Movies: Shōji Kaneko

  • 1983
    Ryuji

    Ryuji (1983)

    Ryuji

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    Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition....

    Ryuji
  • 1987
    Paper Lantern

    Paper Lantern (1987)

    Paper Lantern

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    A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after com...

    Paper Lantern
  • 1991
    Summer of the Lion Kings

    Summer of the Lion Kings (1991)

    Summer of the Lion Kings

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    Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time, Katsu, who met Osamu who belongs to the conflicting Dainippon Kyokushinkai, feels the real gangster sce...

    Summer of the Lion Kings
  • 1984
    Chi-n-pi-ra

    Chi-n-pi-ra (1984)

    Chi-n-pi-ra

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    Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. One day, Yoichi's companion commits a crime, which leads him to become a real yakuza. In this way Yoichi wishes to put an end to his hoodlum day...

    Chi-n-pi-ra
  • 1996
    Two Punks

    Two Punks (1996)

    Two Punks

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    Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and straight society. Neither wants to be a Yakuza, but normal life presents problems....

    Two Punks