1. Branded to Kill (殺しの烙印)
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
It has an average vote of 7.203 on TMDB.
2. AKP: Job 27
A Yakuza hitman travels to North America for his 27th job, only to find lingering memories of lost love through a chance encounter with a beautiful prostitute.
3. Sun and stars (太陽と星)
It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion.
4. Abashiri Prison (網走番外地)
Also Known As: Abashiri Native Ground
5. Gamblers (博奕打ち)
Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, who also just happens to be the master who had tattooed the magnificent dragon on Tsuruta’s back, is now a dissolute, bitter drunk living with his son in law and sickly grandson. His daughter, the boy’s mom, is indentured at the brothel run by boss Nakamura and daughter Matsuo. Nakamura’s two faced second in command Amatsu will not let the mother see her son…
6. Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (博奕打ち 一匹竜)
The second part of the Gamblers series.
7. Fireworks (HANA-BI)
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi leaves the police force to spend time with his wife at home, and must find a way to pay off his debts to the yakuza.
It has an average vote of 7.668 on TMDB.
8. Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu (女王蜂と大学の龍)
Japanese action film.
9. The Superhuman Stud (性豪列伝 死んで貰います)
Roman Porno from 1972.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. Motor Psycho
A biker gang, led by a Vietnam veteran, rapes a veterinarian's wife. When the man decides to seek revenge and hunt down the perpetrators himself, he ends up joining forces with a Cajun woman whose husband they killed.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
11. Overkill
A Tokyo cop is sent to Los Angeles to help an LAPD detective break up a yakuza ring operating in the city.
It has an average vote of 2.8 on TMDB.
12. 漆黒の男たち (漆黒の男たち)
(漆黒の男たち)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
13. 漆黒の男たち 第二章 (漆黒の男たち 第二章)
(漆黒の男たち 第二章)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
14. Twisted Justice (日本で一番悪い奴ら)
Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three decades, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
15. Yami wo saku kuchibue (闇を裂く口笛)
A unique action film about a battle between two students and a yakuza over the eviction fee for a family that abandoned their home at the bottom of an artificial lake.
16. Flower, Storm and Gangster (花と嵐とギャング)
A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
17. Tattoo (Tattoo)
Marc Schrader, a rookie cop caught red-handed with drugs in a police raid of an illegal rave, joins a homicide investigation conducted by Chief Inspector Minks. The victim is a naked young woman with the skin stripped off her back, killed as she staggered into traffic. As Schrader and Minks investigate the murder, the case is complicated by a finger found in the stomach of the victim. Forensic examination proves the finger belongs to Nobert Günzel, who was previously convicted of rape and assault. The police raid Günzel’s residence, and discover a blood-stained table with restraints and bits of human flesh in his basement. They also find video equipment and preserved, tattooed skin from the victim’s back. Soon, they found dead bodies buried in the garden. Günzel then goes missing.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
18. Dead or Alive (DEAD OR ALIVE 犯罪者)
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.
It has an average vote of 6.34 on TMDB.
19. Gozu (極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 GOZU)
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
20. Gambling Code and Feuds (仁義と抗争)
It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War and Hokuriku Proxy War . The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.
