The best Asao Koike’s thriller movies

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

18/03/1931- 23/03/1985
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Orgies of Edo

Orgies of Edo
6/10
Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
6.7/10
On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret. When Goro is released 2 years later, Masahiko is dying in prison hospital and entrusts his last wish; "find my sister and take care of her." Goro leaves as a free man with a mission, but soon finds that he might have been better off in jail.

Street Mobster

Street Mobster
7/10
After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
6.4/10
The Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang territory, where they end up getting kidnapped by sinister underworld thugs. After breaking free, the girls set their sights on one thing: revenge. Miki Sugimoto stars as girl boss Komasa, the ruthless and sadistic leader of the Kanto Gypsies who possesses more than enough brains to match her killer looks.

The Lost Alibi

The Lost Alibi
7.4/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 13/03/1960
  • Character: Hayakawa
Suspense drama about a married salaryman (Kobayashi) whose affair with one of his co-workers (Hara) is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lover, he runs into a neighbor who is later accused of murder. Questioned by police about the neighbor, and blackmailed by his lover's neighbor, the salaryman's lies lead him on a path to destruction.

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
5.9/10
A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.

A History of the Japanese Underworld

A History of the Japanese Underworld
The hero tries to unite various gangs.

The Hunter's Diary

The Hunter's Diary
7.4/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 19/04/1964
  • Character: Narrator (voice)
Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ‘Hunter’s Diary’. One day, he finds an article in the newspaper – a murder of a young woman in his diary. A few days later, another woman from his diary is murdered. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as women named in his diary are killed one after another...

Main Line to Terror

Main Line to Terror
6.3/10
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hospital patients, plots to disrupt and, in ten days, destroy a unit of the operation. He warns the Japan National Railway, that, if nothing is done to reduce the noise, he will derail a bullet train. Takigawa is the police detective sent to stop him.

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