Movies like Jail Breakers
If Jail Breakers's mix of prison and yakuza stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Jail Breakers's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Crows Zero
2007 · Directed by Takashi Miike · 130 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also a Japanese action film
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.
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Beyond Outrage
2012 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 112 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also a Japanese action 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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Ichi the Killer
2001 · Directed by Takashi Miike · 129 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also a Japanese action film
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 111 min8.0
Why you'll like itWith Sonny Chiba · Shares: yakuza · Also 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.
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Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991 · Directed by Mark L. Lester · 79 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · Also action and crime
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his…
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Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison
2011 · Directed by Masahiko Murata · 108 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese action film
After his capture for attempted assassination of the Raikage, leader of Kumogakure, as well as killing Jōnin from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, Naruto is imprisoned in Hōzukijou: A criminal containment facility known as…
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The Yakuza
1974 · Directed by Sydney Pollack · 112 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: yakuza · 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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In Hell
2003 · Directed by Ringo Lam Ling-Tung · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: prison
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
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Big Stan
2007 · Directed by Rob Schneider · 109 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: prison
A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him.