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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Yûnosuke Itô, Kôji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Kiyoshi Saeki,

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

Actors : Reiko Ôhara, Mako Midori, 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 : Noboru Shiraishi, Yutaka Nakajima, Tatsuo Umemiya, Sami Suzuki,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

G-men vs. yakuza.

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 : Shin'ichi Chiba, Mako Midori, Monmu Omura, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Shinji Murayama,

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 : 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 : Hideo Sunazuka, Miyuki Kuwano, Ryô Ikebe, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kiyoshi Saeki,

Action film about outlaws.

Actors : Junko Miyazono, Yumi Takigawa, Tatsuya Fuji, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Atsushi Mihori,

Nikkatsu star Tatsuya Fuji's first film as a leading man at Toei.

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 : Kazuko Ichikawa, Shin'ya Saitô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Michitarô Mizushima,
Directors : Kiyoshi Saeki,

Alhough Saeki is an expert director of this kind of ninkyô film, and he lenses almost the entire picture on evocative locations - as opposed to Toei's usual setbound films from the period,

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.