Movies like Dragon King: The Beasts' Code
If Dragon King: The Beasts' Code's mix of yakuza and v-cinema stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Dragon King: The Beasts' Code's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Tekkonkinkreet
2006 · Directed by Michael Arias · 103 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also a Japanese action film · From the same decade (2000s)
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight…
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Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013 · Directed by Sion Sono · 130 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also a Japanese action film
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
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Tokyo Drifter
1966 · Directed by Seijun Suzuki · 83 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also a Japanese action film
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo.
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Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel
2011 · Directed by Koichi Sakamoto · 71 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: v-cinema · Also a Japanese action film
While settling into married life with Akiko, Ryu is brought into a case involving a woman named Katsuragi Aoi, a member of a pickpocketing ring with most of her teammates murdered from unknown masked vigilantes that…
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Fireworks
1997 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 103 min7.7
Why you'll like itWith Hakuryu · Shares: yakuza
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With those close to him suffering their own tribulations, Nishi's methods become increasingly extreme.
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Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
1994 · Directed by Gisaburō Sugii · 102 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese action film
Bison, the ruthless leader of the international terrorist organization Shadowlaw, has been desperately searching for the greatest fighter on the planet for years.
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Black Rain
1989 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 125 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan.
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Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011 · Directed by Shinsuke Sato · 141 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese action film
Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.
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Falcon Rising
2014 · Directed by Ernie Barbarash · 103 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza
Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.