Movies Like Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk

If you liked Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk (2020), a movie directed by Yusuke Suzuki, 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
Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
★ 7.7/10
In 1958 postwar Tokyo, the residents of a humble Third Street neighbourhood struggle, dream, and grow together as rapid modernisation transforms their lives beneath the shadow of the newly rising Tokyo Tower.
2
Under the Open Sky (2021)
★ 7.5/10
Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies…
3
Crows Zero (2007)
★ 7.1/10
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.
4
Adrift in Tokyo (2007)
★ 7.1/10
A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.
5
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.
6
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
★ 7.1/10
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…
7
Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)
★ 6.5/10
On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.
8
Crying Freeman (1995)
★ 6.4/10
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace…
9
The Outsider (2018)
★ 6.1/10
A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.
10
Asakusa Kid (2021)
★ 7/10
Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.
11
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
★ 7.3/10
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…
12
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
★ 6.8/10
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial…
13
Falcon Rising (2014)
★ 6.3/10
Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
14
Branded to Kill (1967)
★ 7.2/10
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
15
Short Peace (2013)
★ 6.4/10
A traveler is confronted by spirits in an abandoned shrine; a story of honor and firefighting in ancient Japan; a white bear defends the royal family from a monstrous red demon; ragtag soldiers battle a robotic force…
16
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)
★ 7.3/10
After his capture for attempted assassination of the Raikage, leader of Kumogakure, as well as killing Jōnin from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, Naruto is imprisoned in Hōzukijou: A criminal containment facility known as…
17
Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (2004)
★ 7.6/10
The mysterious island of Houraijima has reappeared after 50 years, and with its reappearance has brought the attack of four gods, the Shitoushin, who have their eyes set on the powers that protect and sustain the…
18
The Yakuza (1974)
★ 7.1/10
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.
19
Tokyo Decadence (1992)
★ 6/10
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…
20
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
★ 6.6/10
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.