Production

Mitsuru Kurosawa

Born 1933-01-01

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Crying Freeman poster
6.4

A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader.

Crying Freeman

1995

Like a Savage poster
6.7

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

Like a Savage

1985

Ju-on: The Curse poster
6.8

When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.

Ju-on: The Curse

2000

Dead or Alive poster
6.4

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.

Dead or Alive

1999

Ju-on: The Curse 2 poster
6.2

On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.

Ju-on: The Curse 2

2000

Drive poster
6.1

A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.

Drive

1997

The Key poster
5.0

Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been that her husband is dissatisfied with her lack of passion during lovemaking. All this changes after they meet the young Mr. Kimura

The Key

1997

Moment of Demon poster
5.3

Filled with guilt over his forbidden desires, a young man leaves home and his studies. He finds a new smaller place to stay, a low-paying but satisfying job and a girlfriend. Then his mother, unable to fight her forbidden desires, shows up.

Moment of Demon

1985

No Grave for Us poster
6.3

A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...

No Grave for Us

1979

Uzumaki poster
5.9

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

Uzumaki

2000

Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy poster
6.0

A cocaine deal is about to go down between yakuza and Hong Kong triad gangsters and a small time porn peddler is used as a mole by a dirty cop.

Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy

2000

Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes! poster
NR

Tachibana of Mutsumi Yato Kogyo, whose leader was assassinated. He is glared at the work of the hostile organization Konan Service, but his big brother Kurosaki is well rounded up with his traces as bait. Masa and Jun, who are the thugs, ignore the unsuccessful executives and aim for the Konan service leader who was the chairman of the Mutsumikai, but failed! Jun is captured and killed. Kurosaki tries to secure Yato Kogyo in exchange for Jun's life.

Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!

1997

My SO Has Got Depression poster
7.2

Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko. They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio's depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. After Mikio quits his job his condition improves, but the dynamics of their relationship changes.

My SO Has Got Depression

2011

The Killing Game poster
7.5

The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?

The Killing Game

1978

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf poster
6.3

A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

1979

The Shinjuku Love Story poster
8.2

Ichijoji is a street punk who stumbles across Mari and her cat. Mari and Ichijoji immediately fall in love but are chased by both yakuza and corrupt cops.

The Shinjuku Love Story

1987

True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules poster
10.0

Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.

True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules

2002

New Gokudo Legend: Three Dragons poster
NR

A full-scale drama that visualizes a feature-length novel by Koichi Iiboshi from "Battle Without Honor and Justice." It depicts a shocking rivalry set in Shinjuku, the largest entertainment district in Asia, such as robbery, kidnapping, theft, and the murder of a blue dragon sword. Show Aikawa enthusiastically plays a lone wolf gangster. Co-starring Hitoshi Ozawa and others.

New Gokudo Legend: Three Dragons

1999

Love and Action in Osaka poster
5.2

Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. When his father’s battle against his rival group the Miike Family ignites, Toru becomes more involved in the turf war than he wished for.

Love and Action in Osaka

1988

The Beast to Die poster
5.8

A Nietzschean journalist who covered the Vietnam War, Lebanese Civil War and other conflicts becomes mentally unstable and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

The Beast to Die

1980

GO poster
7.4

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.

GO

2001

A Homance poster
7.8

A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.

A Homance

1986

Be-Bop High School 2 poster
6.5

Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.

Be-Bop High School 2

1986

Let Him Rest in Peace poster
8.0

A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman and busts a few heads.

Let Him Rest in Peace

1985