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86
IMDb 42
8.7
/20475/
83
/1200/
80
/1112/
4.5
/139092/
85
/238/
81
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96
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
A former assassin—known only as The Bride—wakes up from a coma after her former boss and lover, Bill, shoots her in the head and steals her unborn child during her wedding rehearsal. She soon embarks on a bloody quest for revenge, hunting down her ex-colleagues of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before confronting Bill himself. Quentin Tarantino’s complete Kill Bill, a combination of Volumes 1 and 2, previously deleted scenes, alternate takes, a full-color remaster of the Crazy 88 fight, a 7-minute anime sequence by Production I.G., and a built-in intermission.
poster
84
8.0
/853947/
80
/24779/
78
/14616/
4.1
/1413004/
84
/247/
89
/30854/
83
/41/
cc age 18+

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
poster
82
IMDb 75
8.2
/1279860/
81
/33818/
79
/18347/
4.2
/2555083/
85
/238/
81
/1050705/
69
/43/
cc age 18+

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
poster
79
75
7.4
/10428/
75
/295/
72
/212/
4.0
/7962/
93
/6714/

Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
poster
70
60
6.3
/4294/
68
/115/
65
/106/
3.1
/1277/
100
/5/
66
/206/

The Storm Riders (1998)
Heeding a prophecy, a warlord trains two orphans after killing their parents. But the skills he teaches could lead to his downfall.
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The Roku Channel
68
60
6.9
/6040/
70
/148/
68
/111/
3.6
/8422/
62
/95/

The Street Fighter (1974)
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.
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60
6.1
/324512/
66
/15685/
65
/7351/
3.3
/568045/
38
/141/
69
/24177/
45
/32/
cc age 13+

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
poster
76
57
7.4
/2151/
73
/64/
72
/67/
3.8
/5317/
88
/34/

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (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.
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FlixHouse
60
51
6.2
/3438/
61
/108/
63
/67/
3.2
/2387/
55
/47/

Virus (1980)
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
poster
The Roku Channel
55
51
6.0
/5551/
61
/203/
54
/114/
2.9
/2496/
57
/7/
44
/117/

Sushi Girl (2012)
Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other men involved. The night he is released, the four men he protected with silence celebrate his freedom with a congratulatory dinner. The meal is a lavish array of sushi, served off the naked body of a beautiful young woman. The sushi girl seems catatonic, trained to ignore everything in the room, even if things become dangerous. Sure enough, the four unwieldy thieves can't help but open old wounds in an attempt to find their missing loot.
poster
FlixHouse
65
50
6.8
/2138/
66
/73/
68
/62/
3.5
/2773/
57
/152/

The Bullet Train (1975)
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
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62
48
6.3
/2470/
63
/68/
60
/91/
3.2
/3176/
62
/95/

Return of the Street Fighter (1974)
Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Tsurugi, but Tsurugi's fight ultimately is with the mob, and he concentrates on them.
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73
46
7.1
/1774/
70
/24/
70
/40/
3.6
/979/
84
/43/

Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
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Fandango at Home Free
61
45
6.4
/1746/
63
/53/
66
/52/
3.4
/3144/
47
/1027/

Sister Street Fighter (1974)
Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, his sister Li Koryu turns to his former martial-arts school, including the powerful Sonny Kawasaka, for help in the inevitable battle royale.
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Amazon Prime Video
65
44
6.6
/1420/
64
/29/
59
/38/
3.5
/2117/
68
/178/

Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
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69
44
6.7
/1786/
73
/26/
65
/30/
3.5
/1531/
72
/45/

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.
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Fandango at Home Free
41
4.6
/22176/
51
/852/
49
/514/
2.3
/16899/
27
/11/
29
/1659/

Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on Christmas Day, killing 8000 people. In order for the government to study the benefits of "teamwork", the new students work in pairs, with their collars electronically linked so that if one of them is killed, the other dies as well. They must kill Nanahara in three days - or die.
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57
40
6.0
/1621/
60
/51/
55
/47/
3.1
/2093/
51
/1766/

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
poster
50
37
4.9
/1863/
55
/65/
58
/56/
3.0
/2357/
30
/88/

Message from Space (1978)
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
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FlixHouse
64
35
6.4
/1508/
59
/39/
57
/29/
3.4
/1399/
76
/19/

Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
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Criterion Channel
69
33
7.0
/628/
58
/18/
63
/18/
3.6
/642/
86

Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
poster
66
32
6.7
/774/
64
/25/
66
/27/
3.4
/1772/

The Executioner (1974)
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer.
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61
32
6.4
/1273/
58
/32/
58
/34/
3.4
/844/
58
/28/

G.I. Samurai (1979)
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
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67
32
6.7
/687/
64
/20/
64
/27/
3.5
/1694/

Doberman Cop (1977)
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into the sleazy world of flesh-peddling, talent agency corruption and mob influence, Kano uncovers the shocking truth.
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55
32
6.3
/1268/
60
/69/
57
/39/
3.3
/5474/
31
/5/

Wolf Guy (1975)
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.
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Hoopla
67
30
7.2
/710/
66
/25/
66
/21/
3.6
/742/
60
/90/

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
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38
29
3.8
/3325/
58
/227/
41
/69/
2.7
/796/
14
/7/
24
/53/

Iron Eagle III (1992)
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
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62
28
6.2
/370/
58
/13/
58
/16/
3.4
/872/
69
/269/

The Golden Bat (1966)
A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through his telescope. Scoffed at by the scientific establishment, the boy is kidnapped and brought to a secret UN base in the Japan alps. He is immediately inducted into the secret program whose mission is to finish the Super-Destruction Beam cannon and destroy Icarus. The cannon is missing a special mineral for the lens. The team heads for a mysterious island in the middle of the Pacific. There they find ancient ruins of Atlantis but they are suddenly attacked by a strange drill shaped metal squid spaceship. It's commanded by the evil being Nazu who has engineered the collision with Icarus! He doesn't want to share the universe with humans and he really doesn't want the cannon finished. The action is on and the team discovers the Golden Bat who has been asleep for over 10,000 years awaiting this very moment to save the earth!
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61
28
6.2
/858/
59
/31/
61
/41/
3.1
/362/
65
/25/

Born to Be King (2000)
Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members suspect Chicken attacked their leader Liu, in order to make a chance for him to rule the Gang and thus have adopted an extremely hostile attitude towards him.
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59
26
6.1
/819/
56
/35/
61
/22/
3.3
/462/
55
/247/

Shogun's Ninja (1980)
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.
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Criterion Channel
67
26
6.9
/843/
65
/16/
62
/24/
3.6
/1159/
71
/10/

Fall Guy (1982)
Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.
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Amazon Prime Video
52
24
5.4
/650/
54
/18/
47
/21/
3.1
/898/
45
/1049/

The Bodyguard (1973)
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
poster
59
24
6.3
/679/
59
/28/
54
/25/
3.2
/708/
55
/23/

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977)
Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
23
6.9
/797/
67
/21/
70
/22/
3.5
/626/
85
/9/

Shogun's Shadow (1989)
A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a strong leader.
poster
64
22
6.6
/525/
62
/14/
53
/8/
3.4
/321/
72
/1365/

The Killing Machine (1976)
Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor and knocks some good sense into friends and enemies alike. Rapists and gangsters get the worst of it, as Mr. Soh builds up his school on the island of Shikoku.
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66
22
6.7
/357/
63
/6/
68
/12/
3.4
/271/
67
/60/

Karate Bear Fighter (1975)
Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oyama flees away to a small town where he both learns lessons in martial arts philosophy from a wandering master and helps a young boy take on a challenge to fight a ferocious captured bear to win money for the boy's injured father.
poster
69
21
7.2
/398/
63
/12/
71
/17/
3.6
/878/

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
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The Roku Channel
64
21
6.7
/310/
64
/9/
67
/15/
3.3
/246/
59
/563/

Karate for Life (1977)
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a dive, he quits in disgust. However, when a friend finds herself in desperate need of medical supplies, Oyama steps back in the ring to raise the money—but will he be able to follow the script this time?
poster
AMC
50
20
4.7
/693/
53
/20/
53
/17/
3.0
/631/
37
/1280/

Terror Beneath the Sea (1966)
While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair and keep them prisoner in their underwater city.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
18
5.8
/673/
54
/17/
55
/24/
3.2
/572/

Ninja Wars (1982)
A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop Donjo's plan, but to do so, he must first battle the deadly team of "Devil Monks" serving the lord. Will Jotaro succeed in his mission? And if so, will Ukio marry him, thus making him the ruler of the world?
poster
71
17
7.1
/308/
73
/8/
69
/9/
3.7
/928/

Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
poster
56
16
5.6
/347/
57
/15/
55
/18/
3.0
/790/

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974)
When both a priceless jewel and the daughter of a rich heiress are stolen by a master criminal, Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. But a double-cross leads to a risky high-security bank heist and loads of martial arts mayhem.
poster
AMC
28
16
2.3
/2927/
27
/20/
28
/27/
2.3
/859/
16
/589/

Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens, Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric barrier to block the aliens from coming to the Earth. After several losses by the aliens, they announce that they will invade the Earth, throwing the world into a state of panic.
poster
64
14
6.5
/301/
60
/11/
64
/14/
3.5
/551/

Roaring Fire (1981)
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening accidently over hears his uncle who has ties to the criminal underworld discussing his various illegal operations. Joji ‘s eavesdropping is discovered by his uncle who offers him a chance to join the organization. Joji promptly turns his uncle’s offer down which immediately puts his life in danger.
poster
The Roku Channel
68
14
7.0
/190/
70
/12/
65
/13/
3.5
/559/

13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats (1975)
Maki is the leader of a female gang who fights for justice, but she ends up being framed and sent to a sadistic woman's prison. Will Maki be able to escape and take revenge?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
13
6.6
/262/
62
/18/
68
/5/
3.4
/893/

Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder (1972)
A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.
poster
50
13
4.9
/497/
48
/8/
51
/16/
3.0
/407/
42
/13/

Immortal Combat (1994)
Two police officers discover an island laboratory where a madwoman is turning martial artists into superkillers.
poster
66
13
6.6
/481/
66
/9/
65
/13/
3.4
/425/

Karate Bullfighter (1975)
Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After turning down the chance to fight at future tournaments he returns to his simple village life. He reluctantly returns to karate for a final showdown against the students of a rival school.


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