Shoichi Shibuya

Two rival bounty hunters team up to battle a crime boss

Receiving a request from a marriage broker operating in a run-down area, Hidari (Hideo Nakano) and Yamato (Yasukaze Motomiya) find themselves helping with a fake marriage. Many of this broker's cases involve the Goroza family, who are involved in human trafficking and insurance fraud, manipulating household registries. Amidst this, Yamato's fake bride, Shirayuki, is brutally murdered after having her organs harvested. Angered by this heinous act, Left and Yamato, without any directive from the third-generation leader of the Kurotetsu Alliance, Sakaki (Sho Aikawa), take on a rival gang. Thus begins a bloody purge driven solely by their unbacked "chains."

Released after 4 years in prison, a family captain is shocked by how drastically his organization and private life has changed, and he won't sit by.

Released after 4 years in prison, a family captain is shocked by how drastically his organization and private life has changed, and he won't sit by.

Gambler Munetoshi (Hitomi Matsuda) and pickpocket Ichinojo (Kazuyoshi Ozawa) hit it off and start making a fortune together. When Ichinojo's girlfriend Nami is kidnapped, they have to put their lives on the line.

Tatsunobu Sagara (Kazuyoshi Ozawa), a wakagashira (underboss) of the Natsume-gumi, was expanding his influence by leveraging the reputation of Mitsuru Gono (Shiro), wakagashira of the Tanba-gumi. Meanwhile, Daisuke Kanamori (Hideyuki Kawahara), also of the Tanba-gumi, was aggressively encroaching upon business territories monopolized by the Natsume-gumi. Although Gono and Kanamori were both formidable figures renowned in the yakuza underworld, their mutual animosity had brought the organization to the brink of an internal feud. Tanba-gumi boss Fujio Yamadai (Hakuryu) ordered the organization's number two, Kenzo Ushikubo (Hitoshi Ozawa), to keep a close watch on them; however, even he could not curb the escalating friction between these men, each driven by fierce yakuza ambition... Starring Hakuryu and Hitoshi Ozawa alongside a cast of today's most intense actors, the first chapter of this saga chronicling the history of Japanese yakuza turf wars begins now.

Itoda-gumi was excommunicated from the Mishima-gumi, but the situation changed completely when Ando (Hitoshi Ozawa) was welcomed as a wakagashira. He succeeded in destroying the Mishima-gumi by inviting an internal strife in the Sekishin Houkou Renmei to overthrow him. However, Mishima (Shunya Nagasawa), who sees Ando as dangerous, continues to attack him.

Fourth entry in the 'Conquest' series.

Honda (Koji Matoba), a former Self-Defense Force officer, returns from Iraq emotionally scarred, losing his wife and daughter. He becomes a driver for the yakuza boss Isogaya (Noh Terada) but feels nothing in his hollow life. His emotions are stirred when he meets Kiriko, the wife of a man who committed suicide in Iraq. Kiriko, now Isogaya's mistress, encourages Honda to "live until you die." Motivated by her words, Honda begins a search for his daughter, plunging into the dark world of the yakuza.

The third 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.

The Kanto Doshikai, known for its prominent yakuza members, discovers a prohibited drug deal taking place within its territory. Sakaki (Sho Aikawa), the third-generation leader of the Kurotetsu Union, sets his sights on the Hayakaba-gumi, which operates at Daikoku Pier, and sends Hidari (Hideo Nakano) and his team, "Chains," to investigate the drug route. Disguised as a money counterfeiter, Left infiltrates the gang but becomes entangled in an internal conflict. As Hidari goes missing after being shot, the "Chains" are thrown into disarray. What decision will Sakaki ultimately make...?

The Kanto Kurogane Federation stands at the pinnacle of Japan's yakuza society. Sakaki Sai (Sho Aikawa), the young boss, secures his position with the help of his covert private force, known as the “Chain,” led by Hidari (Hideo Nakano), Yamato (Yasukaze Motomiya), and Hakase (Shiro). One day, the federation's second-generation boss is shot dead, and Sakaki is arrested as the prime suspect. In his absence, acting young boss Takewaki (Ryu Kanou) is entrusted with leading the group, eagerly bribing executives in a bid to secure the vacant third-generation boss position. Sensing something suspicious about both the assassination and Takewaki’s ambitions, Sakaki unleashes the "Chain" to uncover the truth in his stead…

A massive yakuza war begins when the most powerful clan in Kansai plans to conquer all control of the country after attacking several headquarters of other clans in Japan and China.

Kazan (Koji Matoba) is a detective in the organized crime division, but he lives by no rules—raiding gambling dens, starting fights during interrogations, and refusing to be bound by the system. Haunted by a past he doesn’t want to face, Kazan continues his reckless pursuit of evil. One day, his only true partner, veteran detective Utagawa (Hitoshi Ozawa), dies in an accident. Left alone, the man who shared no bonds with anyone finds unexpected understanding with an old-school yakuza boss. As Kazan digs deeper into Utagawa’s death and the truth behind an unsolved gang boss murder, he finds himself stripped of his badge, cast out like a man already ruined. With nothing left to lose, this disgraced detective begins a desperate path of vengeance.

The third entry in the 'Conquest' series.

Fearing the influence of Sakaki (Sho Aikawa), the Metropolitan Police Department launches a crackdown operation against the Kurotetsu Alliance and detains him. Meanwhile, a series of assaults targeting Japanese women begin to surge in the city, alongside the quiet emergence of a criminal group of illegal immigrants known as “Ashinashi,” who engage in drug trafficking. While the police send in forces led by Hidari (Hideo Nakano) to suppress the situation, communication with the “chains” is cut off, leading to chaos. Amidst this turmoil, an attack on the Akaboshi-gumi affiliated with the Kanto Doshikai occurs!!

Second film in the 'Conquest' series.

Fumio Yamadai (Hakuryu), the third-generation boss of the Tanba-gumi, has built the organization into the largest and most powerful in Japan. Sagara (Kazuyoshi Ozawa) of the Natsume-ikka—a family under the Tanba-gumi umbrella—expands his influence by leveraging the authority of Gono (Shiro), a Tanba-gumi senior lieutenant and boss of the Gono-gumi. This leads to a conflict with Kanamori, another senior lieutenant of the Tanba-gumi. Eventually, Gono’s power grows to the point where he threatens the Tanba-gumi itself, sparking friction with the organization's underboss, Ushikubo (Hitoshi Ozawa). This situation escalates into the most significant expulsion incident in the history of the yakuza underworld. Chapter Two of the saga—starring Hitoshi Ozawa and Hakuryu—depicts a conflict that shook the very foundations of the Japanese yakuza.

Shortly after his release, Katsurakawa begins working under Yamanaka, who is known as a businessman. Yamanaka, who did not make a backing, continued to be relentlessly harassed from all sides, but Katsurakawa managed to surpass it. However, aiming for a stronger organization, he receives a cup from the giant organization Yagami-gumi, forms the "Asahikai", and decides to follow the path.

Bounty hunters with licenses issued by the Ministry of Justice are dying, one of those bounty hunters has a code not to kill criminals but the moment he captures a criminal another bounty hunter shoots him

Third son Raizo is a good man, but when another organization targets his father and his family business, it awakens his violent side.

The first installment in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise, which has shipped over 30 million copies worldwide, has been adapted into a live action work that remains almost faithful to the original. Produced by the cast and staff of the hugely popular franchise Unification of Japan, which depicts the Japanese underworld, the adaptation is fully supervised by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. The story follows the events leading up to the video game Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties.

Legendary yakuza actors Hakuryu and Hitoshi Ozawa star in this epic series where money, power, and brutality fuel turf wars across the land.