Shin Takakuwa

Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss (1970)

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his former brother attempts a hostile take over.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Koji Tsuruta  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Akiko Kudō

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his former brother attempts a hostile take over.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Koji Tsuruta  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Akiko Kudō

Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Makoto Satō  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Ryōji Hayama

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Makoto Satō  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Ryōji Hayama

Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger (1971)

Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Tonpei Hidari  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Yukiko Kuwahara  •  Mieko Tsudoi

Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Tonpei Hidari  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Yukiko Kuwahara  •  Mieko Tsudoi

Sex Up And Down (1972)

A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Tōru Yuri  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Mieko Tsudoi

A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Tōru Yuri  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Mieko Tsudoi

A Narcotics Agent's Ballad (1972)

Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Eiko Takehara  •  Hiroshi Miyauchi  •  Tsûsai Sugawara

Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Eiko Takehara  •  Hiroshi Miyauchi  •  Tsûsai Sugawara

The Horrible Obsessions (1972)

Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after shooting heroin. There, he encounters the usual assortment of addicts, dealers, pimps and sleazy American GIs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Akiko Mori  •  Yoko Horikoshi  •  Teresa Noda

Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after shooting heroin. There, he encounters the usual assortment of addicts, dealers, pimps and sleazy American GIs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Akiko Mori  •  Yoko Horikoshi  •  Teresa Noda

The Pleasures of a Motel (1973)

Pinku from 1973.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Sanji Kojima  •  Emi Jo  •  Rie Saotome

Pinku from 1973.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Sanji Kojima  •  Emi Jo  •  Rie Saotome