Movies by Nobuo Kaneko

Ikiru

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

Wolves of the Night

Wolves of the Night

A unique action drama in which a ruthless yakuza encounters a woman and realizes his true love as the conflict between the yakuza intensifies.

Dynamite Don-Don

Dynamite Don-Don

Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* way, that is, to settle it with a baseball game. Now, with its money and power, The Hashiden group soon recruits a group of gamblers known to be good at baseball from the whole country. So, what is the Okagen Gumi gonna do?

The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics.

Karate Wars

Karate Wars

Maki travels from Japan to Hong Kong and Thailand in order to show the superiority of Japanese karate to those countries' native to martial arts.

The Rambling Guitarist

The Rambling Guitarist

Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted to mountain climbing and another girl. When Yachiyo’s father is introduced to Jiro, all of their lives become intertwined...

Chivalrous Life

Chivalrous Life

In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the police about the source of funds for the Daido Federation, to which he belonged. The creditor, Izo, visited the local police station daily, worried about the safety of his boss, and himself came to the attention of the police. Izo embarks on a journey to escape, but in the meantime, the new rising yakuza Dojima plans to kill Iizuka...

Kokkai e ikô!

Kokkai e ikô!

A close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.

Black Weapon

Black Weapon

Industrial espionage gets in the way of love and marriage for factory worker Katayanagi.

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There he met Torajiro, a master of kendo, who had just left prison after slashing his adoptive father who stole his son's wife. Torajiro was on his way to his brother-in-law, Iwai. While talking about themselves, they someday felt something similar to friendship.

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

Bunta Sugawara replaces Koji Tsuruta as the leading man for this sequel of Okoma, the Orphan Gambler.

Crimson pistol belt

Crimson pistol belt

Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the mine.

Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women

Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women

A sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!

That Wonderful Guy

That Wonderful Guy

Yōko dreams of becoming a dancer and begins working with the famous musician Takeo.

Check

Check

Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes a living as a shogi gambler (shinken-shi), and Ryuzo Kayama (Masaya Kato) who aims to become a professional player.

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

A marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.

Yakuza Vassal

Yakuza Vassal

A young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.