Movies Like Woman in Witness Protection

If you liked Woman in Witness Protection (1997), a drama and comedy movie directed by Jūzō Itami, 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
Black Rain (1989)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and…
2
Outrage (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and drama
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.
3
The Yakuza (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thriller
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.
4
Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their…
5
Postman Blues (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy
Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and…
6
Female Yakuza Tale (1973)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller
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
Baby Assassins (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedy
Two high school girls who are about to graduate also happen to be highly-skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, their relationship quickly sours. But when they become…
8
Outrage Coda (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and drama
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…
9
Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama
Tatsuhito, a cop, pursues Chinese warlord Wang through the underworld of Shinjuku and over to Taiwan.
10
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
11
Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and comedy
In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's…
12
Graveyard of Honor (2002)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
A barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
13
Boiling Point (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the…
14
Brother (2000)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thriller
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
15
Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…
16
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thriller
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
17
Find Me Guilty (2006)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
18
Colombiana (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante…
19
Gonin (1995)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.
20
Witness to Murder (1954)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.