Movies Like Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars

If you liked Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars (1995), a crime and action movie directed by Seiichi Shirai, 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
American Yakuza (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and action
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…
2
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and action
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…
3
Graveyard of Honor (2002)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and action
A barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and action
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…
5
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.
6
Crows Zero (2007)
★ 7.1/10Also action and 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.
7
Black Caesar (1973)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and action
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
8
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In…
9
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
★ 7/10Also action and crime
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.
10
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crime
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
11
Bad City (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also action and 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…
12
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.
13
Crying Freeman (1995)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
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…
14
Dead or Alive (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also action and 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.
15
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and action
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
16
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also action
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
Female Yakuza Tale (1973)
★ 6.1/10Also action and 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…
18
Branded to Kill (1967)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and action
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
19
Youth of the Beast (1963)
★ 7/10Also crime and action
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
20
Outrage (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also action and 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.