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Movies Like Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

If you liked Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968), a crime movie directed by Tomu Uchida, 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. 1The Valachi Papers

    The Valachi Papers (1972)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred…

  2. 2House of Bamboo

    House of Bamboo (1955)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

  3. 3Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)

    ★ 8.1/10Also crime

    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…

  4. 4Panic

    Panic (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…

  5. 5You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once (1937)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham…

  6. 6The Brothers Rico

    The Brothers Rico (1957)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who…

  7. 7Bad

    Bad (1977)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She…

  8. 8American Yakuza

    American Yakuza (1993)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime

    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…

  9. 9Riot in Cell Block 11

    Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

  10. 10Wrong Cops

    Wrong Cops (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

  11. 11The Face Behind the Mask

    The Face Behind the Mask (1941)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.

  12. 12Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    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.

  13. 13Female Yakuza Tale

    Female Yakuza Tale (1973)

    ★ 6.1/10Also 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…

  14. 14Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

    Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase…

  15. 15Belly

    Belly (1998)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…

  16. 16Tokyo Drifter

    Tokyo Drifter (1966)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    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…

  17. 17Killer's Kiss

    Killer's Kiss (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…

  18. 18Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  19. 19Across 110th Street

    Across 110th Street (1972)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time…

  20. 20Winged Creatures

    Winged Creatures (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…

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