Directing

Katsuji Kanazawa

Born

1955-05-03 (71)

Place of birth

Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Killing Angel Muhan poster
7.0

The story follows Muhan, the female assassin introduced in 1985's Dream Crimes, who was originally based on Takashi Ishii's manga character (unlike in the movies, she's primarily a mahjong expert in the manga). After Muhan fails to kill a young girl during a hitjob, she begins to question her existence.

Killing Angel Muhan

1995

Ten Warriors of the Underworld poster
6.0

The Kanto-based Aoi-kai seeks nationwide domination and sets its sights on the Nagano-based Taketomi-kai. Tokunaga (Kiyoshi Nakajo), chairman of the Aoi-kai, launches an assault to bring them under his control. Eventually, Taketomi-kai’s leader Katsuo Taketomi (Yuichi Kimura) is gunned down, forcing the group to disband. As a result, Masaki Koda (Koichi Miura), father of Shinichi Koda (ISSA), announces his retirement. Shinichi, once a civilian running a construction business, loses everything as Aoi-kai expands into Nagano. Burdened by a promise to his father, the loss of his work, and his strained relationship with his half-brother Shigekazu (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) of the Aoi-kai, Shinichi heads to Kanto to fight back. Determined to live with pride, Shinichi’s resolve draws a group of unique, fearless men around him. Together, they ignite a fierce yakuza battle that marks the beginning of an epic underworld saga.

Ten Warriors of the Underworld

2017

Hard Boiled poster
NR

Riki Takeuchi stars in a yakuza film.

Hard Boiled

1997

Demon Fighter Kocho poster
4.0

First live action adaptation of Demon Fighter Kocho

Demon Fighter Kocho

1997

Ten Warriors of the Underworld: Chapter 2 poster
5.0

To crush the Kanto-based Aoi-kai aiming for national domination, Shinichi Koda (ISSA), president of Koda Construction, heads from Nagano to Tokyo. At the request of Asagiri (TJ Kayama), he helps the former Hanazono Union leader, now on the run from the Aoi-kai. Shinichi’s former mentor, Takeharu Mori (Tetsu Watanabe), president of Mori Industries, is being driven to the brink of bankruptcy due to an eviction dispute with the Aoi-kai. Seeking a trigger to start the fight, Shinichi asks Mori for his cooperation. At last, the ten brave men are assembled. With his father's banner—the Koda-gumi—raised high, Shinichi leads them into a fierce war against the mighty Aoi-kai. "Now, brave men... it's time to rise."

Ten Warriors of the Underworld: Chapter 2

2017

Black Mafia - The End poster
NR

End of duology

Black Mafia - The End

2009

Behind the camera

Killing Angel Muhan poster
7.0

The story follows Muhan, the female assassin introduced in 1985's Dream Crimes, who was originally based on Takashi Ishii's manga character (unlike in the movies, she's primarily a mahjong expert in the manga). After Muhan fails to kill a young girl during a hitjob, she begins to question her existence.

Killing Angel Muhan

1995

Killing Angel Muhan poster
7.0

The story follows Muhan, the female assassin introduced in 1985's Dream Crimes, who was originally based on Takashi Ishii's manga character (unlike in the movies, she's primarily a mahjong expert in the manga). After Muhan fails to kill a young girl during a hitjob, she begins to question her existence.

Killing Angel Muhan

1995

Ten Warriors of the Underworld poster
6.0

The Kanto-based Aoi-kai seeks nationwide domination and sets its sights on the Nagano-based Taketomi-kai. Tokunaga (Kiyoshi Nakajo), chairman of the Aoi-kai, launches an assault to bring them under his control. Eventually, Taketomi-kai’s leader Katsuo Taketomi (Yuichi Kimura) is gunned down, forcing the group to disband. As a result, Masaki Koda (Koichi Miura), father of Shinichi Koda (ISSA), announces his retirement. Shinichi, once a civilian running a construction business, loses everything as Aoi-kai expands into Nagano. Burdened by a promise to his father, the loss of his work, and his strained relationship with his half-brother Shigekazu (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) of the Aoi-kai, Shinichi heads to Kanto to fight back. Determined to live with pride, Shinichi’s resolve draws a group of unique, fearless men around him. Together, they ignite a fierce yakuza battle that marks the beginning of an epic underworld saga.

Ten Warriors of the Underworld

2017

Hard Boiled poster
NR

Riki Takeuchi stars in a yakuza film.

Hard Boiled

1997

Demon Fighter Kocho poster
4.0

First live action adaptation of Demon Fighter Kocho

Demon Fighter Kocho

1997

Ten Warriors of the Underworld: Chapter 2 poster
5.0

To crush the Kanto-based Aoi-kai aiming for national domination, Shinichi Koda (ISSA), president of Koda Construction, heads from Nagano to Tokyo. At the request of Asagiri (TJ Kayama), he helps the former Hanazono Union leader, now on the run from the Aoi-kai. Shinichi’s former mentor, Takeharu Mori (Tetsu Watanabe), president of Mori Industries, is being driven to the brink of bankruptcy due to an eviction dispute with the Aoi-kai. Seeking a trigger to start the fight, Shinichi asks Mori for his cooperation. At last, the ten brave men are assembled. With his father's banner—the Koda-gumi—raised high, Shinichi leads them into a fierce war against the mighty Aoi-kai. "Now, brave men... it's time to rise."

Ten Warriors of the Underworld: Chapter 2

2017

Black Mafia - The End poster
NR

End of duology

Black Mafia - The End

2009

修羅のみち11 四国最終戦争 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

修羅のみち11 四国最終戦争

2004

Black Mafia poster
NR

Koichi (Kenichi Endo), who destroyed the corrupt Tatsuta group with his brother Toma (Sho Aikawa), disappears from the front stage to protect his younger brother Takayuki (Yuta Sone) who got involved in the incident. did. Meanwhile, the Kansai Kijinkai began to exercise political power and plan to advance into the Kanto region.

Black Mafia

2008

Daimon Graveyard 4 poster
8.0

The fourth 'Daimon Graveyard' film.

Daimon Graveyard 4

2015

Platinum Family Crest 2 poster
NR

The second 'Platinum Family Crest' film.

Platinum Family Crest 2

2016

Platinum Family Crest 2 poster
NR

The second 'Platinum Family Crest' film.

Platinum Family Crest 2

2016

実録 広島やくざ戦争外伝 義兄弟 ~山口英弘の半生~ 激流の章 完結編 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

実録 広島やくざ戦争外伝 義兄弟 ~山口英弘の半生~ 激流の章 完結編

2008

Platinum Family Crest poster
NR

2016 original video.

Platinum Family Crest

2016

Strong Man Chapter 3 poster
NR

The Third and final 'Strong Man' film.

Strong Man Chapter 3

2017

Demon Fighter Kocho 2: School of Evil Spirits poster
4.0

Second live action Demon Fighter Kocho movie

Demon Fighter Kocho 2: School of Evil Spirits

1997

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 3 poster
NR

Tetsuo (Kosuke Toyohara), who was thinking about the next money plan for the 200 million yen he got from the painting trick, looks at high-rate poker gambling. The target is Shinya, Saijo's sergeant. He's been crazy and has preyed on women who were dazzled by gold. Moreover, his reserve is 1.3 billion yen. If you continue the game as it is, Tetsuo will lose. Suddenly, in the latter half of the game, which was greeted by Shinya's predominance, a huge number of cardboard boxes were carried in front of Tetsuo. Who on earth for what? And what's inside !?

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 3

1994

Gedo Otoko Uta poster
NR

2002 Original Video.

Gedo Otoko Uta

2002

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 5 - Hereditary Homicide poster
NR

A Kamui family who governs N prefecture and exerts its power on the central political and business world. The mighty power was only allowed to be inherited by the "patriarch". But now, over the patriarchal power, the current patriarch Hidemine and his four sons are in a fierce conflict. In the presence of his guardian, Kiyoshi Nakajo, Hidemine gathered his sons together. However, the discussion broke down. The sons seeking the extinction of the patriarchal power finally turned their muzzle to their father, Hidemine!

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 5 - Hereditary Homicide

1996

Sorrowful Hitman poster
NR

A Hitman must protect a 15-year-old girl

Sorrowful Hitman

2008

Hamon-gumi 2 : The Exiled poster
NR

Now leading the Hamon-gumi (the exiled syndicate), Kyoichi Sakura (Ryuji Harada) receives a request from Ichihara-kai’s chairman to eliminate a violent gang terrorizing Kisarazu. However, it turns out the gang’s leader is the son of the Sanno-kai Kenzaki-gumi boss, head of a massive organization. To make matters worse, a Chinese mafia group allied with the Kenzaki-gumi retaliates by targeting the Four Kings of the Hamon-gumi. The once tightly united group now faces the threat of collapse...

Hamon-gumi 2 : The Exiled

2015

Strong Man Chapter 2 poster
NR

The Second 'Strong Man' film.

Strong Man Chapter 2

2016

Rabu gēmu: Wa owaranai poster
1.7

A young woman who runs a bar from a small truck gets in trouble with some hapless yakuza when her drunk boyfriend gets into a fight with them.

Rabu gēmu: Wa owaranai

1988

Gedo 2 Otoko Uta poster
NR

Sequel to 'Gedo Otoko Uta'.

Gedo 2 Otoko Uta

2002

Platinum Family Crest 3 poster
NR

The third 'Platinum Family Crest' film.

Platinum Family Crest 3

2016

Platinum Family Crest 3 poster
NR

The third 'Platinum Family Crest' film.

Platinum Family Crest 3

2016

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 4 - Hellish Underworld Mahjong poster
NR

Ginji (Kiyoshi Nakajo) was glaring at the next major organization of the political and business world with Izawa, an influential person of the Democratic Liberal Party. The person who emerged there, Jin Kuramae. He was feeding on a huge gambling loan book and manipulating talented politicians for his company. Izawa also had to win the gambling game before Kuramae and get the loan book in order to take advantage of the launch of the new party. The total purchase price is 40 billion! Ginji and Tetsuo (Kosuke Toyohara) headed to the villa in Kuramae to challenge the first generation of gambling!

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 4 - Hellish Underworld Mahjong

1995

Capital Conflict 3 poster
NR

To prevent the Kansai-based Tenma-kai from expanding into Kanto, Enomoto (Yasukaze Motomiya), leader of the Enomoto-gumi and part of the Kanto yakuza, was guarding Takeda Masaki (Tokuma Nishioka), president of the largest Kanto organization, the Bandō Alliance. However, Takeda was targeted by a hitman. Although Takeda survived, he remained unconscious, and his condition was critical. Makabe (Takanori Higuchi), the director of the organization, plotted to take over as Takeda’s successor and support the Tenma-kai’s advance into Kanto. Learning of Makabe’s schemes, Enomoto ordered Higuchi (Keiichi Yamamoto), the underboss, to investigate his movements. Meanwhile, Takeda regained consciousness and, from his hospital bed, announced his retirement. He expressed his intent to name Makabe as his successor, shocking both Enomoto and Makabe. However, this decision came with a specific condition...

Capital Conflict 3

2017

History of Yakuza Conflict: Huge Organizational Split poster
NR

Fujio Yamadai, the third generation leader of Japan's largest organized crime group, Tamba-gumi, has passed away due to illness. Yamatatsu group leader Tatsuo Yamanaka (Hakuryu), who has become acting group leader, recommends Tamba group leader Kazuhisa Takemoto (Hitoshi Ozawa) to Kashira. However, Sumiko, the sister of the third generation Yamadai, who actually runs the Tanba-gumi, mentions that Takemoto is the man who will inherit the fourth generation of the Tanba-gumi. Eventually, the Takemoto faction and Yamanakaha became enemies, and the huge organization split into two. This spurs the assassination of the boss...

History of Yakuza Conflict: Huge Organizational Split

2015

Daimon Graveyard poster
8.0

The first 'Daimon Graveyard' film.

Daimon Graveyard

2015

Gang Connection poster
NR

Former head of the Ryozankai, Hyuga (Matsukata Hiroki), returns to the street for the first time in eight years. However, his boss has passed away and his brother Ryudo (Nagasawa Toshiya) has taken over the post of chairman. Hinata is excommunicated and loses his place in the company, but he hears about a dark deal. Together with his frenemy Eri (Yabe Miho), Oshiki (Sone Harumi) and informant Natsukawa (Sone Yuta), he hatches a plan to rob 300 million yen from the transaction site. The contents of the information, which is traded at an unbelievable price, are enough to shake Nagatacho to its core...

Gang Connection

2010

Grudge: Cursed Security Man poster
NR

A Japanese direct-to-video film.

Grudge: Cursed Security Man

1999

Ten Warriors of the Underworld: Chapter 3 poster
NR

Here's a slightly shortened version that keeps all key details and emotional beats intact: --- Shinichi Koda (ISSA), president of Koda Construction, continued his retaliation against the Aoi-kai by taking down their Tobita and Nashida factions. In response, Aoi-kai began sending assassins after him. The Saeki-gumi, also under Aoi-kai, kidnapped Kamata (Mizuho Takasugi), a former member now with Koda Construction, hoping to provoke a confrontation. However, their plan failed, and Shinichi successfully rescued Kamata. Enraged, Saeki sent another assassin—this time, Mikami Isao (DAICHI) jumped in to shield Shinichi and was shot in his place. Though rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, tragedy had struck—Shinichi had lost a comrade. Overwhelmed by guilt, Shinichi prepares for the next stage: the final showdown with the Aoi-kai… and the looming confrontation with his older brother, Toshikazu (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi). The story of the brave men enters a new chapter.

Ten Warriors of the Underworld: Chapter 3

2018

Dochinpira: Jin the Gigolo poster
NR

The man has returned to his old town: Jin Kaito (Lo Kwon), known as “Jin the Gigolo”. “Make every woman happy” is Jin’s motto. In his hands, any woman melts into ecstasy, led to heavenly heights of pleasure she’s never known. Waiting for this love-and-peace-driven man is his old yakuza acquaintance, Minoh (Kenichi Endō). The boss’s daughter, Maki (Koharu Tono), has been kidnapped by a rival gang, and Minoh begs the newly returned Jin for help, which he immediately refuses, but when it’s revealed that he had slept with Maki just before the abduction, things spiral out of control. Now, Jin is dragged into a full-blown rescue operation!

Dochinpira: Jin the Gigolo

2001

Dochinpira: Jin the Gigolo poster
NR

The man has returned to his old town: Jin Kaito (Lo Kwon), known as “Jin the Gigolo”. “Make every woman happy” is Jin’s motto. In his hands, any woman melts into ecstasy, led to heavenly heights of pleasure she’s never known. Waiting for this love-and-peace-driven man is his old yakuza acquaintance, Minoh (Kenichi Endō). The boss’s daughter, Maki (Koharu Tono), has been kidnapped by a rival gang, and Minoh begs the newly returned Jin for help, which he immediately refuses, but when it’s revealed that he had slept with Maki just before the abduction, things spiral out of control. Now, Jin is dragged into a full-blown rescue operation!

Dochinpira: Jin the Gigolo

2001

Strong Man poster
NR

The first 'Strong Man' film.

Strong Man

2016

Dochinpira: Jin the Gigolo 2 poster
NR

Dragged into a yakuza conflict, Jin (Lo Kwon) is forced to team up with Minoh (Kenichi Endo), the head of the Gōtotsu-gumi (Kazuhiro Nakahara), to rescue Maki (Koharu Tono), the kidnapped daughter of their boss. Frustrated by the lack of clues, Minoh storms the rival group Okimoto Kōgyō with his underlings. Maki is nowhere to be found, only the mutilated body of the Okimoto chairman remains. Meanwhile, drugs begin to circulate in the Gōtotsu-gumi’s territory, where narcotics are strictly forbidden. Upon uncovering the evil lurking in the shadows, Jin and Minoh charge into a deadly showdown! What is the true motive behind Maki’s abduction? And who will survive the coming storm?

Dochinpira: Jin the Gigolo 2

2001

Dochinpira: Jin the Gigolo 2 poster
NR

Dragged into a yakuza conflict, Jin (Lo Kwon) is forced to team up with Minoh (Kenichi Endo), the head of the Gōtotsu-gumi (Kazuhiro Nakahara), to rescue Maki (Koharu Tono), the kidnapped daughter of their boss. Frustrated by the lack of clues, Minoh storms the rival group Okimoto Kōgyō with his underlings. Maki is nowhere to be found, only the mutilated body of the Okimoto chairman remains. Meanwhile, drugs begin to circulate in the Gōtotsu-gumi’s territory, where narcotics are strictly forbidden. Upon uncovering the evil lurking in the shadows, Jin and Minoh charge into a deadly showdown! What is the true motive behind Maki’s abduction? And who will survive the coming storm?

Dochinpira: Jin the Gigolo 2

2001

Hamon-gumi: The Exiled poster
NR

Kyoichi Sakura (Ryuji Harada), the underboss of the Ichihara-kai, is known as the brains of the organization, trusted absolutely by Chairman Ichihara. One day, the boss of the rival Sanno-kai Todo-gumi is shot by a member of the Ichihara-kai. To take responsibility, Kyoichi is expelled from the syndicate. However, it was all part of a trap set by an internal spy. Soon after, loyal followers and other yakuza who had been exiled gather around him, and together they form a new group known as the Hamon-gumi — the exiled syndicate.

Hamon-gumi: The Exiled

2015

Capital Conflict 2 poster
NR

The largest yakuza organization in Kansai, the Tenma-kai, has broken the agreement and begun advancing into Kanto. Enomoto (Yasukaze Motomiya), the assistant underboss of the Takeda Family in Kanto, is approached by the Tenma-kai with an offer to join them, but he refuses. However, due to a scheme by the Tenma-kai, the Takeda Family’s boss, Takeda Masaki (Nishioka Tokuma), is suddenly arrested on charges of extortion. Additionally, the family’s underboss, Miyamura (Jiro Okazaki), is ambushed and murdered. Enomoto suspects there might be a traitor within the family and begins an independent investigation. The suspects that emerge are the headquarters director Ishibashi Masayuki (Kawamoto Junichi), assistant underboss Sakai Takahiro (Miyamoto Taisei), and the young boss Makabe Mitsuhiro (Takanori Higuchi). One of these three is the betrayer...

Capital Conflict 2

2017