The "Gyangu" or "Yakuza Gangs" films did not have recurring characters or settings, but are all Showa or Modern Era yakuza films, some of a chivalrous nature, others less so, mostly oriented toward gunplay rather than swordplay as in the pure chivalrous gambler films that followed.

It is one of the earliest of the many long running series' of the 1960s so must be regarded as formative to the genre. It's the series on which directors Teruo Ishii & Kenji Fukasaku cut their teeth, without too much interference so long as they were finished on time & well within budget.

The majority of the leading yakuza actors of the decade appeared at one point or another in films from this series.

GYANGU 1:
HANA TO ARASHI TO GYANGU
(THE FLOWER, THE STORM, & THE GANG) 1961
Director: Teruo Ishii
Starring: Ken Takakura & Koji Tsuruta

GYANGU 2:
KOI TO TAIYO TO GYANGU
(FOR LOVE, THE SUN, & THE GANG) 1962
Director: Teruo Ishii
Starring: Ken Takakura, Nobuo Yana & Shinichi Chiba

GYANGU 3:
GYANGU TAI GYANGU
(GANG VERSUS GANG) 1962
Director: Teruo Ishii
Starring: Koji Tsuruta & Tetsuro Tamba

GYANGU 4:
GYANGU TAI G-MEN
(GANG VERSUS G-MEN) 1962
Director: Kenji Fukasaku
Starring: Koji Tsuruta, Tetsura Tamba & Shinichi Chiba

GYANGU 5:
ANKOKUGAI NO KAOYAKU: JUICHININ NO GYANGU
(BOSS OF THE UNDERWORLD: ELEVEN GANGSTERS) 1963
Director: Teruo Ishii
Starring: Koji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura & Tetsuro Tamba

GYANGU 6:
GYANGU TAI G-MEN: SHUDAN KINKO YABURI
(GANG VS G-MEN: CRACKING THE COMPANY SAFE) 1963
Director: Teruo Ishii
Starring: Nobuo Yana

GYANGU 7:
GYANGU DOMEI
(GANG ALLIANCE) 1963
Director: Kenji Fukasaku
Starring: Kei Sato & Ryohei Uchida

GYANGU 8:
GYANGU CHUSHINGURA
(THE FORTY-SEVEN BRAVE GANGSTERS) 1963
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Starring: Chiezo Kataoka, Koji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura

GYANGU 9:
TOKYO GYANGU TAI HONKON GYANGU
(TOKYO GANG VS HONG KONG GANG) 1964
Director: Teruo Ishii
Starring: Koji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Tetsura Tamba

GYANGU 10:
GYANGU CHOJO SAKUSEN
(GANG TACTICS) 1965
Director: Umeji Inoue
Starring: Toru Abe & Joji Takagi

GYANGU 11:
GYANGU NO TEIO
(THE TEIO GANG) 1967
Director: Yasuo Furukata
Starring: Noboru Ando, Shinichi Chiba & Tetsuro Tamba

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