Yūjirō Ishihara Movies

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

An anthology that embodies the essence of Toei action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to...

An early contemporary yakuza action drama.

"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle...

A jazz pianist named Shiro Tsuda returns from an overseas tour unwittingly carrying drugs that have been sewn into his jacket. When he stops by to...

A young ex-boxer has become a successful businessman, running his various enterprises with his best friend, another boxer whom he accidentally...

An entertaining but silly and fairly forgettable action film with much tongue-in cheek James Bond influence

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a...

A Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets harassed by the yakuza.

A musical film with Yūjirō Ishihara and Ruriko Asaoka.

An unprecedented, extravagant, passionate film set in Spain and Southern Europe. It depicts the passionate Yujiro who risks his life to invite...

Travelogue made by Yujiro Ishihara during the location shooting of his 1959 film Love and Death (Sekai o kakeru koi) in Europe.

A yakuza falls in love with his brother's mistress while he is serving his sentence, and hides out in Hakodate to wait for her... A mood action...