Hiroshi Midorikawa

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating mostly on the high-powered Yakuza gambling dens.

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.

After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.

1962 Japanese movie