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Plot Summary:
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Action, Thriller, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: disturbing, manga, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, surreal, stylized, semi serious, fast
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Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
Plot Summary:
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, offbeat, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, sexual, jidai geki, grindhouse
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Adrenaline Drive (1999)
Plot Summary:
A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, road movie, offbeat, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Golgo 13 (1977)
Plot Summary:
Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, detective, manga
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Party 7 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, disturbing, anime, avant garde
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The Red Spectacles (1987)
Plot Summary:
Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of Fate" will guide him on his journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 826
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: surreal, anime, experimental, claymation, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, surprise ending
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Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Plot Summary:
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, sexy, surreal, underground film, black comedy
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Blue Tiger (1994)
Plot Summary:
Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that the gunman has a picture of a blue tiger on his chest. She is turned into an obsessed person and has an identical red tiger etched into her skin. She then tracks down the killer and plots his death. This leads her into the world of the Japanese Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Tokyo Zombie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, parody, humorous, exciting, captivating, manga, suspense, cult classic, scary, fast
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Postman Blues (1997)
Plot Summary:
Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: heroic, black comedy, dark comedy, action thriller, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Dead or Alive 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, rough, realistic, mind bending, psychedelic, heroic, surreal, dark comedy, crime drama
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The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
Plot Summary:
Akira is the legendary killer known as The Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner Yoko as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and employee Misaki. CEO Takoda and Misaki are unaware of Akira's background as an assassin. Meanwhile, Utsubo is a representative for an NPO. But, Utsubo works with contract killer Suzuki to set people up for extortion purposes. They target someone at design company Octopus.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, captivating, satirical, disturbing, perverse, bloody
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
Plot Summary:
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, splatter, art house, offbeat, serious, realistic, stylized, sexual, sexy
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Detective Doberman (1977)
Plot Summary:
The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The police comes to the conclusion that its the work of a pyromaniacal serial murderer. The murder victim is identified as Mayumi Tamaki, a native of Ishigaki, Okinawa. As the investigation unfolded, her former boyfriend, a former rider of a motorcycle named Chōei Mikawa emerged as a suspect. But Kano did not agree Mikawa is the suspect. Kano started conducting the investigation himself to search the real criminal person.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, neo noir, detective, black comedy, dark comedy
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Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
Plot Summary:
In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, controversial, crime drama, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, black comedy
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Crows Zero (2007)
Plot Summary:
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 to do it as he reminds him of his youth.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, semi serious, dorama, epic, manga, anime, action packed, serious
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Monday (2000)
Plot Summary:
A simple funeral turns a man's world upside down.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, captivating, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, mindfuck, clever, offbeat, realistic
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The City of Lost Souls (2000)
Plot Summary:
Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian mobster. To meet his price, they hold up a bigtime drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the local Yakuza.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: disturbing, atmospheric, harsh, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic, stylized, crime drama, serious
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Graveyard of Honor (2002)
Plot Summary:
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, bleak, realistic, bloody, hood, crime drama, weird
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Shoot the Hero (2010)
Plot Summary:
A 30-something couple unintentionally become involved in a botched jewel heist while shopping for wedding rings.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, realistic, offbeat, independent film, fast
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The Collectors (1999)
Plot Summary:
Shifting alliances put a pair of hardnosed hit men in jeopardy in this 1999 crime caper. A New Orleans mob boss looking to settle scores sends Ray (Rick Fox) and A.K. (Casper Van Dien) to New York City to collect overdue debts.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Red Shadow (2001)
Plot Summary:
The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the Ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the Ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and defeat the enemy to build a world of peace. Red Shadow, Blue Shadow and Aska are neophyte ninjas under the tutelage of White Shadow. Their life is a series of perilous missions that entail intrigue, deception and intimidation.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, humorous, semi serious, manga
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Plot Summary:
In the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, visual, stylized, manga, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Zatoichi (2003)
Plot Summary:
Zatôichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatôichi discovers a remote mountain village at the mercy of Ginzo, a ruthless gang-leader. Ginzo disposes of anyone who gets in his way, especially after hiring the mighty samurai ronin, Hattori, as a bodyguard. After a raucous night of gambling in town, Zatôichi encounters a pair of geishas--as dangerous as they are beautiful--who've come to avenge their parents' murder. As the paths of these and other colorful characters intertwine, Ginzo's henchmen are soon after Zatôichi. With his legendary cane sword at his side, the stage is set for a riveting showdown.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, exciting, harsh, stylized, entertaining, retro, spiritual, epic, suspense
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A Cold Day in August (2003)
Plot Summary:
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will soon find out just what his Frankenstein's monster will cost him.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Trouble Bound (1993)
Plot Summary:
Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he roars off to find his future. Unfortunately, they forgot to get the key they need off the body, so they're chasing him. Meanwhile, a mafia kingpin's daughter is trying to kill the hitman that killed her father, but her grandmother is trying to make peace with the family that hired the hitman, so she and her thugs are trying to stop the daughter. The guy and the daughter get together and experience mayhem on the run from two directions.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 989
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, humorous, serious, cynical, road movie, neo noir, independent film, rough, fast
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Made Men (1999)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman are on the run from gangsters whom he has stolen $12.5 million. When the gangsters show up, he takes them supposedly to where the money is hidden but instead leads them into a trap at a backwoods crystal-meth factory. The gangsters and the drug dealers start a shoot-out for unknown reasons and both go gunning for Belushi. Meanwhile an unscrupulous cop is secretly having an affair with the girl friend and planning to make off with the money.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, independent film, cult film
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Dead or Alive (1999)
Plot Summary:
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. Jojima attempts to start a gang war between the Triad and yakuza. Ryūichi and Jojima meet.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, surreal, controversial, stylized, mind bending, psychedelic, heroic, hood
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The Taste of Tea (2004)
Plot Summary:
A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Uncle Ayano has recently arrived, looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo for several years. Meanwhile, Yoshiko's daughter Sachiko is mainly concerned with why she seems to be followed around everywhere by a giant version of herself.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: surreal, touching, semi serious, mind bending, psychedelic, disturbing, contemplative, poignant, independent film, black comedy
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Ichi the Killer (2001)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, bloody, dark comedy, splatter, surreal, extreme horror, rough, psychological, cult classic
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Yakuza Weapon (2011)
Plot Summary:
After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The resulting battle leaves both men severely injured, and Shozo awakens in a mysterious medical facility to find his arm replaced with an M61 Vulcan cannon and his leg replaced with a rocket launcher. Meanwhile, Kurawaki has been fitted with mechanical augmentations of his own. Get ready for the second round.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, manga, crime drama, rough, humorous, semi serious