日々のミルク代にも困っているお甲は、銀メガネを説得し、お金を引き出そうと決意。自身唯一の技である水芸・滝の白糸を披露する。

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. His sister died in the Great Kanto Earthquake and his father is also gone. His brother Jukichi invites him to stay at his in-laws and works in their family pub. He lies low, helping his blind mother-in-law and slowly developing a relationship with Ikuye, the hostess who helped him before his arrest. But trouble lurks when the resident gang decides to show its strength.

われ日本を愛したり！ただ一途、母なる国の栄光を願って散ったこの青春！ われ魚雷なり！母なる祖国の若桜 思い残すことはなかったのか!?“海ゆかば”を絶唱して、太平洋回天作戦に散った熱涙百三十二人の青春群像。昭和十八年十月から十九年末までの約一年。太平洋戦争の最も苛烈にして悲惨な時期、日本の戦局は日を追って悪化していた。その劣勢を挽回すべく、必死必殺の特攻兵器が考案された。それが“回天”と命名された人間魚雷。空の神風特攻隊に呼応するかのように出現し、敵艦に体当たりして海に散っていく若者たち。彼等がそのかけがえのない青春を断つまでの実話を、東映オールスター総動員でドラマティックに再現する超大作戦争映画。ひとたび発進すれば、二度と帰れぬ絶対死の兵器“人間魚雷”。祖国の為に散った青春レクイエム──。

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Yakuza film history, Fuji Junko and Takakura Ken. Since the death of Matsuo Yuki's father, the Union Representative postition has been vacant. Now that the central government has delegated the decision on his replacement to the 'Horse Traders' Association in Hokkaido, she becomes the top candidate to fill the post. Corrupt local officials seek to block her from assuming the position upon her arrival from the southern island of Kyushu.It will be a radical change for Yuki, coming from the warm climate in the South to the bitter cold of Hokkaido. Violence soon erupts as Ainu and Japanese clash, while Yuki's protector, a mysterious rifleman played by Takakura Ken, watches from the shadows. Can she finish the work started by her late father in an untamed land?