Movies by Lists - Yakuza Films (50 [52]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| Afraid to Die [Karakkaze yarô]Takeo is a young yakuza who renounces his former criminal activities after being released from prison. But sometimes escaping the past is not so easy. | 1960 | Yasuzô Masumura | Action, Crime | 6.5 (533 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hokuriku Proxy War [Hokuriku dairi sensô]A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs. | 1977 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.8 (156 votes) | 98 | 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 |
| Into the SunWhen a government official is killed, an American operative with experience in the Yakuza culture is brought in to investigate. | 2005 | mink | Action, Thriller | 4.4 (7.5K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Kamikaze Taxi [Kamikaze takushî]A revenge-seeking man and his foolish friends plan to rob a yakuza gang. | 1995 | Masato Harada | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.5 (659 votes) | 169 | 20211228 |
| Kanto Wanderer [Kantô mushuku]Three schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. As he gets a tattoo, two of the girls become squeamish and run off but Hanako, the best fr | 1963 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime | 6.9 (409 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Kill Bill VOL. 1After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her. | 2003 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (1.1M votes) | 111 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Raid 2, TheOnly a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force. | 2014 | Gareth Evans | Action, Crime, Thriller | 8.0 (120.2K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| Sex and Fury [Furyô anego den Inoshika Ochô]During the Meiji era, a gambler called Ocho takes revenge on three gangsters who killed her father, shelters a wanted anarchist and confronts a British spy. | 1973 | Norifumi Suzuki | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (3.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Shinjuku Incident [San suk si gin]A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet. | 2009 | Tung-Shing Yee | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (12.4K votes) | 119 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Underworld Beauty [Ankokugai no bijo]Released from prison, a gangster (Michitaro Mizushima) retrieves diamonds sought by fellow yakuza. | 1958 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (515 votes) | 87 | 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 |
| 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 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 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 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, 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 |
| ZatoichiThe blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda. | 2003 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (49K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Graveyard | 2015 | Andrew P. Kirkham | Documentary, Short | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Jingi naki tatakai: Sôshûhen | 1980 | Kinji Fukasaku | Crime | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |