Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.
A young man named Tatsumi Karasawa suddenly rises in the criminal world of Shinjuku, Tokyo, and becomes the leader of a group of amateurs who show no reluctance to face police and gangs alike. His successes in the Tokyo underground make a chief and a yakuza boss plot a conspiracy to eliminate him.
Trying to demonstrate his gigolo skills to some rookies, Jin gets shot down by the beautiful and feisty Mao. His next attempt, Ami, turns out even worse, because she steals his money and vanishes. Discouraged and considering retirement, Jin wanders into a bar called “Life Counseling”, where the bartender moonlights as a fortune-teller. The reading is grim: Mao, the beloved sister of a friendly yakuza, is destined to be defiled by a gigolo. When Jin finds Ami again, he uncovers the truth: she's not only a virgin but is being blackmailed by a gang that forces her to seduce and rob men. Now Jin must dive into the criminal underworld to save Ami… and maybe find redemption along the way.
On another day as a professional seducer, Jin receives a bizarre request from a slick businessman: steal his girlfriend’s heart so she’ll break up with him. Sounds easy, until Jin meets Kanae, a cold, stunning beauty… who happens to be the daughter of a powerful yakuza boss. Things gotten worse when Yuri, a sultry hostess from the apartment next door, latches onto Jin with relentless desire. But the real danger surfaces when Jin discovers the businessman is actually a gangster in disguise plotting an assassination against Kanae’s father.
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
Part 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Katsuji finds his long lost mother, who is a rich lady of a respectable family. Comedy and melodrama ensue. A thrilling spectacle with an overly violent ending, and a remarkable, Japan's only post-prison rape comedy, Masa is determined to have sex with the female guard, despite the fact that there is a bar between them. Michi Azuma (topless swordswoman from Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril) plays a tomboy who wants to join her brothers.
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
Jin, the unstoppable gigolo, becomes infatuated with a beautiful woman named Emi he spots on the street. But not only does she reject him, he also ends up, as usual, being chased by punks from the Gokuraku gang. Later that night, Jin meets Norishiro at a bar, who happens to know Emi. She offers him a deal: if he can seduce Emi within five days, she’ll pay him 1 million yen. Jin goes to the club where Emi works, only to find out she has a boyfriend, Toshio, a civil servant who is drowning in gambling debt, owing 10 million yen to Fujita of the Gokuraku gang. Now he demands Toshio provides Emi for prostitution. At first, Jin wants nothing to do with Toshio’s mess… but something changes within him.
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?
It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining action film bursting with righteousness and humanity, centred on men who try to live righteously against a corrupt boss who preys on the performers.
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.
Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.
Jin Kaito makes a living charming women with flair and finesse. But his game hits a snag when Reiko, a beautiful woman actively searching for a husband, falls for him at first sight. Suddenly, the hunter becomes the hunted! Things get even more complicated when Jin crosses paths with Tatsuya, a Reiko’s childhood friend and an eager rookie hoping to team up. Reluctantly forming a duo, the two head out for fresh targets and immediately stumble into a dangerous brawl with a member of the fearsome Shiga crime syndicate. Now, Reiko is caught in the crossfire, and Jin must put more than just his charm to the test.
In a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo is trying to take away the interests of the local Isetoku family. Setsuko, the adopted daughter of the Isetoku family, falls in love with Seijiro, a travelling raven she meets on a whim. However, Koide, a businessman connected to the Masukawa clan, wants Setsuko to become his mistress... Setsuko puts aside her love and her regrets and bets on the greatest female challenge of her life!
A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.
A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.
The 17th installment of the Dochinpira series is the lust-filled life story of the greatest half-assed rogue in history, Jin Kaito! This time, Jin, a professional pick-up artist, arrives at a luxurious seaside resort in search of new prey. He planned to score one wealthy woman after another, but ends up having to offer his services even to the kind of women he’d usually ignore...
The 18th installment of the outrageous, lust-fueled saga of history's most shameless gigolo, Jin Kaito! This time, the master pick-up artist Jin is delivering ecstasy to the beautiful women of Shōnan. Everything seems perfect when he ends up in bed with the stunning Oshino until he finds out she's actually a transgender woman. Jin tries to flee, but Oshino won’t let him go. Meanwhile, her jealous ex-boyfriend Yamamoto thinks she’s been stolen from him and sends the Kamikaze-kai yakuza gang after Jin...
"Guiding women to paradise" is the motto of professional gigolo Jin Kaito, who is once again scouring the streets of Yokohama in search of beautiful women. But his path is blocked when the Kitougumi, a gang profiting off a gigolo network, decides to take him down. On the run, Jin meets Miki, a woman desperate to escape an unwanted arranged marriage. Jin plays the role of her boyfriend, unaware that her fiancé is actually a police officer assigned to crack down on all gigolos. To make things even worse, a Kitougumi gigolo, enraged that Jin “stole” his woman, lashes out by abducting Miki as a warning. Now caught between the cops and the yakuza, Jin rushes into enemy territory to save Miki!
Professional seducer Jin Kaito approaches a girl named Rumi, thinking she’s just another "task". But it turns out she’s part of a kogyaru-style honeypot scam and the thug Toda, her boss, nearly manages to shake Jin down for money. Jin punches Toda and makes a quick escape, but Rumi inexplicably is clinging to him wherever he goes. Soon, Toda learns that Rumi is actually a runaway daughter from a wealthy family. Sensing opportunity, he plans to kidnap her and extort her older brother. When Jin refuses to cooperate, Toda takes matters into his own hands and places a threatening call... Things spiral in a completely unexpected direction when Toda discovers that her brother is a terrifying and powerful man.