Tamio Kawaji, The 80 Best 2000s Horror Movies. Action, Crime, Drama, When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. Michiyo Kogure, Not Rated Beware of some spoilers that lie ahead, there’s a few of them! | Takashi Miike Yûrei Yanagi, Murase is a bodyguard in a yakuza group. A 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. 114 min A tale set in the late Meiji era - circa 1880s-1890 as opposed to the early Meiji which began in the 1860s. $0.03M, R RELATED: Every Job In Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Ranked Worst To Best. Starring:
Action, Crime, A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. Tokyo, 1934. Kinji Fukasaku Ken'ichi Endô, Xianmei Chen, R From Battle Royale to Spirited Away to Shoplifters, this selection of the best Japanese movies of the 21st century highlights the strength of the country’s cinema industry over the last 20 years. Minako Katsuki, Not Rated | •
Director: Every filmmaker remembers the first time they saw Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather; a type of film that inspires us as cinema fans.But before we rank the best mafia movies of all time, let’s define the key characteristics. Yuta Sone, Shô Aikawa, Kimika Yoshino, Takeshi Kitano
However, it was not all good news for indie cinema. Graveyard Of Honor (2002) Director: Takeshi Miike. Eiko Nagashima, 87 min | Takashi Miike
Keiko Takahashi, 99 min Black Rain 7. Stars: Stars: Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for ... See full summary », Director: | Read up on Tom Mes's guide on where to begin with Yakuza movies! | Takeshi Kitano Stars: •
Director: An observance of what a father means to his children and vice-versa. | Annu Mari, 102 min Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
The 2000s have blessed us with so many great new action movies. Ken'ichi Endô, 97 min Bunta Sugawara, Organized crime in Japan has always bordered on the affected and the legitimate. | 22,024 The Most Hilarious Comedy Movies(2000-2020) Menu. Tung-Shing Yee Yukio Mishima, Jinpachi Nezu, Bunta Sugawara, ... With the implosion of the video rental market in the 2000s, V-cinema went into a downward spiral of ever-dwindling budgets. | Kinji Fukasaku The 20 Best Japanese Movies of The 21st Century Posted on December 27, 2014 March 14, 2016 by Vinnoth Krish Rashomon, Akira, Tokyo Story, Ikiru, Ugetsu, Late Spring, Seven Samurai, Harakiri, Twenty-Four Eyes and Yojimbo. A violent thug plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other. Hiroki Matsukata, That's not to say there isn't greatness to be found in this decade, and we're here to help you wade through the dumpster-fire of 2000s movies. Ken Takakura, Tetsuya Watari, Susumu Terajima, Votes: Action, Comedy, Crime. Chitose Kobayashi, Hiroki Matsukata, Takeshi Kitano, Directed by a man already famous for extreme and graphic movies, Takashi Miike (who currently has over 100 different features to his name), comes Ichi the Killer, his most extreme and graphic film yet.. Set in the world of Shinjuku Yakuza gangs, it centers on a sadomasochistic hitman (covered in self-inflicted cuts and scars) who needs to find Ichi, a mysterious and brutal murderer. Ryo Amamiya, | A list of the best yakuza movies ever made, ranked by movie fans with film trailers when available. Yakuza Kiwami. Drama, This is an excellent piece of cinema, about life of yakuza (gangster) and his family. Kôji Tsuruta, Kinji Fukasaku Eiji Inoue, 88 min Takeshi Kitano, Director: Ryô Ikebe, Stars: The 30 Best Japanese Live Action Movies Based on Manga Posted on May 8, 2016 May 8, 2016 by Panos Kotzathanasis Over the last several years, major Japanese studios have started to follow the tactics of their Hollywood equivalents by finally adapting their own comics, called manga, in … Director: Pulse is one of the first, and likely the best, horror films to … | A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. Jô Shishido, His best known film in the West is the blockbuster American-Japanese co-production Tora!Tora! Hideaki Nitani, Daniel Wu, | 103 min Takashi Fujiki, Director: Director: ... Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events. | A private investigator takes on an odd job to retrieve a lost Rolex, only to find himself lured into a case filled with violence and sex by his mysterious employer. Hiroki Hasegawa, Votes: Though the Yakuza franchise is known for being a fun action thriller, it is thanks to its iconic characters that fans keep returning to the series. Masaya Katô, Votes: Director: Created by Kasparius.. Favorited 9 times, disliked 0 times, added to 8 watchlists.. Akira Kurosawa 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity", "Return of the Street Fighter", & "Sex and Fury" are on The Best Yakuza Films of the 1970s on Flickchart. "The Street Fighter", "The Yakuza", "The Yakuza Papers, Vol. Starring:
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Naoto Takenaka, PG Masako Izumi, | After the deed is done, he and his driver are wanted dead by rival gangs who joined forces. Top gangster movies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+ & other Streaming services, out on DVD/Blu-ray or in cinema's right now. Riki Takeuchi, Hideki Sone, Takashi Miike
| Meiko Kaji, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Ruriko Asaoka, | Even the biggest open-world game can run out of content, but fans of Yakuza 0, don’t despair! Director: A yakuza hitman gets out of jail and decides to start a new life, but soon his old life catches up with him. | Ayako Wakao, If horror movies reflect the fears and concerns of a people, it’s notable that America claimed torture-porn as their de rigueur subgenre. Here are a few examples of ways you can filter the charts: The Top 10 Courtroom Dramas of the 2000s; The Top 20 Courtroom Dramas of the 2000s; The Best Horror Movies Of the 1980s Nuntakul Sakulchai Tomokazu Miura, Action, Crime. 96 min Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. As her students attempt to thwart her career, she slowly gains their respect.
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Genre: Comedy/School Available on Youtube, hulu, CBS All Access and Disney+ Action, Crime. 97 min Allen Scotti, Kim Yates, Andrew Craig. Kazuo Kuroki Turns out the 50 best action movies of the decade (2010-2019) come from 14 different countries and represent an infinite number of ways to break bones. The Top 20 Crime Dramas of the 2000s; The Top 50 Crime Dramas of the 2000s; The Top 100 Crime Dramas of the 2000s; The Top 250 Crime Dramas of the 2000s; The Best Horror Movies Of the 1980s; The Best Science Fiction Movies of 1977; The Best Comedy Movies Of the 2000s; The Most Recently Released Movies; The Most Recently Added Movies Stars: Fox, Action Thriller • Action • Feminist Film, Takashi Miike
A revenge-seeking man and his foolish friends plan to rob a yakuza gang. Yakuza 4 holds the record for most karaoke songs in a Yakuza game with 11 total. Outrage 3. | Yakuza film (Japanese: ヤクザ映画, Hepburn: Yakuza eiga) is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of yakuza, Japanese organized crime syndicates. Yakuza Kiwami 2 – like its predecessor was to the first Yakuza game – is a ground remake of the second title in the series using the new Dragon Engine.
| Sumiko Fuji, An observance of what a mother has to go through to raise children. Yuriko Ishida, | Conflicts between Hirono's family and Yamamori's family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police's efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs. Director: A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang. A street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man. Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother. The decade horror came home to America. Yakuza: Dead Souls. The drama is so popular that it was followed by 2 more seasons and a movie. Stars: 105 min Action, Comedy. Director: Stars: Action, Crime, Thriller. In this video, we will show you a top 10 list of the best Yakuza movies ever made. •
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Japanese: 龍が如く 劇場版, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku: Gekijōban, lit. A Yakuza wants to take revenge,his boss and his crew got killed by their enemy gang, so he made his mission as to do whatever he can do to take down the peoples who did it. Director: For your viewing pleasure, behold: The very best movies from the 2000s. Whatever the style, or budget, we took every comedy movie from the decade and then ranked them by Adjusted Tomatometer, a formula which weighs multiple factors, including a movie’s release year and its number of reviews. | Riki Takeuchi, | Gross: Stars: •
Movies. Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Susumu Terajima, Based-on-Comics • Based-on-Manga • Black Comedy, Takashi Miike
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During the latter half of the 2000s and the early 2010s, anime series about butlers and maids became all the rage. Mika Katsumura, R Director: Seijun Suzuki Best action thriller movies after 2000. Kazuki Kitamura, Goro Kishitani, Action • Action Thriller • Gangster Film, Hiroyuki Tanaka
Jun Kunimura, But in addition to the main series of games, there have been numerous spin-offs, rereleases and remakes over the years. | 112 min All Kyojin, Tai Katô Stars: Tatsuo Umemiya, Stars: Anime remains an incredibly versatile and creative form of entertainment that’s led to some of the most entertaining animated content from the past decades. Shôhei Hino, Critically acclaimed comedies from the 2000s include "Mean Girls" (2004), "The Hangover" (2009), and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005).
When his beloved boss is killed, a dangerous young gangster cuts a path of vengeance through the Japanese mafia. Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Kurôdo Maki, Takashi Miike
Ryôsuke Miki, Stars: Starring:
7 Versus (2000) Before the film Midnight Meat Train graced theaters, Japanese film director Ryuhei Kitamura made an insane horror film called Versus which mixed supernatural evil forces, samurai, the Yakuza, and zombies all … 100 BEST MOVIES OF THE PAST DECADE (2000-2009) Menu. Kippei Shîna, | Kungfu movies crept into the American market almost backward, with producers named Run Run Shaw and budgets around $19.95. Here’s the major plot twist – Kumiko is, in fact, the heir to a 4th generation yakuza crime organisation. Takashi Miike Crime, Drama, Thriller. The English-subtitled version premiered … Reizaburô Yamamoto, Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mika Hijii, Takashi Miike
Seiichi Tanabe, $0.23M, Not Rated They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over. | | | Naoto Takenaka, | There are dozens of new anime series that come out every year, but what’s considerably rarer is the number of anime feature films that get released. |
| This content is imported from {embed-name}. Crime, Drama. Takashi Miike Brother 5. It seems that Tanner had business dealings with the Yakuza and was supposed to buy guns for one clan in particular. | Ryô Kase, Not Rated
Director: Action, Crime, Drama. $0.05M, 90 min | Hiroshi Nawa, ... Yakuza films, chanbara, spaghetti Westerns, and even a little ... but I consider it the best movie … "Like a dragon: The movie"), is a 2007 Japanese crime film directed by Takashi Miike, based on the 2005 PlayStation 2 video game Yakuza.The film stars Kazuki Kitamura, Goro Kishitani, Show Aikawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kenichi Endō and Tomorowo Taguchi.. Director: Another hidden gem from Kurosawa that has had substantial effects on Hollywood would be The Hidden Fortress from 1958.George Lucas (creator of Star Wars), stated himself stated that he "copied" some of Kurosawa's movie tropes and even shots in making the original Star Wars sequel trilogy.Case in point is R2-D2 and C-3PO's early segments in Episode IV, a formula borrowed from The … Yakuza Kiwami 2. | Shôji Kaneko, Seijun Suzuki | Starring:
The plots are more realistic with their concept of romance and may show adults in the workforce, like teachers or office workers. Turns out the 50 best action movies of the decade (2010-2019) come from 14 different countries and represent an infinite number of ways to break bones. Director: Tôru Kawashima
Action, Crime, Drama. | Tetsuya Watari, | | | Director: Celebs. 85 min Stars: Top 50 Best Yakuza Movies by transitasis | created - 16 Nov 2013 | updated - 12 Jun 2016 | Public Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc Stars: But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience. 129 min
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M afia Movies hold a dear spot in the hearts of many filmmakers. Crime, Drama, Romance. $0.45M, 92 min | Tatsuo Umemiya, Sydney Pollack A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. It was the dawn of cinema’s second millenium, a clean slate for a new century of cinematic art. Stars: Yoshiyuki Daichi, Tatsu Sugihira, | Eiko Nakamura, Not Rated
Shih Chang, Read on to learn about the 17 Best Japanese Horror Movies of All Time. Crime, Drama. Starring:
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Herb Edelman, 93 min Dan Li, | The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison. | Crime, Drama, Horror. Director: Eiji Funakoshi, In its own loopy way, Yakuza Law by Teruo Ishii represents another transitional point between the chivalrous gang films that had been its producer Toei’s bread and butter for the better part of the 1960s and the rough-and-ready ‘true account’ style of yakuza movie that would come to dominate the ’70s. •
| Over the past few decades, critics have praised a lot of movies from the 2000s.
Crime, Drama, Thriller. Kippei Shîna, Jinglei Xu, 10 min Hideo Gosha Stars: | However his fear of nothing soon causes problems. | •
Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. Takashi Nomura Action, Crime, Drama. If there are any great movies about yakuza you believe we missed, please feel free to … Noboru Andô, Takeshi Kitano Directed by Kiji Fukasaku, this film is one of the best without a doubt. “Phoenix” Tetsu is former yakuza who’s trying to remain legitimate in deference to his boss, Kurata, who has disbanded their gang. Crime, Drama. Director: During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses. | Noboru Andô,
Stars: The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate. Stars: | The story deals with Harry Kilmer (played by Robert Mitchum) being asked by one of his best friends, George Tanner (played by Brian Keith), to go to Japan and rescue his daughter, who's been kidnapped by the Japanese Yakuza. Every filmmaker remembers the first time they saw Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather; a type of film that inspires us as cinema fans.But before we rank the best mafia movies of all time, let’s define the key characteristics. Nobuo Kaneko, R | Director: American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza. The Yakuza 10. In the silent film era, depictions of bakuto (precursors to modern yakuza) as sympathetic Robin Hood-like characters were common.. Two types of yakuza films emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. •
Stars: ... Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events. •
| An observance of a 6 years old boy growing up to become an 18 years old adult.
Akira Kobayashi, Kazuko Aoki, Not Rated List of the latest gangster movies in 2021 and the best gangster movies of 2020 & the 2010's. 1 https://www.flickchart.com/movie/D8398CF486 2003, 111 min.. | Ken'ichi Endô, Kojiro Hongo, Naoko Inoue, Action • Based-on-Comics • Based-on-Manga, Takashi Miike
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Tatsumi Hijikata, Tsunehiko Watase, 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. Starring:
Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Shinjirô Ebara, 107 min Director: Takeshi Kitano In Hiroshima, Shoji Yamanaka gets in trouble after cheating in … Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroko Itô, When it comes to mafia … | Stars: 28,112
| Director: Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach. | The Best Yakuza Films of the 2000s Kill Bill Vol. Aya Kokumai, Action, Crime, Drama. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs. | Kunie Tanaka, Kayo Matsuo, 96 min A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling. In 1975, Kinji Fukasaku, a.k.a the godfather of the yakuza genre, directed a movie also called Graveyard Of … Awarding-winning movies like "Lost in Translation" (2003) and "The Wrestler" (2008) also come highly recommended by critics. However, some josei is targeted towards women in general that may be an action series or even comedy. Stars: With the release of Yakuza Like A Dragon coming to the west in 2020 soon, there are now eight main games in the popular action-adventure beat ‘em up game-franchise, which is based on Japan’s popular yakuza genre of movies. A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond. | Action, Crime. •
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