Taro Yamamoto Movies

The late Kinji Fukasaku directed "Battle Royale" - his 60th movie - at the age of 70. This film follows the shooting of the film.

Haruo Aizawa, who made his debut in the entertainment industry at the tender age of zero and took the world by storm as a child prodigy, gets caught...

#31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwittingly involving him in a sinister murder plot.

Hama-chan joins a company excursion to Oita with the rest of his department including his new junior Daisuke. Beautiful Namiko, the organizer of the...

#45 in the series, following "The Men's Past"

In addition to the familiar Aitoku bad members, Taro Yamamoto dresses as Toshimitsu Yamada and the super battle explodes!

#49 in the series, following "Fraud Methods"

#30 in the King of Minami series, introducing Ginjiro Manda's new sidekick Kohei. This installment explores the fatal effects of bankruptcy on the...

#36 in the series, following "License for Cruelty." The CEO of a yakuza-backed finance company teams up with a shady consultant to convince debtors...

#40 in the series, following "Pride." Made-for-TV special following Manda and crew as they search for the man who stole a restaurant owner's life...

#44 in the series, following "The Price of Betrayal."

#46 in the series

Masaru Okunishi is a prisoner who has been on death-row for over 40 years. In 1961, 5 women died from drinking poisoned wine in a small village...

Riki Jumonji, a legendary hitman who once vowed never to pull a gun's trigger again, lives in the northern Japanese port city of Otaru. His quiet...

In Kyoto in 1944, poet Tomohiko Nagata meets Shizue, the wife of Kyoto University assistant professor Takeichi Naito, during a lecture. Drawn to...

17-year-old high school student and basketball player Migiwa has a secret crush on Riku. After lying about being able to surf, she loses a surfboard...

The Hirata are a typical family residing in picturesque Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture. Their lives are thrown in chaos when an earthquake strikes and...

#41 in the series, following "Special Ver.40"

#37 in the series, following "Yakuza Finance."

A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean everyday. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her...