Movies Like Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
If you liked Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women (1963), a crime and action movie directed by Nozomu Yanase, 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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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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Belly (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeTommy 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…
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Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crimeA 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.
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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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How to Rob a Bank (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also action and crimeCaught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
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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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Black Caesar (1973)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and actionRaised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
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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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No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)
★ 6.8/10Also action and crimeTwo feuding brothers of differing political views, one a policeman, the other a martial artist, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent who was brutally murdered by the mafia.
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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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Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also action and crimeThe Accident Man is back, and this time he must best the top assassins in the world to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father…
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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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Dead or Alive (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crimeRyūichi 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.
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Welcome to the Punch (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crimeWhen notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
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The Protector (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crimeBilly 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…
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Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also action and crimeIn order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's…
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The Last Days of American Crime (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crimeIn the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crimeHarlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger…
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Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also action and crimeWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
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Rainy Dog (1997)
★ 6.8/10Also action and crimeA Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.