Movies Like Japan Gangster War

If you liked Japan Gangster War (2019), a movie directed by Toshiyuki Kakihara, 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
Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
★ 6/10
When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.
2
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)
★ 6.9/10
After the defeat of Majin Buu, a powerful God of Destruction known as Beerus searches for the Saiyan warrior who defeated Frieza. Realizing the threat Beerus poses to Earth, the Z-fighters must stop him. Only Goku…
3
Blood on the Sun (1945)
★ 5.9/10
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda…
4
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
★ 7.5/10
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
5
Golden Kamuy (2024)
★ 7/10
On the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws.
6
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988)
★ 7.9/10
The Sun God Abel returns to life, bent on punishing the humans and cleansing Earth from their presence. When Athena joins him, leaving humans to their fate, the Bronze Saints must defend the world in their greatest…
7
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
★ 7.5/10
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
8
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
★ 7.3/10
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
9
The Last Samurai (2003)
★ 7.6/10
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the…
10
Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (1987)
★ 7.1/10
In the first anime film of the Saint Seiya series, Seiya and the gang must defeat mysterious Ghost Knights to save the world from the pending resurrection of Eris, the Goddess of Chaos!
11
Buddha: The Great Departure (2011)
★ 7.5/10
Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader and to shield him from the miseries of the world…
12
Kokoda (2006)
★ 6.2/10
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
13
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie (2019)
★ 8/10
The time is UC 1926. The Imperial Army's 203rd Air Mage Battalion led by Major Tanya Degurechaff has won the battle to the south against the Republic's stragglers. They expected to be given a vacation after returning…
14
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001)
★ 6.8/10
Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only…
15
Samurai X: The Motion Picture (1997)
★ 7.3/10
The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now…
16
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny (2023)
★ 7.5/10
To defend their kingdom against a sudden invasion, a mighty general returns to the battlefield alongside a war orphan, now grown up, who dreams of glory.
17
Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (2019)
★ 6.8/10
After accepting an invitation from a mysterious trainer, Ash, Misty and Brock meet Mewtwo, an artificially created Pokémon who wants to do battle.
18
13 Assassins (2010)
★ 7.3/10
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country…
19
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
★ 6.4/10
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
20
The Challenge (1982)
★ 5.9/10
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and…