Haruki Jo
Actor · b. 1946 · Fukushima, Japan
Movies22
Movie7.0ActionDramaAfter being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Movie6.9ActionCrimeA 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.
Movie7.4WarDramaDepicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Movie6.2CrimeDramaA barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Movie6.8DramaActionFollowing her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover.
Movie4.8DramaRomanceA young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law on a farm. Noriko pretends to be his long-gone favorite cow and lets him milk her—a satisfying arrangement for them both.
Movie6.7CrimeActionA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
Movie5.8CrimeHorrorAkira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.
Movie5.8HorrorRomanceA sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner’s wife.
Movie6.9DramaComedyA Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.
Movie6.7CrimeDramaWith a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
Movie9.0ComedyActionThe sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. In Kyushu, Momojiro falls in love again... this time with a beautiful college student Masako.
Movie8.0CrimeThrillerElite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Movie8.0CrimeActionSet in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.
Movie7.7WarHistoryThe story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
MovieZenzo is an unremarkable man whose salary keeps shrinking and who is constantly belittled by his wife, Mitsuko. One day, at a ramen shop run by a friend, he meets Masami, who is there on assignment. Intrigued by Zenzo, Masami proposes doing an in-depth feature on him. From that point on, his everyday life proves to be a source of constant novelty for her...
Movie6.0DramaAfter a fight with a local girl gang, Yoko serves time in prison. After her release the world she once knew has changed. When she is drugged and raped by a local yakuza she seeks revenge…
Movie6.8ActionCrimeThe great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t seem to escape old affiliations
Movie10.0CrimeDramaAn honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
MovieActionDramaAn action in which a former CIA female operative captures a revenge drama that unfolds against a huge secret organization.
Movie2.0DramaSaimon married Saeko, whose family runs a temple, and became an adopted son-in-law. After his father-in-law's death, he became the head priest, but life was difficult, and he eventually ran away. One day, Saimon saves a woman, Misa, who is attempting suicide by a riverbank. When he takes her home, Misa and her younger sister, Eri, tell him that they have been scammed by a dishonest renovation company and are being charged an exorbitant amount. Attracted by the beautiful sisters, Saimon decides to help them. Meanwhile, Saeko is desperately searching for Saimon...
Movie8.0DramaCrimeViolent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsuruta as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).