Movies like Rope Hell
If Rope Hell's mix of gambling, yakuza and softcore stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Rope Hell's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Fireworks
1997 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 103 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: gambling, yakuza · Also a Japanese crime film
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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Brother
2000 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 113 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also a Japanese crime film
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
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Beyond Outrage
2012 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 112 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also a Japanese crime film
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.
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Outrage
2010 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 109 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also a Japanese crime film
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.
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The Yakuza
1974 · Directed by Sydney Pollack · 112 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (1970s)
When 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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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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Crying Freeman
1995 · Directed by Christophe Gans · 102 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza
A 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.