Joji Abe

Writing

Joji Abe

Born 1937-05-17 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Novelist, mangaka, and tarento. Also known as George Abe.

Acting credits

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet poster
NR

In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and then goes on the run. However, he quickly begins to feel homesick, and returns home to find that almost everything has changed. Noriko is now a bar mama with a lavish lifestyle, Yumeko is nowhere to be found, and his boss (Toru Minegishi) seems to have sinister plans involving Junko and his uncle (Jo Shishido).

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet

1991

City Hunter Special: Goodbye My Sweetheart poster
6.3

A mysterious soldier known only as Professor takes his revenge on the government that betrayed him - and Tokyo is brought to its knees! Unless the government pays the Professor an impossible ransom, downtown Tokyo will be completely destroyed, and the Professor's beautiful sister will be the first to go! Only City Hunter, expert detective and shameless ladies' man, can keep Tokyo from being blown sky high!The bullets fly furiously, and the women have never been tempting as City Hunter takes it to the edge in this action-packed animated feature. Explosive action will rock your senses as you witness City Hunter's greatest challenge ever!

City Hunter Special: Goodbye My Sweetheart

1997

Those Swell Yakuza poster
8.0

Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.

Those Swell Yakuza

1988

Yakuza Ladies: Decision poster
7.5

Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi.

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

1998

Shura ga Yuku 4 poster
NR

The fourth of the extreme actions that depicts the men who are confronting the war set by the Kansai yakuza who are planning to advance to the Kanto region by taking advantage of the off-track betting dispute.

Shura ga Yuku 4

1997

King of Sha-kin 2 poster
7.0

A normal banker decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza.

King of Sha-kin 2

1997

King of Sha-kin poster
7.0

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 businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.

King of Sha-kin

1997

"Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2 poster
7.5

Sequel to "Guys Who Never Learn".

"Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2

1987

Mahjong Demon 5 Final Edition: One-man Retirement Match poster
NR

Shoichi Sakurai meets his girlfriend's father, the legendary drug dealer Mo. This leads to the two of them repeatedly competing against each other, but Mo eventually passes away. Sakurai, who regrets having taken his life, receives news of the Japan Championship and decides to retire after this match. Thus, he faces his final match, but...

Mahjong Demon 5 Final Edition: One-man Retirement Match

1995

A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell poster
NR

A unique yakuza film depicting the life of a ‘former gangster’ who has become a Christian! Starring Sho Aikawa. Directed by Keiichi Ozawa, known for the ‘Shura ga Yuku’ series. Stab someone and you go to prison; get stabbed and you go to hell. The dragon bearing the cross begins to recount the sins he has committed…

A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell

2001

Behind the camera