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poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/5092/
76
/115/
73
/110/
4.0
/14904/
92
/12/
92
/45/

Pale Flower (1964)
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
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
82
7.7
/35090/
77
/806/
76
/740/
4.2
/67082/
96
/24/
92
/611/
83
/17/

Fireworks (1997)
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.
poster
80
7.4
/24882/
74
/636/
75
/666/
4.1
/54450/
93
/27/
89
/406/
73
/22/

Sonatine (1993)
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
79
7.6
/14426/
75
/315/
76
/294/
3.9
/28156/
94
/16/
89
/222/

Drunken Angel (1948)
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
77
7.6
/6383/
76
/242/
73
/144/
3.9
/10902/
100
/5/
88
/41/

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
poster
76
7.5
/15328/
75
/648/
73
/397/
4.1
/30620/
77
/22/
88
/950/
65
/9/
7.9
/47228/

Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
76
7.2
/10920/
70
/280/
72
/244/
3.9
/30986/
100
/26/
84
/267/

Branded to Kill (1967)
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
poster
75
7.5
/17852/
73
/299/
76
/341/
3.9
/13668/
72
/39/
88
/550/
71
/16/

Dolls (2002)
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.
poster
75
7.1
/9481/
74
/466/
73
/309/
4.0
/22165/
83
/41/
80
/73/
68
/11/

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
6.7
/8675/
68
/496/
67
/320/
3.5
/26974/
98
/121/
88
/3/
77
/25/

First Love (2019)
One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
74
7.1
/10377/
73
/282/
71
/200/
3.8
/40471/
93
/14/
79
/283/

Tokyo Drifter (1966)
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
poster
81
74
7.4
/7230/
75
/168/
69
/329/
4.0
/16024/
100
/5/
89
/99/

Kids Return (1996)
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.9
/63187/
71
/1667/
69
/1048/
3.6
/122777/
63
/38/
82
/3777/
55
/10/

Ichi the Killer (2001)
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.9
/19397/
71
/705/
73
/536/
3.5
/8725/
71
/38/
73
/1074/

Chocolate (2008)
Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.
poster
72
71
7.0
/9457/
73
/407/
71
/365/
3.6
/11659/
78
/240/

Crows Zero (2007)
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
69
7.5
/6019/
73
/201/
71
/154/
3.7
/9754/
87
/3266/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.8
/15433/
70
/542/
68
/443/
3.6
/17824/
82
/44/
65
/265/

Outrage (2010)
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
68
7.2
/2998/
74
/133/
70
/94/
3.6
/5269/
100
/5/
88
/41/

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
poster
77
68
7.4
/4697/
73
/138/
73
/116/
3.8
/11563/
90
/116/

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
67
7.3
/4167/
73
/83/
69
/85/
3.8
/9082/
86
/7/
90
/95/

Youth of the Beast (1963)
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
poster
67
7.2
/11370/
71
/249/
71
/201/
3.7
/13162/
49
/55/
72
/151/

The Yakuza (1974)
When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.
poster
70
67
6.9
/13268/
71
/271/
67
/226/
3.7
/17287/
71
/56/
80
/662/
58
/19/

Gozu (2003)
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
poster
Fandor
75
66
6.7
/4313/
71
/95/
68
/100/
3.7
/6006/
100
/5/
71
/130/

Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.
poster
Kanopy
72
66
6.7
/8032/
70
/160/
69
/212/
3.6
/16731/
94
/16/
64
/92/

Boiling Point (1990)
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
poster
Fandor
69
66
6.7
/8898/
67
/223/
63
/170/
3.5
/13424/
100
/5/
71
/130/
49
/9/

Dead or Alive (1999)
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
poster
68
66
6.3
/14123/
67
/289/
63
/190/
3.4
/10879/
75
/16/
77
/1422/

Versus (2000)
A group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
65
6.8
/7340/
69
/453/
68
/212/
3.3
/10303/
95
/19/
81
/11/

Deliver Us from Evil (2020)
A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.
poster
65
6.4
/14218/
65
/463/
63
/347/
3.2
/5297/
72
/178/

Crying Freeman (1995)
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader.
poster
65
6.5
/62113/
69
/2395/
63
/1828/
3.1
/31095/
70
/337/

Taxi 2 (2000)
A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
poster
75
64
7.0
/4045/
72
/62/
65
/68/
3.5
/2892/
100
/7/
74
/138/

Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.
poster
Fandor
63
6.5
/6389/
65
/333/
64
/200/
3.4
/23358/
67
/18/
62
/19/
55
/5/

The World of Kanako (2014)
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
poster
63
7.1
/25668/
71
/591/
71
/503/
3.7
/18935/
47
/74/
79
/469/
47
/23/

Brother (2000)
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
62
7.4
/3394/
70
/58/
69
/77/
3.8
/3901/
91
/71/

Kill! (1968)
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.
poster
75
62
7.2
/3254/
74
/91/
70
/63/
3.8
/3656/
87
/75/

Adrift in Tokyo (2007)
A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.
poster
62
6.4
/3778/
66
/183/
65
/160/
3.5
/8522/
58
/33/
46
/24/
58
/13/

Tokyo Tribe (2014)
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
6.7
/7693/
70
/292/
70
/272/
3.5
/8258/
47
/17/
58
/32/
53
/12/

Beyond Outrage (2012)
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.
poster
Netflix
62
60
6.4
/7404/
67
/1177/
65
/312/
3.1
/7232/
60
/5/
52
/30/
6.4
/6229/

Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)
On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
60
7.4
/2790/
69
/50/
71
/61/
3.9
/6379/
87
/293/

Pigs and Battleships (1961)
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
poster
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.
poster
77
59
7.2
/2346/
73
/81/
77
/35/
3.7
/5614/
90
/21/

Under the Open Sky (2021)
Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies for a TV show and meets a young TV director Tsunoda. Meanwhile, he struggles to get a proper job and fit into society. His impulsive, adamant nature and ingrained beliefs cause friction in his relationship with Tsunoda and those who want to help him.
poster
59
6.6
/45110/
71
/1681/
66
/1369/
3.3
/23807/
44
/41/
69
/608/
53
/15/

Wasabi (2001)
Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.
poster
76
59
7.3
/1356/
75
/159/
78
/171/
3.8
/6608/
7.8
/18334/

Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017)
A yakuza boss hires Goemon Ishikawa, a modern day samurai, to protect him aboard his cruise ship casino. Everything goes sideways when the famous thief, Lupin the Third, tries to rob the vessel. Lupin's being hunted by a powerful and mysterious man: the so called “Ghost of Bermuda.” With Goemon's employer dead in the ensuing chaos, his honor is at stake, and the only way to preserve it is with blood. But this opponent is like no other, and to make things right, Goemon may need to sharpen not only his sword, but himself as well!
poster
The Roku Channel
59
5.5
/4726/
60
/279/
59
/175/
3.1
/7205/
62
/39/
40
/26/
62
/16/

Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.
poster
Hoopla
59
6.6
/63318/
68
/1603/
65
/1173/
3.2
/36339/
52
/25/
55
/740/
56
/18/
cc age 15+

Black Rain (1989)
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
58
6.9
/2754/
69
/35/
65
/67/
3.6
/5697/
100
/7/
66
/32/

Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
poster
Netflix
77
57
7.1
/3636/
73
/153/
73
/74/
3.7
/6974/
83
/6/
90
/6/

A Family (2021)
Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times.
poster
Hulu
57
6.4
/258839/
65
/8766/
62
/4426/
2.9
/155755/
65
/202/
52
/10114/
51
/30/
cc age 18+

Predators (2010)
A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.


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