The best Hiroshi Tanaka’s crime movies

Hiroshi Tanaka

Hiroshi Tanaka

01/01/1934- 02/01/1993
Today we present the best Hiroshi Tanaka’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Hiroshi Tanaka’s movies.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
7.5/10
In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.

The Wolves

The Wolves
7.2/10
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew? Set in 1926 Japan, this serpentine crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha also stars Toshio Kurosawa and Isao Natsuyagi as Iwahashi's closest ally.

Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist

Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
5.6/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 29/05/1976
  • Character: Gan Miyamoto
Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she sneaks into a movie studio in Kyoto where a drug dealing syndicate is based.

Violent Streets

Violent Streets
6.9/10
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
7.1/10
President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to the Onishi group of the branch to expand the territory. Now members of the same yakuza gang are forced to fight each other over territory and honor.

Code of Wolves

Code of Wolves
6.6/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 05/10/1974
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 09/09/1978
  • Character: Shichiro Hanayama
The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.

Winter's Flower

Winter's Flower
6.7/10
Kanno (Ken Takakura) is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however... the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!

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