Asao Koike

Asao Koike

March 18, 1931 · 95 years old

Known For

22 titles
1
Hiroshima Death Match

Hiroshima Death Match

1973 · 1h 39m · Movie

A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow's niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.

7.5
2
Zatoichi Challenged

Zatoichi Challenged

1967 · 1h 27m · Movie

After an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against the law.

7.4
3
Police Tactics

Police Tactics

1974 · 1h 41m · Movie

Conflicts between Hirono's family and Yamamori's family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police's efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs.

7.3
4
Akitsu Springs

Akitsu Springs

1962 · 1h 53m · Movie

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

7.2
5
Zatoichi in Desperation

Zatoichi in Desperation

1972 · 1h 35m · Movie

After accidentally causing an old lady's death, Zatoichi seeks out her daughter to atone for the tragedy, consequently getting into all sorts of trouble.

6.8
6
Sympathy for the Underdog

Sympathy for the Underdog

1971 · 1h 33m · Movie

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

7.3
7
The Sun's Burial

The Sun's Burial

1960 · 1h 27m · Movie

In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.

6.9
8
A Thousand & One Nights

A Thousand & One Nights

1969 · 2h 8m · Movie

Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks on a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.

6.5
9
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

1974 · 1h 24m · Movie

After extracting information by raping a ghost, Hanzo uncovers a plot among high officials to steal the shogunate's gold and loan it out to the poor.

6.5
10
Ninja Warriors

Ninja Warriors

1980 · 1h 57m · Movie

In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding plac...

6.1
11
Inferno of Torture

Inferno of Torture

1969 · 1h 35m · Movie

Two highly skilled tattoo artists clash as the demand for tattooed geishas rises to satisfy European clients.

5.7
12
Animal Treasure Island

Animal Treasure Island

1971 · 1h 18m · Movie

A group of kids compete with a team of bumbling pirates to find buried treasure.

6.9
13
Violent Streets

Violent Streets

1974 · 1h 36m · Movie

A retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.

6.9
14
Yôkirô

Yôkirô

1983 · 2h 24m · Movie

The loves and tragedies of a geisha in 1933 Japan.

6.9
15
Yomigaeru kinrô

Yomigaeru kinrô

1979 · 2h 11m · Movie

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.

6.6
16
A Certain Killer

A Certain Killer

1967 · 1h 22m · Movie

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

6.8
17
Fuyu no hana

Fuyu no hana

1978 · 2h 1m · Movie

A thug is released after fifteen years in prison for the murder of a yakuza gang boss. Things were never going to be simple and bygones were never going to be bygones of course, but to make matters more complicated the murdered bo...

6.7
18
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie

1969 · 1h 22m · Movie

Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit willtake him along a twisted trai...

6.5
19
The Insatiable

The Insatiable

1971 · 1h 26m · Movie

Young Yuki runs away from home after her mother's villainous boyfriend rapes her. She ends using sex to survive, but when she finally meets a nice architecture student, she starts thinking that her suffering may be over, but is it?

6.2
20
Otoko no monshô

Otoko no monshô

1963 · 1h 36m · Movie

A more original story than usual for a ninkyô yakuza film.

7.2
21
Fight of Gamblers

Fight of Gamblers

1963 · 1h 31m · Movie

After killing a man in self defense, Ryuji goes searching for peace. But when he finds that his elderly mother, Kiyo, is being harassed by a rival family, Ryuji has no choice but to choose the fate of the sword.

5.7
22
The Scarred Crest

The Scarred Crest

1964 · 1h 41m · Movie

A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds himself torn by the death of an old friend - the son of crime kingpin Kiyomiya. A death Ryuji feels responsible for.

5.5