Summary: In Treasure Town, life can be both gentle and brutal. This is never truer than for our heroes, Black and White, two street urchins who watch over the city, doing battle with an array of old-world Yakuza and alien assassins vying to rule the decaying metropolis. When foreign investors want to destroy the town and turn it to an amusement park, they face their greatest adversaries yet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TEKSummary: Street fighter : Terry is hired by the Yakuza to kidnap an heiress to billions. When his employers balk at paying his fee, he offers himself to the heiress as protection.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Platinum 1995
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARSummary: In the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary then boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible, the truth is he is a bloodsucking-yakuza vampire boss.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Samuel Goldwyn Films, LLC 2016
View online at Hoopla
Shishido, Joe
Summary: A hapless assassin becomes a target himself when he botches a job.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang, she slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi's gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies. A bizarre blend of the female Yakuza film...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLIContents: Disc 1, Films 1-3. Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi (1962 ; 96 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kenji Misumi -- Zoku Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi continues (1962 ; 72 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kazuo Mori -- Shin Zatōichi...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLINSummary: "In an empire ruled by fear, the people's only hope is the ulitmate weapon: Zatoichi--a blind, nomadic samurai whose sword has made him a hero and whose courage has made him a legend! Determined to help the desperate residents of a village, Zatoichi seeks justice through revenge"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLISummary: Ten years ago, the Kitagawa yakuza clan attacked the Muto yakuza clan at Muto₂s own home, only to have Muto's wife fight back. This left the Kitagawa clan in shambles, with their top hitman wounded and Muto's wife in prison. Despite the carnage, the fallout is when Muto's beloved daughter, Mitsuko, has her adorable toothpaste commercial taken off the air. Now, Muto has only one desire: to have...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WHYSummary: Two New York cops are caught in a Yakuza gang war. They capture the leader of one of the gangs and are told to bring him to Japan. Contains new commentary and featurettes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE BLASummary: "Ten years ago, yakuza mid-boss Ikegami led an assault against rival don Muto. Now, on an eve of his revenge, all Muto wants to do is complete his masterpiece, a feature film with his daughter in the starring role, before his wife is released from prison and The F Bombers are standing by with the chance of a lifetime: to film a real, live yakuza battle to the death... on 35mm!"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MVD Visual 2021