Postman Blues

Aug 16, 1997

1h 50m

★ 7.3

Overview

Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

TV Tokyo

Nikkatsu Corporation

Suplex

Postman Blues Trailers

Cast

Ryuichi Sawaki

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Sayoko

Kyooko Tooyama

Joe

Ren Osugi

Noguchi

Keisuke Horibe

Domon

Hiroshi Shimizu

Ran

Ryoko Takizawa

Profiler

Tomorowo Taguchi

Boss of Minato Gang

Akaji Maro

Killer

Diamond Yukai

Police Chief

Sei Hiraizumi

Detective

Ito Yozaburo

Kurokawa

SABU

Alberto, post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia, is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...

5.8

The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears

May 31, 1997

Second half of the violent tale of revenge from actor Sho Aikawa and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa! It's been five years since he left the force, lost his wife, and waged all out revenge, and now our hero is idling his time with a failing yakuza group. When he discovers the secret of one of his superiors, he takes up the gun of vengeance and realizes that his life has only been to serve that purpose.

4.0

Ulterior Motives

Jan 6, 1993

A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.

6.9

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Nov 17, 1964

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.

6.6

Zatoichi the Outlaw

Aug 12, 1967

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

6.6

Samaritan Zatoichi

Dec 28, 1968

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

0.0

Thanks for the Tears

Apr 29, 1965

A film about two men who join the fight against a gang selling weapons.

0.0

Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Storm Breaks

Invalid Date

No overview available.

6.5

Twittering Birds Never Fly: Don't Stay Gold

Mar 1, 2021

Anime adaptation of the short story "Don't Stay Gold", to be included in volume 7 of the manga.

0.0

Shinjuku Wolf

Jan 20, 2012

The name of the legendary fighter 'Toshi Toshi', Mr. Yoshino Masatoshi (Ozawa Hitoshi) in the Shinjuku business center, Shinjuku Kabuki-cho, legendary fighter, was roaring. Every day a tag litter of various places attacks a lone wolf Toshi. For such Toshi, only Toryokubai group manager Tanahashi group Tadashi Bashi (Shakuya) who used Shinjuku as a root founded his eyes. Toshi, who decided to live as a chorus, decides to live as a choreographer, making a fighting partner in the Gong Faction era as a brotherly son, and expanding its power as a fighter group.

7.0

Karate Warriors

Apr 10, 1976

Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.

6.0

Organized Violence II

Jun 29, 1967

No overview available.

7.3

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Sep 25, 1973

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.

7.0

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Jan 15, 1974

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

7.4

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Apr 28, 1973

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.

7.0

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

Feb 1, 1969

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…