Well noticed. The keyword here is Tetsuya Watari.Guro Taku wrote: ↑19 Oct 2019, 09:28 Happinet is releasing a lot of Nikkatsu action/yakuza films from at least January 2020 through March 2020. The full list is here:
http://www.happinet-p.com/jp3/releases/category/moviej
This isn't a genre/era I am too familiar with, so someone else can figure out what's essential and what's not so hot.
I made a very quick list of the new releases, omitting all re-releases (e.g. Velvet Hustler, the Gangster VIP series)
2020/01/08
新宿アウトロー ぶっ飛ばせ (Step on the Gas) (1970)
Dir. Toshiya Fujita
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Mikio Narita
白鳥 (Hakuchô) (1966)
Dir. Katsumi Nishikawa
Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tetsuya Watari
昭和やくざ系図 長崎の顔 (Showa Yakuza Family Tree-Face of Nagasaki) (1969)
Dir. Takashi Nomura
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Noboru Ando, Tatsuya Fuji
2020.02.04
赤いグラス (Akai glass) (1966)
Dir. Ko Nakahira
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Jôji Ai
燃える雲 (Burning Clouds) (1967)
Dir. Takashi Nomura
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Joe Shishido, Hideaki Nitani, Ryo Ikebe, Ryôhei Uchida
野獣を消せ (Savage Wolf Pack) (1969)
Dir. Yasuharu Hasebe
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Tatsuya Fuji, Tamio Kawaji
2020.03.03
星よ嘆くな 勝利の男 (The Man of Victory) (1967)
Dir. Toshio Masuda
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Ruriko Asaoka, Meiko Kaji, Hideaki Nitani
わが命の唄 艶歌 (Waga inochi no uta enka) (1968)
Dir. Toshio Masuda
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Kei Sato
夢は夜ひらく (Unfolding Night of Dreams) (1967)
Dir. Haruyasu Noguchi
Cast: Mari Sono, Tetsuya Watari, Hideki Takahashi
青春の海 (Seishun no umi) (1967)
Dir. Shogoro Nishimura
Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tetsuya Watari
I don't know much about these films either, Step on the Gas (a bit disappointing) and Savage Wolf Pack (pretty good and very violent!) being the only ones I've seen. Great to see one Shogoro Nishimura coming to dvd, too. He was a shit Roman Porno director, but made some really cool mainstream films before that.