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

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

Actors : Yuki Jôno, Mihoko Inagaki, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mari Shiraki,
Directors : Shinji Murayama,

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

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 : Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, 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 : Yoshiko Sakuma, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Tadashi Sawashima,

Romantic ninkyô yakuza film.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Shigeru Katsumi, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Yukio Noda,

Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.

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 : 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 : Tamami Natsu, Hayato Tani, Tatsuo Umemiya, Kôji Nanbara,
Directors : Yukio Noda,

Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.

Actors : Mako Midori, Reiko Ôhara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Akiyo Kubo,
Directors : Shinji Murayama,

Toru Matoba is a bartender at a singles bar in Tokyo. Besides his regular duties, he is a pimp and a gigolo, constantly seducing and using the women customers in the bar. Kazuko Uehara and ...

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 : Yayoi Watanabe, Kiwako Taichi, Tatsuo Umemiya, Kin'ya Kitaôji,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

After eight years in prison, Takeshi's mission is a big heist from his own clan's gambling parlor.

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.