In the hyper-masculine criminal underworld, a masochistic high-ranking yakuza and his newly-assigned bodyguard become increasingly drawn to each other.

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

1981

Japanese

6.3

♡ 3

Action

based on novel or book

fish out of water

japan

japanese film

japanese high school girl

Romance

yakuza

Shinji Sômai Director

Hiroko Yakushimaru as Izumi Hoshi

Yuki Kazamatsuri as Mayumi Sandaiji

Tatsuya Oka as Tetsuo, Izumi's Friend

Shingo Yanagisawa as Tomoo, Izumi's Friend

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

The Blood of Wolves II

2021

Japanese

6.7

♡ 11

Kazuya Shiraishi Director

Nijirô Murakami as Kota Chikada

Katsuya Maiguma as Masatoshi Saeki

Tôri Matsuzaka as Shuichi Hioka

Susumu Terajima as Yoji Kakutani

After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the criminal organizations, but, due to one evil person who gets released from prison, the situation drastically changes.

The Blood of Wolves

2018

Japanese

7.0

♡ 7

100%

Kazuya Shiraishi Director

Pierre Taki as Ginji Takii

Tarô Suruga as Jiro Uewase

Yutaka Takenouchi as Kosuke Nozaki

Tôri Matsuzaka as Shuichi Hioka

Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.

Boiling Point

1990

Japanese

6.7

♡ 17

94%

Takeshi Kitano Director

Makoto Ashikawa as Akira

Rakkyo Ide as Hajime

Yuriko Ishida as Sayaka

Takeshi Kitano as Uehara

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.

Three Pretty Devils

1970

Japanese

4.4

♡ 7

Motohiro Torii Director

Tsunehiko Watase as

Yuriko Mishima as

Junko Natsu as

Reiko Ôhara as (as Reiko Ohara)

A trio of teenage tarts try to earn money through shoplifting and prostitution scams and get into deep trouble.

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio

2016

Japanese

6.3

♡ 5

Takashi Miike Director

Tsubasa Honda as

Sarutoki Minagawa as Nanao

Nanao as

Yûsuke Kamiji as

A young undercover cop tries to get back with his former love, while unraveling the mystery behind the head of the police force. Meanwhile he has to protect the boss' daughter.

Girls of the White Orchid

1983

English

5.1

♡ 7

29%

Jonathan Kaplan Director

Keone Young as Akira

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Carol Heath

James Saito as Officer #1

Jim Beaver as Pedestrian

In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals.

Oretachi ni haka wa nai

1979

Japanese

5.9

♡ 1

Yukihiro Sawada Director

Yuri Yamashina as Akemi

Renji Ishibashi as Ko

Hatsuo Yamaya as Nakai

Akira Takahashi as Yoshioka

A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...

Yakuza Masterpiece

1970

Japanese

6.9

♡ 3

Yasuzô Masumura Director

Michiko Araki as

Yûsuke Kawazu as Kaizuka

Shintarô Katsu as Minoru

Masakazu Tamura as Yuji

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...

Tokyo Decadence

1992

Japanese

5.9

♡ 35

71%

Ryû Murakami Director

Hiroshi Mikami as

Yayoi Kusama as Fortuneteller

Kan Mikami as Man in Restaurant

Chie Sema as Opera Woman

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.

Japan Organized Crime Boss

1969

Japanese

7.0

♡ 5

Action

Crime

yakuza

Kinji Fukasaku Director

Michitarô Mizushima as

Osamu Yamanouchi as Danno-gumi Member

Kôsaku Okano as Detective

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Miyahara

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.

Sympathy for the Underdog

1971

Japanese

7.3

♡ 9

83%

Kinji Fukasaku Director

Tadao Nakamaru as

Kôji Tsuruta as Gunji

Keijirô Morozumi as Gushken

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Yonabaru - Koza downtown boss

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

A Man's Crest: We Kill

1965

Japanese

6.7

♡ 4

Action

Crime

yakuza

Motomu Ida Director

Ichirô Sugai as

Masako Izumi as

Hideki Takahashi as

Eiji Gô as

As a drifter Yakuza boss who might as well walk on water by all the good deeds he does and always trying non-violent/honorable solutions first...gets to finally draw his blade and get in touch with his old friend, Murder.

Otoko no monshô

1963

Japanese

7.0

♡ 5

Akinori Matsuo Director

Kenjirô Ishiyama as

Eijirô Tôno as

Masako Izumi as

Hideki Takahashi as

A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict.

Yûkai Rhapsody

2010

Japanese

6.9

♡ 4

83%

Hideo Sakaki Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Kuribayashi

Takashi Sasano as Shige

Susumu Terajima as Sushi Chef You

You as Takako Shinomiya

Yuukai Rhapsody follows a man who is stuck in a rut, no personal life and no cash lead him to the drastic decision of kidnapping a rich boy, unbeknownst to him the boy's father is a yakuza boss! With the yakuza and the police hot on his tail he is forced to take the boy and go on the run, somehow during the journey kidnapper and kidnappee begin to develop a friendship with one another.

Tokyo Drifter

1966

Japanese

7.1

♡ 16

93%

Seijun Suzuki Director

Ken Mizoguchi as

Yûzô Kiura as Fujimura

Takeshi Yoshida as Keiichi

Michio Hino as Yoshii

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.

Falcon Rising

2014

English

5.8

♡ 35

43%

Ernie Barbarash Director

Sala Baker as Gang Member 2

Michael Jai White as John 'Falcon' Chapman

Neal McDonough as Manny Ridley

José Luis Oyola as Toothpick

Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.

Yakuza Ladies

1986

Japanese

6.2

♡ 2

Hideo Gosha Director

Murasaki Fujima as Kinue Dômoto

Rino Katase as Makoto Ike, Migiwa's sister

Masataka Iwao as Tatsurô Kakinuma

Moeko Ezawa as Yukie

When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.

The Wanderers

1973

Japanese

6.5

♡ 7

Kon Ichikawa Director

Tadao Futami as Bangame

Ichirô Ogura as Genta

Yoshi Katô as Masaku Matasaku

Isao Bitô as Shuita

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls. Though they use the servants' entrance, they still feel themselves bound by the samurai code of Bushido; and this tension leads to tragedy.

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Saezuru Tori Wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

The Blood of Wolves II

The Blood of Wolves

Boiling Point

Three Pretty Devils

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio

Girls of the White Orchid

Oretachi ni haka wa nai

Yakuza Masterpiece

Tokyo Decadence

Japan Organized Crime Boss

Sympathy for the Underdog

A Man's Crest: We Kill

Otoko no monshô

Yûkai Rhapsody

Tokyo Drifter

Falcon Rising

Yakuza Ladies

The Wanderers