Fumio Watanabe Movies

  • 1960
    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.6691960HD

    A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

    Cruel Story of Youth
  • 1967
    Dissolution Rites

    Dissolution Rites

    Dissolution Rites

    61967HD

    Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the...

    Dissolution Rites
  • 1968
    A History of the Japanese Underworld

    A History of the Japanese Underworld

    A History of the Japanese Underworld

    01968HD

    The hero tries to unite various gangs.

    A History of the Japanese Underworld
  • 1973
    The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers

    The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers

    The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers

    61973HD

    Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on...

    The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
  • 1970
    Thugs of Shinjuku

    Thugs of Shinjuku

    Thugs of Shinjuku

    01970HD

    Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he...

    Thugs of Shinjuku
  • 1968
    The Bad Boss

    The Bad Boss

    The Bad Boss

    01968HD

    The first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.

    The Bad Boss
  • 1968
    Gambler's Farewell

    Gambler's Farewell

    Gambler's Farewell

    61968HD

    The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

    Gambler's Farewell
  • 1966
    Silence Has No Wings

    Silence Has No Wings

    Silence Has No Wings

    71966HD

    Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by...

    Silence Has No Wings
  • 1965
    Pleasures of the Flesh

    Pleasures of the Flesh

    Pleasures of the Flesh

    5.71965HD

    A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail...

    Pleasures of the Flesh
  • 1974
    My Way

    My Way

    My Way

    5.71974HD

    Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

    My Way
  • 1972
    Yakuza Skirmishes

    Yakuza Skirmishes

    Yakuza Skirmishes

    01972HD

    In the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively with prostitutes, politicians and the police.

    Yakuza Skirmishes
  • 1972
    A Narcotics Agent's Ballad

    A Narcotics Agent's Ballad

    A Narcotics Agent's Ballad

    71972HD

    Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld.

    A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
  • 1972
    The Lucky Status Symbol

    The Lucky Status Symbol

    The Lucky Status Symbol

    01972HD

    Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After...

    The Lucky Status Symbol
  • 1987
    Tokyo Blackout

    Tokyo Blackout

    Tokyo Blackout

    51987HD

    Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is...

    Tokyo Blackout
  • 1971
    Wet Sand in August

    Wet Sand in August

    Wet Sand in August

    5.31971HD

    Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.

    Wet Sand in August
  • 1971
    The Insatiable

    The Insatiable

    The Insatiable

    5.31971HD

    Yuki Onozaki, who was studying at a Women's College in Tokyo, was originally a young and ignorant girl, but her life changed completely in the summer...

    The Insatiable
  • 1970
    Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate

    Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate

    Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate

    6.41970HD

    An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack on the boss he is assigned to kill a rival boss.

    Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
  • 1973
    Dangerous Trade in Kobe

    Dangerous Trade in Kobe

    Dangerous Trade in Kobe

    6.51973HD

    Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

    Dangerous Trade in Kobe
  • 1975
    The Viper Brothers and the Young General

    The Viper Brothers and the Young General

    The Viper Brothers and the Young General

    01975HD

    The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends...

    The Viper Brothers and the Young General
  • 1956
    Fountainhead

    Fountainhead

    Fountainhead

    5.81956HD

    A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

    Fountainhead