After the war, Noboru Ando, a former kamikaze soldier, returns to a devastated Tokyo. Enraged by the violence prevalent in society, he immerses himself in the yakuza world, believing that "violence must be met with violence." Gaining notoriety for his natural bravery and fighting skills, he becomes known as the "intellectual yakuza" and creates the Ando-gumi, a gang that controls the Shibuya district. Ando's first series of yakuza films is based on his autobiography. He labored at his first studio, Shochiku, to only minor success before leaving and going onto true stardom at Toei Studios. These films were awfully early in Ando’s career - a novice actor and former yakuza given immense notoriety by his newspaper-serialized bio upon his release from prison. 1 of 5 films.

The Outsider
2018
6.1/10

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
7.3/10

Tokyo Drifter
1966
7.1/10

The Yakuza
1974
7.1/10

Female Yakuza Tale
1973
6.1/10

Falcon Rising
2014
6.3/10

Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
7.1/10

Graveyard of Honor
1975
6.7/10

Graveyard of Honor
2002
6.2/10

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
7.3/10

Cruel Story of Youth
1960
6.6/10

Youth of the Beast
1963
7.0/10

House of Bamboo
1955
6.2/10

Crying Freeman
1995
6.4/10

Yakuza: Like a Dragon
2007
6.5/10

Yakuza Apocalypse
2015
6.0/10

American Yakuza
1993
5.8/10

Dead or Alive
1999
6.4/10

Fireworks
1997
7.7/10

A Family
2021
7.4/10
Contract Killer
1998
7.102/10