Mahjong Hishoden: Ryu the Caller - Gaiden 2

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Yasuzō Masumura

Cast

Yukio Mishima, Ayako Wakao, Keizō Kawasaki

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Karel Reisz

Cast

James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton

Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Lee Joon-ik

Cast

Kam Woo-sung, Lee Joon-gi, Kang Sung-yeon

Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Sadao Nakajima

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata, Sonny Chiba, Tsunehiko Watase

Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking through Japan, when her raw street fighting skills draw the attention of Oshima, Japanese karate champion, who recruits and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground martial arts tournament known as "The Kumite". After months of rigorous preparation, Jane is r...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Chris Nahon

Cast

Amy Johnston, Muriel Hofmann, Kathy Wu