Movies Like Roar of the Bullets

If you liked Roar of the Bullets (1960), a crime and action movie directed by Yoshihiro Ishikawa, 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
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and action
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…
2
Beyond Outrage (2012)
★ 7/10Also action and 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…
3
Vendetta (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crime
When his daughter is murdered, William Duncan takes the law into his own hands, setting out on a quest for retribution. After killing the street thug responsible for her death, he finds himself in the middle of a war…
4
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.
5
Lady Snowblood (1973)
★ 7.5/10Also action and crime
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
6
Outrage Coda (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also action and 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…
7
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
★ 8/10Also action and crime
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
8
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crime
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
9
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
★ 7/10Also action
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
10
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
★ 8.1/10Also action and 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…
11
Kate (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also action
A ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
12
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.
13
Dead or Alive (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also action and 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.
14
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
★ 7/10Also action
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
15
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.
16
Under the Open Sky (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also crime
Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies…
17
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…
18
Zatoichi (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also action
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
Ran’s secret past revealed! Ten years ago, something happened between her mom and dad. Now, plagued by nightmares, Ran is starting to remember… Meanwhile, a murderous card dealer breaks out of jail to seek revenge. His…
20
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…