Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
Ken Takakura
Hidejiro Hanada
Hiroki Matsukata
Bunzo Kazama
Chieko Matsubara
Kayo
Tamayo Mitsukawa
Omino
Keijirō Morozumi
Shinji Takano
Kōji Matsubara
Kei Taguchi
Akikane Sawa
The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.
A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Long is a Taiwanese killer known for his sword skills. After Long fails a Tokyo mission, he moves to a small town where no one knows about him.
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.
A terrorist group invades a laboratory containing a deadly bacteria and destroys the lab with an explosion. They later announce via the internet they have gained possession of the bacteria and declare themselves to be the Red Siamese Cats, a terrorist group that was eradicated a decade ago.
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.