Movies by Lists - Yakuza (114 [117]) 
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| Adrenaline Drive [Adorenarin doraibu]A bullied employee has a run-in with yakuza, a shy nurse, and a stuffed suitcase. So begins his new life of excitement and adventure with the nurse. | 1999 | Shinobu Yaguchi | Comedy | 6.9 (900 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Agitator [Araburu tamashii-tachi]A fearless Yakuza captain's loyalty is tested as two ambitious underbosses attempt a takeover of both his clan and a rival Yakuza gang. | 2001 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (1.1K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| Bad CityKaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put ... | 2022 | Kensuke Sonomura | Action | 6.2 (168 votes) | 118 | 20230328 |
| Beyond Outrage [Autoreiji Biyondo]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. | 2012 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.8 (6.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Bird People In China, The [Chûgoku no chôjin]A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more then they expected. | 1998 | Takashi Miike (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7.5 (4.7K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Black RainTwo NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan. | 1989 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (53.1K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Black RiverA love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era. | 1957 | Masaki Kobayashi | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.1 (1K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Blind Woman's Curse [Hîchirimen bâkuto - Nôbarydu takahadâ]The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman. | 1970 | Teruo Ishii | Action, Crime, Horror | 6.6 (1.4K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Blood of Wolves, The [Korô no chi]Hiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time | 2018 | Kazuya Shiraishi | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (1.2K votes) | 126 | 20220414 |
| Blues HarpAmbitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguard's growi | 1998 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Music, Romance | 7.0 (1.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Boiling Point [3-4 x jûgatsu]Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach. | 1990 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (6.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Branded To KillAfter a badly done assignment, a hitman finds himself in conflict with his organisation, and one mysterious and dangerous fellow-hitman in particular. | 1967 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (8.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| BrotherA Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence. | 2000 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (22.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Challenge, TheA down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers. | 1982 | John Frankenheimer (*) | Action, Drama | 6.3 (2.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| ChocolateAn autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money. | 2008 | Prachya Pinkaew | Action, Drama | 7.0 (18K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| City of Lost Souls, The [Hyôryû-gai]Violent gangster movie with a Brazilian protagonist. | 2000 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (2.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Colt Is My Passport, AA hit man is hired to kill a mob boss. After the deed is done, he and his driver are wanted dead by rival gangs who joined forces. | 1967 | Takashi Nomura | Action, Crime | 7.4 (2K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Cops Vs Thugs [Kenkei tai soshiki boryoku]Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs. | 1975 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime | 7.2 (765 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Crows Explode [Kurôzu Explode]A new transfer student comes once again to a high school where violent fights among students is a way of life. | 2014 | Toshiaki Toyoda | Action, Crime | 5.8 (1.5K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Cruel Gun Story [Kenjû zankoku monogatari]A convict fresh out of prison, with a handicapped sister, is coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing an armored racetrack car heist. | 1964 | Takumi Furukawa | Action, Crime | 7.1 (1K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Crying FreemanA woman sees an assassin outside San Francisco killing yakuza men and later in Vancouver. She's been told that he leaves no witness. Will she be his next victim or...? | 1995 | Christophe Gans | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.5 (12.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Dead or Alive [Hanzaisha]A yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world. | 1999 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (8K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Dead or Alive 2 - Birds [Dead or Alive 2 - Tôbôsha]Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. | 2000 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (3.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Deadly Outlaw - Rekka [Jitsuroku Andô Noboru kyôdô-den - Rekka]When his beloved boss is killed, a dangerous young gangster cuts a path of vengeance through the Japanese mafia. | 2002 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (1.6K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Detective Bureau 2-3 Go To Hell Bastards!Police detective Tajima, tasked with tracking down stolen firearms, turns an underworld grudge into a blood-bath. Suzuki transforms a colorful pot-boiler into an on-target send-up of cultural colonialism and post-war greed. | 1963 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime | 6.9 (758 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Drunken AngelA drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond. | 1948 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (11.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Entrails of a Beautiful Woman [Bijo no harawata]A tortured and raped young girl mutates into a penis-headed demon and mutilates her captors. | 1986 | Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 5.1 (655 votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Fable, TheTrained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman is ordered to become a normal law-abiding citizen. | 2019 | Kan Eguchi | Action, Comedy | 6.5 (2.2K votes) | 123 | 20221228 |
| Female Prisoner Scorpion - Beast Stable [Joshuu sasori - Kemono-beya]Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off. | 1973 | Shun'ya Itô | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (1.7K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Fighter in the Wind [Baramui paiteo]It is a Korean boy who went to Japan and started to learn Karate from his brother. | 2004 | Yun-ho Yang | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.9 (4.2K votes) | 120 | 20240403 |
| Fireworks [Hana-bi]Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (29.8K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| First Love [Hatsukoi]A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. | 2019 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance | 6.7 (7.3K votes) | 108 | 20221228 |
| Five, The [Gonin]Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers. | 1995 | Takashi Ishii | Action, Drama, Crime | 6.8 (2.4K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Flower and SnakeTôyama, a weak-willed businessman, is in debt to the Yakuza; they also have a video of him bribing a government minister. To clear his debts, he agrees to let them drug and kidnap his wife Shizuko, Japan's queen of the tango, and sub | 2004 | Takashi Ishii | Drama, Thriller | 5.5 (1.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Fudoh - The New Generation [Gokudô sengokushi - Fudô]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. | 1996 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (3.7K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Gate of Flesh [Nikutai no mon]An injured thief on the run finds sanctuary within a brothel of united, ruthless women. | 1964 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Drama | 7.4 (3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| GoninFive men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers. | 1995 | Takashi Ishii | Action, Drama, Crime | 6.8 (2.4K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Gozu [Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô - Gozu]A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience. | 2003 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (11.8K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Graveyard Of Honor [Shin Jingi no Hakaba]A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However his fear of nothing soon causes problems. | 2002 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.9 (2.3K votes) | 131 | 20231116 |
| Graveyard Of Honor [Shin Jingi no Hakaba]A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa. | 1975 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Hell DogsShogo Kanetaka is a police officer, who suffers from trauma when his loved one was murdered. Since that horrific time, Shogo has only thought about revenge. He then receives an order to go undercover as a yakuza member. The police... | 2022 | Masato Harada | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.7 (975 votes) | 138 | 20230126 |
| Hiroshima Death MatchA young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama, History | 7.5 (1.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| I Am Waiting [Ore wa matteru ze]A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer. | 1957 | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (833 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Ichi The KillerAs 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 achieving. | 2001 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror | 7.0 (55K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Intimidation [Aru kyôhaku]A bank manager is blackmailed into robbing his own bank. | 1960 | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Action, Crime | 7.2 (714 votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| IrezumiA seductive woman gets kidnapped into prostitution. After getting a spider tattoo made on her back, she grows vengeful, leaving several men in her path. | 1966 | Yasuzô Masumura | Drama | 7.1 (964 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Johnny MnemonicA data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. | 1995 | Robert Longo | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.7 (70.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Kids Return [Kizzu ritân]Dropping out of high school, two friends at first find success, one as a up-and-coming boxer and one as a low level gangster. Yet, their life decisions still find a way of catching up with them. | 1996 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Crime, Drama, Sport | 7.5 (6K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| KikujiroA young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way. | 1999 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Drama, Comedy | 7.7 (20.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Kikujuro [Kikujiro no natsu]A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way. | 1999 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Drama, Comedy | 7.7 (20.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Last Life in the Universe [Ruang rak noi nid mahasan]A suicidal, obsessively compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to lie low in Thailand with a pot-smoking woman coping with the recent loss of her sister. | 2003 | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.5 (11.1K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Ley Lines [Nihon kuroshakai]A group of Chinese youths living in Japan struggle to make their way in life and eventually find trouble with the local crime syndicate. | 1999 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (1.6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Like a Dragon [Ryû ga gotoku - Gekijô-ban]Cult Japanese director Takashi Miike draws inspiration from the popular Playstation 2 title Yakuza for this unhinged tale of underworld violence in Tokyo starring Goro Kishitani and Kazuki Kitamura. It's summertime in Tokyo, and as t | 2007 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.1 (1.6K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Machine Girl, The [Kataude mashin gâru]Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever. | 2008 | Noboru Iguchi | Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 5.9 (10.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Minbo no OnnaA luxury hotel extorted by yakusa assigns an ordinary accountant to handle the situation. The chaotic results cause the hotel to rethink its plan. | 1992 | Jûzô Itami | Comedy | 7.3 (895 votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Naked Youth [Seishun zankoku monogatari]A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class men. | 1960 | Nagisa Ôshima | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (2.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| No Way BackWhen an op goes wrong and FBI agent Zack's partner dies, his search for the one responsible takes him to a yakuza in Japan. A mob boss wants revenge for his son's death and Zack's his target. | 1995 | Frank A. Cappello | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.1 (3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Outrage [Autoreiji]The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate. | 2010 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (13.2K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Outrage CodaFive years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo now works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a renowned fixer whose influence extends into Japan. A relatively minor incid | 2017 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.4 (2.8K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Outsider, TheAn epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza. | 2018 | Martin Zandvliet | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (25K votes) | 120 | 20220414 |
| Pale Flower [Kawaita hana]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. | 1964 | Masahiro Shinoda | Action, Crime | 7.7 (3.6K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Pigs and Battleships [Buta to gunkan]A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart. | 1961 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance | 7.5 (2.3K votes) | 108 | 20220414 |
| Pistol Opera [Pisutoru opera]The No. 3 assassin of Japan is given the chance to usurp No. 1 and take their place. | 2001 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Crime, Action, Drama | 6.3 (1.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Pleasures of the Flesh [Etsuraku]After Atsushi commits murder, he is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase full of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret. | 1965 | Nagisa Ôshima | Crime, Drama | 6.9 (1.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Pornographers, The [Erogotoshi-tachi yori Jinruigaku nyûmon]While avoiding the mob and local authorities, a world-weary pornographer finds being a family man the most difficult as he wrestles with his own desires and afflictions. | 1966 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (2.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Postman Blues [Posutoman burusu]A postman is mistaken for a dangerous criminal by the police. | 1997 | SABU | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.4 (1.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Rainy Dog [Gokudô kuroshakai]A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him. | 1997 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (2.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Return of the Street Fighter [Satsujin ken 2]Mercenary karate master Tsurugi gets mixed up in a plot by the American mafia to take over the karate dojos in Asia, aided by a corrupt dojo master. | 1974 | Shigehiro Ozawa | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.3 (2.2K votes) | 88 | 20231013 |
| Rising SunWhen an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham. | 1993 | Philip Kaufman (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (48.1K votes) | 129 | 20240229 |
| Rusty Knife [Sabita naifu]Two friends who witnessed an organized crime murder are threatened by the local mob into keeping quiet. | 1958 | Toshio Masuda | Action, Crime | 6.7 (621 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Ryuzo and His Seven Henchmen [Ryûzô to 7 nin no kobun tachi]Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015) is about the story of Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen who love derby race want to do the last battle with Yakuza guys. | 2015 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Comedy | 6.2 (1.9K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Samaritan ZatoichiZatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead man's sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help. | 1968 | Kenji Misumi | Drama, Action, Adventure | 7.3 (1.1K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl [Samehada otoko to momojiri onna]In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that | 1998 | Katsuhito Ishii | Mystery, Action, Thriller, Comedy | 6.7 (2.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Shinjuku Swan [Shinjuku suwan]A down-and-out man finds a new job in Tokyo's red-light district as a scout who recruits women to work in the adult-entertainment business. | 2015 | Sion Sono | Comedy | 5.6 (1.1K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Shinjuku Triad Society [Shinjuku kuroshakai - Chaina mafia sensô]Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother. | 1995 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (2.3K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Showdown in Little TokyoTwo L.A. cops with opposing views on what is the best way to uphold the law have to work together to bring down the Yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful woman. | 1991 | Mark L. Lester | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.2 (18.2K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| SonatineSeveral yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach. | 1993 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (20.8K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Stranger of Mine, A [Unmei janai hito]six months passed and Takeshi Miyata is still depressed after his girlfriend dumped him in a sudden way especially after he bought a big apartment for the both of them but in one night after he just finished work his childhood fri... | 2005 | Kenji Uchida | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (1.2K votes) | 98 | 20220731 |
| Street Fighter, The [Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken]After failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karate master decides to protect the daughter of a recently deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate that's after her inheritance. | 1974 | Shigehiro Ozawa | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.9 (5.1K votes) | 91 | 20220723 |
| Street Mobster [Gendai yakuza hito-kiri yota]A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself leading the remnants of the gang he once belonged to in order to secure an area of their own. | 1972 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime | 7.1 (1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Streetfighter's Last Revenge, The [Gyakushû! Satsujin ken]Mercenary karate master Tsurugi is hired to retrieve a cassette tape which holds a very sensitive recording of governmental corruption. A back and forth game of who got the tape ensues. | 1974 | Shigehiro Ozawa | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.1 (1.3K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Sun's Burial, The [Taiyô no hakaba]In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood. | 1960 | Nagisa Ôshima | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (878 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Sympathy For The Underdog [Bakuto gaijin butai]A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over. | 1971 | Kinji Fukasaku | Crime, Drama | 7.4 (868 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Take Aim at the Police Van [Jûsangô taihisen' yori - Sono gosôsha o nerae]A prison truck is assaulted and the two convicts inside are murdered. The prison guard on duty gets suspended for negligence and takes it upon himself to track down the killers. | 1960 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime, Mystery | 6.6 (986 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Taste of Tea, The [Cha no aji]A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life. | 2004 | Katsuhito Ishii | Comedy, Fantasy | 7.7 (6.3K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Tattooed Life [Irezumi ichidai]After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother. | 1965 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime | 7.2 (962 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Taxing Woman, A [Marusa no onna]If tax evasion is an art, wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo is Rembrandt. And so, a determined taxing woman gets the tough assignment of trying to catch him. | 1987 | Jûzô Itami | Comedy, Crime | 7.3 (1.9K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Tekkonkinkreet [Tekkon kinkurîto]2 boys defend Treasure Town. Yakuza try to take over and clear it for new development. | 2006 | Michael Arias | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy | 7.6 (13.3K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Themis [Himizu]After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty. | 2011 | Sion Sono | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (4K votes) | 129 | 20220315 |
| Tokyo DrifterAfter his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him. | 1966 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime | 7.2 (8.5K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo GodfathersOn Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents. | 2003 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (37.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo Rampage [Poruno sutâ]A young man gets off the train in the morning and wanders the business districts aimlessly. He runs across some yakuza gangsters, whom he despises, and goes on a killing spree, but soon becomes involved with a subordinate gang. | 1998 | Toshiaki Toyoda | Crime | 6.5 (973 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo TribeIn an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins. | 2014 | Sion Sono | Action, Musical | 6.5 (3.4K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Under the Open Sky [Subarashiki sekai]A lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison. | 2020 | Miwa Nishikawa | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (1.6K votes) | 126 | 20231016 |
| VersusThere are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection. | 2000 | Ryûhei Kitamura | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 6.4 (13K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Violent Cop [Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki]A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs. | 1989 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (11.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Warped Ones, The [Kyônetsu no kisetsu]A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and causes reckless mayhem, mostly directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up. | 1960 | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Crime, Drama | 6.9 (936 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| WasabiIn Japan for the funeral of his long-lost love, a tough French detective learns that he also has a teenage daughter and that her life is in danger from the Yakuza. | 2001 | Gérard Krawczyk | Action, Drama, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (39.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Why Don't You Play In HellA renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud. | 2013 | Sion Sono | Action, Comedy | 7.2 (8K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza and the FamilyKenji Yamamoto's father died from using a stimulant drug. His life fell into desperation. Kenji then joined a crime syndicate. There, he meets the gang's boss Hiroshi Shibasaki. Hiroshi reaches out to Kenji and they developed a relat | 2020 | Michihito Fujii | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (1.8K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza ApocalypseIn the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary than boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible, the truth is he is a vampire-a bloodsucking yakuza vampire boss! Among Kamiura's gang is Kageyama, his most loyal | 2015 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Comedy, Horror | 5.5 (4.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Graveyard [Yakuza no hakaba Kuchinashi no hana]When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. The cop is bent on results and is not immune to becoming rough in order to get results. Matters take a | 1976 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.1 (700 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 1 Battles Without Honor & HumanityDuring the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (3.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 2 Deadly Fight In HiroshimaA young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama, History | 7.5 (1.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 3 Proxy WarYakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family affiliations prove themselves to be wildly unstable, causing gang conflicts to slowly escalate. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Drama | 7.4 (1.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 4 Police TacticsDuring the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (3.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 5 Final EpisodeWhile Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power. | 1974 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.4 (1K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Weapon [Gokudô heiki]After his father is killed, a young yakuza comes back to Japan for revenge - and a machine gun for an arm. | 2011 | Tak Sakaguchi, Yudai Yamaguchi | Action, Sci-Fi | 5.2 (572 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza, TheAmerican private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza. | 1974 | Sydney Pollack (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (8.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Youth of the Beast [Yajû no seishun]A violent thug plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other. | 1963 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime, Mystery | 7.4 (3.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi and the Chess ExpertA samurai with a high skill in chess makes friends with Zatoichi, who finds that things become peculiar in his presence. | 1965 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.4 (1.4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi Meets YojimboZatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same si | 1970 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.1 (2.5K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi The OutlawIn a town where debt-ridden peasants are being ruthlessly exploited, Zatoichi is forced to take sides between a cruel yakuza boss and his seemingly altruistic rival. | 1967 | Satsuo Yamamoto | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.1 (1.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Zero Woman Red HandcuffsAfter a politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, a brutal policewoman is released from jail and sent after them. | 1974 | Yukio Noda | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (886 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Jingi naki tatakai: Chôjô sakusen | 1974 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ryu ga gotoku 7: Hikari to yami no yukue | 2020 | Ryosuke Horii, Toshihiro Nagoshi | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Korô no chi: Level 2 | 2021 | Kazuya Shiraishi | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |