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Films with theme "Yakuza films", sorted by revenue
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Youth of the Beast (1963)
, 1h31Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Shishido, Seijun Suzuki, Misako Watanabe, Akiji Kobayashi, Mizuho Suzuki, Tomio Aoki
Un yakuza se fait remarquer par deux clans rivaux qui cherchent à le recruter.
, 1h31Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Akira Kobayashi, Osamu Takizawa, Chieko Matsubara, Kaku Takashina, Hiroyuki Nagato
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnap the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hid under the identity of a worker while the young woman become a waitress in a restaurant.
Branded to Kill (1967)
, 1h38Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari, Atsushi Yamatoya
Goro Hanada, the Japanese underworld's third-ranked hitman, and his wife, Mami, fly into Tokyo and are met by Kasuga, a formerly ranked hitman turned taxi driver. Kasuga petitions Hanada to assist him in breaking back into the profession. Hanada agrees and the three go to a club owned by the yakuza boss Michihiko Yabuhara. The two men are hired to escort a client from Sagami Beach to Nagano. After the meeting, Yabuhara covertly seduces Hanada's wife. Hanada and Kasuga pick up a car designated for the job which unexpectedly has a corpse in the back seat. They dispose of the body, then meet the client and proceed towards their destination. En route Hanada spots an ambush. He dispatches a number of gunmen while Kasuga panics and flails about in hysterics. Foaming at the mouth, Kasuga charges an ambusher, Koh, the fourth-ranked hitman, and they kill each other. Hanada leaves the client to secure Koh's car but hears three gunshots and rushes back to find the client is safe and three additional ambushers have been shot cleanly through the forehead. At a second ambush, Hanada kills more gunmen and sets Sakura, the second-ranked hitman, on fire. Sakura madly rushes towards the client but is shot dead by him. On his way home Hanada's car breaks down. Misako, a mysterious woman with a deathwish, stops and gives him a ride. At home, he has rough sex with his wife, fueled by his obsession with sniffing boiling rice.
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
, 1h33Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Kōji Tsuruta, Noboru Ando, Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Kaku Takashina
Gunji Sadao, oyabun du clan Hamamura sort de prison après 10 ans de détention causé par ses rivaux du clan Daito qui dirigent désormais la ville de Yokohama.
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
, 1h52Directed by Shinji Sōmai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tsunehiko Watase, Rentarō Mikuni, Minori Terada, Akira Emoto, Kamatari Fujiwara
Une lycéenne japonaise devient l'Oyabun d'un clan de Yakuzas...
, 2h26Directed by Hideo Gosha
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurō Tanba, Masako Natsume, Shima Iwashita, Kei Yamamoto, Mari Natsuki
À Kyoto durant l'été 1940 : Hanako Kiryuin est retrouvée morte dans le quartier chaud. C'est l'occasion pour sa sœur adoptive Matsue de se souvenir de sa jeunesse dangereuse passée dans l'ombre de leur père, Onimasa Kiruyin, fondateur d'un clan redouté issu de l'île de Shikoku (province de Tosa), et de son amour contrarié pour un syndicaliste. À travers elle, c'est aussi vingt années d'histoire du Japon (1918-1940) qui défilent en arrière-plan.
Boiling Point (1990)
, 1h36Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Takeshi Kitano, Yuriko Ishida, Takahito Iguchi, Iizuka Minoru, Hisashi Igawa, Etsushi Toyokawa
Masaki est un jeune ahuri qui joue au baseball dans une mauvaise équipe, les Eagles, et qui travaille dans une station-service. Un jour, il doit nettoyer la voiture d'un yakuza, membre du clan Otomo. Mais injurié par ce dernier, Masaki lui décoche un coup de poing. Le yakuza, en se protégeant, se brise le bras. Pour sauver la réputation de son clan, Otomo revient quelques jours plus tard pour racketter le patron de la station-service. Inquiet, Masaki se confie à son ami barman, Takashi Iguchi, qui fit partie du gang d'Otomo il y a quelques années.
, 1h39Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Kunie Tanaka, Hiroki Matsukata, Nobuo Kaneko, Seizō Fukumoto
In Kure, Hiroshima 1946, when Shinichi Yamagata gets into a scuffle with a yakuza, his friend and fellow ex-soldier Shozo Hirono has the Yamamori family help get pay back, but ends up killing the yakuza himself and is sent to prison. In prison, Hirono becomes sworn brothers with Doi family member Hiroshi Wakasugi, who ultimately has Yoshio Yamamori put up Hirono's bail. The Yamamori yakuza family was formed soon after, with Hirono, Yamagata, Tetsuya Sakai, Seiichi Kanbara, Uichi Shinkai, Masakichi Makihara and Shuji Yano swearing loyalty to Yoshio Yamamori. Boss Doi bore witness to the ceremony, with Kenichi Okubo as go-between.
The Yakuza (1974)
, 1h52Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Keiko Kishi, Richard Jordan, Brian Keith, Herb Edelman
Retired detective Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) is called upon by an old friend, George Tanner (Brian Keith). Tanner has been doing business with a yakuza gangster, Tono (Eiji Okada), who has kidnapped Tanner's daughter to apply pressure in a business deal involving the sale of guns. Tanner hopes that Kilmer can rescue the girl using his Japanese connections.
Bodyguard Kiba (1993)
, 1h33Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Action
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Ren Osugi
Junpei, a low-level yakuza, steals 500 million yen from his boss. While he's being interrogated, a stroke of good luck saves his life and lands him in prison for five years. Upon release, he hires invincible professional bodyguard Kiba to escort him to the hidden loot, so he can find his girlfriend and escape forever. Every step of the way the two are ambushed by angry yakuza, and even angrier students from a rival dojo that are mortified by Kiba's alleged comments that his Karate is more effective than theirs.
Crying Freeman (1995)
, 1h42Directed by Christophe Gans
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Marc Dacascos, Julie Condra, Tchéky Karyo, Byron Mann, Yōko Shimada, Masaya Katō
One morning, while painting the landscape on a hill in San Francisco, California, a young woman named Emu O'Hara witnesses the murder of a Japanese Yakuza member. She notices that while the assassin stands emotionless in front of her, his eyes begin to shed tears. The assassin introduces himself to Emu as "Yo".
Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
, 1h40Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films, LGBT-related film
Actors Kippei Shiina, Tomorowo Taguchi, Sabu, Ren Osugi, Yōji Tanaka
The film recounts the interactions of a homosexual triad group with a police officer as well as opposing yakuza organizations. When the younger brother to a renegade police officer becomes the lawyer to the triad group, an argument between the two leads to the downfall of the organization.
Kids Return (1996)
, 1h43Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Masanobu Ando, Ryo Ishibashi, Susumu Terajima, Yūko Daike, Masami Shimojō, Kanji Tsuda
The movie is about two high school dropouts, Masaru (Ken Kaneko) and Shinji (Masanobu Ando), who try to find a direction and meaning in their lives—one by becoming a yakuza lieutenant, the other by becoming a boxer.
Full Metal Yakuza (1997)
, 1h42Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Ren Osugi, Tomorowo Taguchi, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Kazuki Kitamura
Aspiring yakuza Kensuke Hagane (Tsuyoshi Ujiki) is killed by gang violence along his idol and Yakuza boss Tosa (Takeshi Caesar). Their corpses wind up in the hands of a scientist, who manages to keep Kensuke alive by replacing much of his body with cyborg pieces and some parts of Tosa, making him bulletproof and super strong. Kensuke then escapes from the scientist and searches for those responsible to get revenge.
Sonatine (1993)
, 1h34Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Takeshi Kitano, Susumu Terajima, Ren Osugi, Kenichi Yajima, Christopher Britton, Rome Kanda
Kitano plays Murakawa, an enforcer for the Tokyo-based yakuza tired of gangster life. He is sent by his boss to Okinawa, supposedly to mediate a dispute between their allies, the Nakamatsu and Anan clans. Murakawa openly suspects the assignment is an attempt to have him removed and even beats up one of his colleagues, Takahashi, whom he distrusts, but ends up going with his men. He finds that the dispute is insignificant, and while wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, the group's temporary headquarters are bombed and they are then ambushed in a bar, leaving several of his men dead.