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Movies Like Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

If you liked Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers (1970), a crime movie directed by Shinji Murayama, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Yakuza

    The Yakuza (1974)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    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.

  2. 2A Family

    A Family (2021)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime

    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.

  3. 3Outrage

    Outrage (2010)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    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.

  4. 4Beyond Outrage

    Beyond Outrage (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    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…

  5. 5Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime

    In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

  6. 6Female Yakuza Tale

    Female Yakuza Tale (1973)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a…

  7. 7Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

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

  8. 8Crows Zero

    Crows Zero (2007)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    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.

  9. 9Fireworks

    Fireworks (1997)

    ★ 7.7/10Also crime

    Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With those close to him suffering their own tribulations, Nishi's methods become increasingly extreme.

  10. 10Youth of the Beast

    Youth of the Beast (1963)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

  11. 11American Yakuza

    American Yakuza (1993)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime

    When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia…

  12. 12Tokyo Drifter

    Tokyo Drifter (1966)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    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…

  13. 13Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime

    Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog…

  14. 14Belly

    Belly (1998)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…

  15. 15Dead or Alive

    Dead or Alive (1999)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    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.

  16. 16The Outsider

    The Outsider (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

  17. 17Branded to Kill

    Branded to Kill (1967)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

  18. 18Sympathy for the Underdog

    Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

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

  19. 19Bad City

    Bad City (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating…

  20. 20Outrage Coda

    Outrage Coda (2017)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and…

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