Za Karate
Hoping to use the prize money to save his grandmother's mid-Western farm, kickboxer Bronson Lee (Tadashi Yamashita) journeys to Japan to compete in a karate tournament in director Yukio Noda's martial arts actioner.
Yukio Noda
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Yukio Noda
Pinku from 1971.
This is the third and final film of the ZA KARATE trilogy. Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion. Local Japanese karate schools are not happy that a Chinese master will take over the Japanese karate organization and will do everything they can to prevent it.
The 11th popular series in which Kyosuke Kamizu, a university professor and a famous detective, challenges the mystery of the murder case. A bank clerk Fukushima was killed by a cyanide compound on a crowded train. Newspaper reporter Yamashita and colleague Kaori, who were on board, immediately started interviewing. In addition, Kaori asked Kyosuke Kozu (Masaomi Kondo), a university professor who had previously elucidated the murder of prussic acid by tablets, for cooperation. As a result of the investigation, it is discovered that Fukushima, who was killed, violently attacked a female college student with his colleagues and forced him to commit suicide...
The sixth popular suspense series based on the original work by Akimitsu Takagi. Kyosuke Kozu was invited by former actress Shinobu Yuki, who had previously appeared on a magazine, to announce the production of the drama. The producer is Kako's husband, Fujita. When the press conference was about to end, the leading actress Hitomi was shot dead. She is suspected of being abandoned by Hitomi, her nephew Mizukami, but there is no evidence. Subsequent investigation reveals that Hitomi has been dating Urushida for three months. A few days later, Kako showed Kyosuke three threatening letters stating "Your life will be end in 10 days"...
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.
Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
This is the Sixteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…
A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.
The first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.