Best movies of Hiroki Matsukata

Actors : Kunie Tanaka, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Eiko Nakamura,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Shin'ichi Chiba, Teruhiko Saigô, Kinnosuke Nakamura,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and ...

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Mikio Narita, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.

Actors : Tomoko Ogawa, Bin Amatsu, Hiroki Matsukata, Ryûtarô Ôtomo,
Directors : Tetsuya Yamanouchi,

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of ...

Actors : Tomomi Satô, Hiroki Matsukata, Shinjirô Ebara, Yûsuke Kawazu,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his ...

Actors : Nobuo Kaneko, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and ...

Actors : Utaemon Ichikawa, Sentarô Fushimi, Hiroki Matsukata, Jûshirô Konoe,

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord Honjo. One of Honjo's most trusted ...

Actors : Keiko Okawa, Hiroki Matsukata, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Michiyo Kogure,
Directors : Tai Katô,

The protagonist Chujiro, who possesses many attractive qualities, is a victim of unkind circumstances: his mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. ...

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Kinichi Hanabusa, Yumiko Mihara, Jûshirô Konoe,
Directors : Shoji Matsumura,

Jubei Yagyu must once again protect the Yagyu Secret Scrolls which contain a secret that could upset the whole country.

Actors : Yoshiko Sakuma, Hiroki Matsukata, Kôji Tsuruta, Shingo Yamashiro,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the...

Actors : Minoru Ôki, Hiroki Matsukata, Ken Takakura, Kinnosuke Nakamura,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. The widowed lady owner is being threatened by a scheming competitor who is offering much cheaper labour. X has ...

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Hiroki Matsukata, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroko Sakuramachi,
Directors : Tadashi Sawashima,

This anthology tells three separate stories, all about yakuza (Japan's gangsters) in the feudal period. In the first, Sentaro, a roaming yakuza, seeks sanctuary with a gang which then asks ...

Actors : Akio Hasegawa, Harue Akagi, Hiroki Matsukata, Shintarô Katsu,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.

Actors : Akio Hasegawa, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Shintarô Katsu,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Katsu's only movie at Toei Studio.

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Shin'ichi Chiba, Mikio Narita, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

Set in Okinawa 1971, one year before the return of power to the mainland, this film highlights the bloody battle of Okinawa Yakuza gangsters versus mainland system.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

There is almost non-stop action and violent brutality guys get cooked to death in oil drums, fires erupt and car explode.

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Toshirô Mifune, Shin Saburi,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

One of Mifune's very few yakuza film appearances.

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Kôji Tsuruta, Shin Saburi, Kô Nishimura,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

A supposedly true-to-life story of one of the biggest rightists - yakuza bosses in 1950s - '60s Japan.

Actors : Hiroyuki Nagato, Hiroki Matsukata, Atsuo Nakamura, Rumi Matsumoto,
Directors : Akinori Matsuo,

One of the few later yakuza films helmed by director Matso, and esteemed and accomplished veteran of many yakuza eiga at Nikkatsu Studio all through the sixties.

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Guts Ishimatsu, Teruhiko Aoi, Minori Terada,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

Generel Sanada, seeking retribution for the murder of his father and a lost battle, both conceived by the Shogun, devises a series of brilliant plans to thwart the Shogun's overwhelming strength.