The Definitive Watch Order & Chronological Timeline
Released: 1992 // Runtime: 83m // Rating: 6.0
When the recession hits, Osaka-based loan shark Ginjiro Manda decides to help out small business owners in trouble, but finds himself face-to-face with the yakuza who come to collect debts.
Released: 1992 // Runtime: 93m // Rating: 8.0
#2 in the King of Minami series. The relentless Osaka loan shark Ginjiro Manda and his apprentice, Ryuichi, attempt to collect from a failed AV producer, setting into motion a complex series of events involving the yakuza, planned bankruptcy schemes and a wily stockbroker named Yasuda.
Released: 1993 // Runtime: 92m // Rating: 0.0
#3 in the King of Minami series. Ginjiro Manda sets his sights on a corrupt cop named Tatsuya, who finds himself in debt to Manda after unsuccessfully trying to scam the ruthless loan shark. The pair also find themselves chasing a notorious con artist, who is himself in debt to an even more ruthless real estate tycoon.
Released: 1993 // Runtime: 84m // Rating: 0.0
#4 in the King of Minami series, featuring two stories from the manga. In "High Interest Marriage," Manda helps a woman pull a reverse marital fraud on the man who took advantage of her. Then, in "Ten Million Yen Woman," a man agrees to pay 10 million yen for a one night stand, but ends up seeking Manda's help to avoid paying his debt.
Released: 1993 // Runtime: 91m // Rating: 0.0
#5 in the King of Minami series and the second film to be released theatrically. Manda's original apprentice, Ryuichi, resurfaces after being targeted by the yakuza in Kobe. Meanwhile, Manda hounds a factory owner named Yanagida for his interest payments, only to discover that he's only one of many victims of the evil liquidator Gennai, who profits off of other companies' bankruptcy.
Released: 1994 // Runtime: 83m // Rating: 0.0
#6 in the King of Minami series, following "Ginjiro vs. Liquidator." Manda travels to the Philippines to help a young woman track down the man who orchestrated a scam against her father's office computer business.
Released: 1994 // Runtime: 82m // Rating: 0.0
#7 in the King of Minami series, following "Tactical Debt." Manda tries to save his business from a money-lending hostess club run by yakuza from Tokyo and a beautiful woman with a grudge.
Released: 1994 // Runtime: 79m // Rating: 0.0
#8 in the series, after "Lady Loan Shark."
#9 in the series, after "Lovers Contract."
Released: 1995 // Runtime: 80m // Rating: 0.0
#10 in the series, after "Bankruptcy Takeover."
#11 in the series, after "Sweet Trap."
Released: 1995 // Runtime: 95m // Rating: 0.0
When aspiring businessman Chiwaki borrows money from the LA mafia and flees to Japan to escape his debt, he soon finds himself being chased throughout Osaka by the local yakuza and a mafia loan shark. Chiwaki plans to get out of debt by investing in a high-end beauty salon, with a loan from Ginjiro Manda. Soon, Chiwaki finds himself pursued by Manda as well, who is willing to go up against the mafia to get his money back.
Released: 1995 // Runtime: 81m // Rating: 0.0
#13 in the series, after the Special Movie.
Released: 1995 // Runtime: 85m // Rating: 0.0
#14 in the series, after "City of Desire."
Released: 1996 // Runtime: 82m // Rating: 0.0
#15 in the series, after "Ginjiro vs. The Evil Lawyer."
Released: 1996 // Runtime: 86m // Rating: 0.0
#16 in the series, after "Futures Trading Hell."
Released: 1996 // Runtime: 94m // Rating: 0.0
1996 TV Special, #17 in the series.
Released: 1997 // Runtime: 78m // Rating: 0.0
#18 in the series, after "Conspiracy."
Released: 1997 // Runtime: 82m // Rating: 0.0
#19 in the series, following "Con Man Elimination."
Released: 1997 // Runtime: 86m // Rating: 0.0
#20 in the series, after "Insurance Embezzler."
Released: 1997 // Runtime: 79m // Rating: 0.0
#21 in the series, following "Waiting Woman."
Released: 1998 // Runtime: 60m // Rating: 0.0
Released: 1998 // Runtime: 59m // Rating: 0.0
Released: 1998 // Runtime: 61m // Rating: 0.0
Released: 1998 // Runtime: 63m // Rating: 0.0
Released: 1998 // Runtime: 88m // Rating: 0.0
#23 in the series, following the Five Hour Special.
Released: 1998 // Runtime: 83m // Rating: 0.0
#24 in the series, following "Recollection."
Released: 1998 // Runtime: 81m // Rating: 0.0
#25 in the King of Minami series. A trans dancer named Rio is in debt to Manda after trying to finance a trip to the US for gender reassignment surgery, still illegal in Japan. The owner of a prestigious nightclub recruits her, introduces her to a doctor in Osaka who performs the illicit surgery and even agrees to foot the bill. But when the club owner turns out to have ulterior motives, Rio turns to Manda for help.
Released: 1998 // Runtime: 82m // Rating: 0.0
#26 in the series, following "Trans Woman Blues."
Released: 1999 // Runtime: 85m // Rating: 0.0
#27 in the series, following "Reverse Inheritance."
Released: 1999 // Runtime: 79m // Rating: 0.0
#28 in the series, following "Permanent Scar."
Released: 1999 // Runtime: 88m // Rating: 0.0
#30 in the King of Minami series, introducing Ginjiro Manda's new sidekick Kohei. This installment explores the fatal effects of bankruptcy on the loan shark profession, when a young business owner gets tricked into declaring bankruptcy in order to escape from his massive loan debts, prompting Manda to seek revenge on the wily financial advisor behind it all.
#29 in the King of Minami series. Manda and his associates follow a debt-laden detective to Hiroshima, where they plan to collect from his former employer for engaging in wrongful termination, under the intentionally vague label of "restructuring."
Released: 2000 // Runtime: 87m // Rating: 0.0
#31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwittingly involving him in a sinister murder plot.
Released: 2000 // Runtime: 77m // Rating: 0.0
#32 in the King of Minami series. When the failed president of a recruitment company turns to offering fake job titles for a fee, he is targeted by the yakuza and forced to borrow money from Ginjiro Manda. Despite his attempts to escape his debts by declaring bankruptcy, Manda has other plans.
Released: 2000 // Runtime: 101m // Rating: 0.0
#34 in the series, following "Business Loans - The Guarantor's Trap." Manda teams up with a seasoned con man and an elementary school girl to take on a corrupt lawyer who preys on people unable to pay back their debts.
Released: 2000 // Runtime: 75m // Rating: 0.0
#35 in the series, following "Toichi Ransom." Manda uncovers an extortion operation run by a golf-obsessed businessman (Kenichi Endo), who forces bankrupt business owners to buy back their repossessed items at double the auction price.
Released: 2001 // Runtime: 90m // Rating: 0.0
#36 in the series, following "License for Cruelty." The CEO of a yakuza-backed finance company teams up with a shady consultant to convince debtors to sign away the deed to their property in order to declare bankruptcy and clear their debts.
#33 in the King of Minami series. The CEO of a health food start-up borrows money from Manda using his fiancee's house as collateral, but when his American supplier demands more money than expected, he turns to a business loan company to make up the difference. Meanwhile, a hapless festival merchant turns to Manda when a run-in with the yakuza threatens to derail his business.
#37 in the series, following "Yakuza Finance."
#40 in the series, following "Pride." Made-for-TV special following Manda and crew as they search for the man who stole a restaurant owner's life savings, resulting in the death of one of their clients.
Released: 2001 // Runtime: 88m // Rating: 0.0
#38 in the series, following "Formula for Deception."
#39 in the series, following "Debt Seminar." A former pro baseball player turned youth baseball coach borrows money from Manda to lend to the gambling-addicted father of his star player.
Released: 2002 // Runtime: 84m // Rating: 0.0
#41 in the series, following "Special Ver.40"
Released: 2002 // Runtime: 90m // Rating: 0.0
#42 in the series, following "Dark Judgment"
#43 in the series, following "Bonds - KIZUNA."
Released: 2003 // Runtime: 87m // Rating: 0.0
#44 in the series, following "The Price of Betrayal."
#45 in the series, following "The Men's Past"
Released: 2003 // Runtime: 93m // Rating: 0.0
#46 in the series
This is the 25th installment of the long-running OV series, which delves into the dark side of society that is often overlooked. This ambitious film sheds light on the ruthless, unknown side of sex-related businesses such as host clubs and brothels, which target people indulging in unbridled desire. Maejima (Bonchi Osamu), an ice shop owner who falls in love with a woman working at a restaurant in Toyota Shinchi, borrows 2 million yen from Ginjiro (Takeuchi) to help her out of debt, but falls into a clever trap set by the greedy host club owner, losing both the shop's land and the building.
Released: 2004 // Runtime: 0m // Rating: 0.0
#48 in the series
Released: 2004 // Runtime: 83m // Rating: 0.0
#49 in the series, following "Fraud Methods"
Released: 2004 // Runtime: 110m // Rating: 0.0
Ginjiro finds that it has become impossible to collect debts when even his regular clients have been conned out of their savings. He discovers that Sugiura gang underboss Domoto is behind these schemes. Domoto wants to take over the gang and tries to ruin Yukino, the real boss’s widow and the gang’s acting head, by sabotaging a resort hotel project with the help of a thug named Kawatani. Ginjiro, who has lent money for the project, is furious when he learns about Domoto’s schemes and goes into action.
Released: 2004 // Runtime: 90m // Rating: 0.0
#51 in the series, following "Special Ver.50"
Released: 2005 // Runtime: 90m // Rating: 0.0
#52 in the series.
Released: 2005 // Runtime: 82m // Rating: 0.0
#53 in the series, following "Agent of Darkness"
#54 in the series, following "Funeral Procession of Bankruptcy"
Released: 2005 // Runtime: 84m // Rating: 0.0
Released: 2006 // Runtime: 92m // Rating: 0.0
#56 in the series.
Released: 2006 // Runtime: 88m // Rating: 0.0
#57 in the series, following "The Memory of a Stray Dog"
Released: 2006 // Runtime: 90m // Rating: 0.0
#58 in the series, following "The Pressure of Brands"
Released: 2007 // Runtime: 85m // Rating: 0.0
#59 in the series.
#60 in the series, following "A Contrived Marriage"
