Hideo Murota Movies

The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their...

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.

Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.

When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.

In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked...

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Model Reiko Higa is injured after being hit by a car pursued by motorcycle cop Tomishima. Tomishima's supervisor refuses his request to apologize to...

A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of...

A painfully splendid adventure has begun!

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local...

Remake of Chusei Sone's 1983 comedy about a yakuza family trying their luck in show business.

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union....

Sequel to 'Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf'

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and...