Pauline Po

Lily Deslys

Comtesse del Turco

René Maupré

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.

In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.

A father shoots his son dead because, lured by the offer of a watch, he revealed to the police where his father had hidden smugglers who had come to ask for his hospitality.

The driver of the Ajaccio-Bastia stagecoach received a bag of gold from the Treasury, which he was to transport. This became known to a band of bandits who were terrorizing the region. On a steep climb, they attacked the stagecoach, wounded the driver, stole the gold, unharnessed the horses, and left everyone behind. After regaining his strength, the driver went to find help. He alerted two gendarmes. With their assistance and that of a dog, they quickly discovered the bandits' hideout, which was then attacked. The brigands were taken prisoner, the gold recovered, and the police satisfied.