Movies Like Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko

If you liked Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko (2000), a movie directed by Kazuyoshi Sekine, 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
47 Ronin (2013)
★ 6.2/10
Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the…
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
★ 8/10
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
3
Azumi (2003)
★ 6.9/10
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an…
4
Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)
★ 6.7/10
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a…
5
The Fable (2019)
★ 6.7/10
The Fable is a legendary yakuza hitman equal to none—but his boss orders him and his sultry associate to lay low and learn how to live a "normal life" in Osaka.
6
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
★ 7/10
Akira is the legendary killer known as the Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner, Yoko, as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design…
7
Kate (2021)
★ 6.6/10
A ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
8
Jolt (2021)
★ 6.5/10
A bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.
9
Ava (2020)
★ 5.8/10
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
10
Ninja Assassin (2009)
★ 6.8/10
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is…
11
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
★ 6.4/10
Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival…
12
Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken (2018)
★ 7.1/10
The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.
13
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.
14
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
★ 8.1/10
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even…
15
Angel Town (1990)
★ 6.6/10
A graduate student and martial-arts expert rents a room in a house owned by a single mother who lives there with her son. A local street gang is trying to recruit the son, but the new tenant tries to help the boy's…
16
Shogun Assassin (1980)
★ 6.8/10
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his…
17
Kite (1998)
★ 6.6/10
Sawa, orphaned as a child by murderous thugs, now targets the scourge of society as a trained killer for a mercenary syndicate. Coquettish and capable of unimaginable violence, she's grown into the perfect weapon — but…
18
ICHI (2008)
★ 6.8/10
Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters…
19
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
★ 7.7/10
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and…
20
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.