 | Recently-downsized, hard-on-his-luck Malik Brody nurses his woes in a bar, but the trouble only worsens when another patron grabs Malik and uses him as a human shield to escape capture by gun-toting thugs! Yikes! It turns out that his abductor is on... |
 | Yamamoto, a Yakuza ganster who is forced out of his own country, travels to America to find his brother Ken. Whilst there he meets up with Denny, a hustler and together they set out to make Ken's crime syndicate the post powerful gang in Los... |
 | A group of Samurai are asked to protect a poor farming community from the bandits who steal their harvest. Japanese dialogue. |
 | In the year 2008, Malik thinks that things can't get any worse, having been dumped by his employer and his wife. He is soon proved wrong when he is used as a human shield after unwittingly becoming involved in a pub brawl... |
 | Lone Wolf takes to the road again, and his expertise is in demand... Japanese dialogue. |
 | A Samurai assassin is seen executing three gangsters by a woman who falls in love with his grace and skill... |
 | Choi Baedal travels to Japan during the Second World War in the hope of becoming a pilot. Because he is Korean, and therefore deemed a second class citizen, his dreams are dashed. Spending two years in the mountains training his body and mind, Choi... |
 | In his first film shot in the United States, Japanese director Takeshi Kitano stars as Aniki, a stoic "yakuza" (the Japanese version of the Mafia) who heads to Los Angeles after his clan loses a mob war. Unable to speak English, he still manages to... |
 | The story of Manbei Kohayagawa who has a lot on his mind and to help him at this stressful time he rekindles a romance with his ex-mistress... |
 | CD: Duet (Shinichi Kato & Masahiko Sato, 2001)
Personnel: Shinichi Kato (bass); Masahiko Sato (piano).Recorded at Egg Farm Hall, Saitama, Japan on March 24 & 25, 2000. Includes liner notes by Taito Hozumi. |