Tōru Abe Movies

Many outlaws are gathered at the front line of the Japanese Army in a shock troop.

Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.

Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s...

Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji...

1961 gangster film.

Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty...

Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to...

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local...

This is the sixth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value &...

Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".

Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.

Baseball player Takatsuka is murdered mid-game in front of a large crowd. The autopsy reveals that he has been killed by a needle coated with a...

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was...

In the 1970s, the Japanese youth emancipation also found its way into the yakuza (crime) societies. A Girl Boss may have a choice between bikes, and...

Tonomura has a singular taste in women. He likes them, but he wants them tattooed. To this end, young Osayo has herself decorated with a celebrated...

A story about volunteering in the rural silk farming industry. Recommended by the Ministry of Education.

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.