Movies Like Blood and Law
If you liked Blood and Law (1965), a crime and action movie directed by Namio Yuasa, 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.
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The Outsider (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeA former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and actionRepeatedly 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…
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American Yakuza (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and actionWhen 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…
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Female Yakuza Tale (1973)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crimeOcho 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…
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Falcon Rising (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also actionChapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
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Tokyo Drifter (1966)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and actionAfter 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…
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The Yakuza (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeWhen 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.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and actionIn the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
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Graveyard of Honor (2002)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and actionA barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
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Graveyard of Honor (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and actionA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
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Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeA harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
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Crying Freeman (1995)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crimeA 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…
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
★ 7/10Also action and crimeA high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.
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Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
★ 6/10Also actionWhen young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
★ 8.1/10Also action and crimeA 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…
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Beyond Outrage (2012)
★ 7/10Also action and crimeAs 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…
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House of Bamboo (1955)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeEddie 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.
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Kids Return (1996)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeShinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world…
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Golden Kamuy (2024)
★ 7/10Also actionOn the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws.
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Outrage Coda (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also action and crimeFive 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…