Movies Like Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs

If you liked Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974), a thriller and action movie directed by Yukio Noda, 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 Protector (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…
2
Hell Dogs (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also action and crime
Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.
3
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.
4
Exit Wounds (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he…
5
Out for Justice (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.
6
Violent Cop (1989)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and thriller
A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and yakuza activities.
7
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…
8
Branded to Kill (1967)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crime
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
9
Death Wish (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
10
Polar (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
11
Until Death (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller
Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.
12
Wanted (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller
Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father - whom Wesley never knew - belonged to the Fraternity, a…
13
Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thriller
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…
14
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also action and crime
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American…
15
The Rookie (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…
16
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…
17
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and action
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
18
Sex and Fury (1973)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shunosuke…
19
Close Range (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crime
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
20
Killers (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller
A psychotic executive triggers a journalist's dark side, and they begin to form a strange bond through the internet.