Movies Like The Private Police

If you liked The Private Police (1969), a crime movie directed by Junya Satō, 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
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.
2
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.
3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
4
Beyond Outrage (2012)
★ 7/10Also crime
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now…
5
Outrage (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also 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.
6
Crows Zero (2007)
★ 7.1/10Also 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
Outrage Coda (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
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…
8
Boiling Point (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
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…
9
A Family (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also crime
Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times.
10
Youth of the Beast (1963)
★ 7/10Also crime
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
11
Dead or Alive (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also 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.
12
The Blood of Wolves (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they…
13
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…
14
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his…
15
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
★ 7.5/10Also crime
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
16
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.
17
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…
18
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
19
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
20
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
A new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black…