Sakae Kimura

Cicada is the story of Jumpei-- a man who loses sight of his progeny when he finds out he is infertile, but then is given the gift of clairvoyance and begins to see glimpses of the future. These glimpses lead him to a series of cicada shells, which become symbolic of his desire to shed his old self. Though his lineage ends with himself, Jumpei starts anew as a father-figure to his sister's young son.

A wandering monk who strays far from the Buddha’s teachings—that is Gedobo (Hitoshi Ozawa). His eyes see only the fate of evil festering in this world. Masuba (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), working tirelessly as an underboss, grows weary of a world where even his boss has abandoned honor for money. Dissatisfied with life in a clan without jingi (duty and humanity), he drifts further into frustration. One day, Masuba encounters a monk begging on the roadside. The monk warns him: “Be careful. Darkness is trying to swallow you whole.” At that moment, Masuba’s destiny begins to shift…

Detective Masaki (Koji) happens upon a chilling scene: Gedobo (Hitoshi Ozawa) leading the vile yakuza Tamura to his death. Shocked but trusting his instincts as an investigator, Masaki begins to pursue the “mysterious monk.” Together with his partner Nagasawa, Masaki defies orders from above, chasing after shadows. But with no evidence to be found, those connected to Nagasawa’s case begin to turn up dead one by one. And always, lurking close to evil—Gedobo. The second chapter of Shinji Hiramatsu’s dark, new-wave crime entertainment!

Tamotsu is expecting a persimmon to dry and yet he cannot accept that it is time for a man on his deathbed to die. As the persimmon mysteriously, or supernaturally, holds out from drying, so Tamotsu tries his hardest to keep the man alive. Only when Tamotsu has let go can the persimmon take its natural course.

Born the son of a yakuza boss, Yūmi Izuhara grew up amidst constant brawls. Though he aspired to become a respectable gangster, his impetuous nature proved his undoing, leading him to commit murder detrimental to his group. Consumed by guilt and beginning to lose his way, Yūmi encountered Morita Kōkichi, a chivalrous man who lived by honour.

The Takagaki-gumi, having grown in size, changed its name to the Kyōō-kai, with Morita Kōkichi appointed as its first chairman. Amidst this, a succession dispute erupted within the Takamasa-kai. Kumauchi, dissatisfied with the chosen successor, found himself in opposition to the Takamasa-kai. Sensing his feelings, his sworn brother Morita resolved to confront the Takamasa-kai.

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Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.