Films like The World of Kanako
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
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Outrage Coda
Film · 2017 · also crime and thrillerFive years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions...
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Dead or Alive
Film · 1999 · also crime and thrillerRyūichi 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.
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The Yakuza
Film · 1974 · also crime and thrillerWhen 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 invest...
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Righteous Kill
Film · 2008 · also crime and mysteryTwo veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial kil...
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Brother
Film · 2000 · also crime and thrillerA 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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6 Bullets
Film · 2012 · also crime and thrillerAn ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
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Shoplifters
Film · 2018 · also crime and thrillerIn the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglec...
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Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
Film · 1974 · also crime and thrillerAgent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of...
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Hell Dogs
Film · 2022 · also crime and mysteryBent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.
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Inside Man
Film · 2023 · also crime and thrillerBased on true events. A disgraced police detective seeking redemption goes undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price...
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