Best movies of Tatsuo Umemiya

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Eiji Gô, Yumi Takigawa, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. The cop is bent on results and is not immune to becoming ...

Actors : Bunta Sugawara, Toshio Kurosawa, Tatsuo Umemiya, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Conflicts between Hirono's family and Yamamori's family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police's efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs.

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 : Tôru Abe, Reiko Ônobuta, Junko Miyazono, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Nobuo Nakagawa,

Miyazono again plays a character named Okatsu in the final installment, Okatsu the Fugitive (1969), as the devoted daughter of parents who are put to death for refusing to release a document that could send a venal merchant to prison.

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.

Actors : Rin'ichi Yamamoto, Tamase Mitsukawa, Akiko Kudô, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

As with actor Umemiya's TEIO pictures, this is a loosely-linked series.

Actors : Yoshiko Mita, Tatsuo Umemiya, Noribumi Fujishima, Yayoi Furusato,

USA and the communist countries start a war, later Japan becomes a tragic victim. A plot similar to "the Last War" by Toho.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Hideo Kô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Mizuhara did his time in jail for Boss Komori. Now that he is out, the old gang wants to say welcome back with a bullet.

Actors : Yoshiko Sakuma, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Tadashi Sawashima,

Romantic ninkyô yakuza film.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuo Umemiya, Jun Tatara,
Directors : Shigehiro Ozawa,

A gritty, nourish gangster saga - especially for 1963 - more in the jitsuroku (true account) vain before there were many yakuza films.

Actors : Shingo Yamashiro, Kyôsuke Machida, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

overpopulation has forced the human kind to adapt in other planets Like Pluto. Now the humans must train soldiers like lieutenant Jonathan Tyberius and Leonard Schteinberg and send them off to Pluto but on their journey they fall in love..

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Mayumi Nagisa, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

One of the only pre-1980s yakuza films to be dubbed-into-English.

Actors : Yuki Jôno, Mako Midori, Tatsuo Umemiya, Chiharu Kuri,
Directors : Shinji Murayama,

As with actor Umemiya's TEIO pictures this is a loosely-linked series.

Actors : Tomiko Ishii, Yukie Kagawa, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroshi Kawaguchi,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

As with actor Umemiya's TEIO pictures, this is a loosely-linked series.

Actors : Susumu Fujita, Yôko Mihara, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader. He sets out to avenge his ...

Actors : Shingo Yamashiro, Hiromi Hanazono, Tatsuo Umemiya, Chiharu Kuri,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

Umemiya stars as a sexist son-of-a-bitch yakuza involved with the sex business.

Actors : Shingo Yamashiro, Tomoko Mayama, Tatsuo Umemiya, Naoko Fujiyama,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

Umemiya stars as a sexist son-of-a-bitch yakuza involved with the sex business.

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Ken Ogata, Yûko Kotegawa, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kazuki Ohmori,

A stockbroker turned yakuza has been ordered to ask the boss of another yakuza outfit to be the substitute emcee of a succession ceremony - the passing of the baton from the older to the younger yakuza generation.

Actors : Hiroyuki Nagato, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kôji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Tadashi Sawashima,

Serving his prison time after the events of the first movie, Hishakaku discovers that Otoyo is working as a prostitute in Manchuria. He travels to China to save the woman he still loves, only to get involved in a battle he can never win.