Zatôichi(2003)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 75

The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.



Dolls(2002)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Three stories of never-ending love.



Autoreiji(2010)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 34

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.



Brother(2000)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.



Kikujirô no natsu(1999)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.



Sonatine(1993)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.



Autoreiji: Biyondo(2012)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 27

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.



Hana-bi(1997)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.



Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki(1989)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.



3-4 x jûgatsu(1990)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.



Takeshis'(2005)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Beat Takeshi, a prominent actor, meets a lookalike named Kitano, who is a struggling actor, but after the meeting, Kitano's dreams take a violent, surreal turn.



Kizzu ritân(1996)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Dropping out of high school, two friends at first find success, one as a up-and-coming boxer and one as a low level gangster. Yet, their life decisions still find a way of catching up on them.



Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi(1991)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.



Akiresu to kame(2008)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.



Minnâ-yatteruka!(1994)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Obsessed with the idea of owning his first car so he can have sex in it, a young man takes any job he can find and ends up in an escalating series of crazy situations.



Kantoku · Banzai!(2007)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.



Ryûzô to 7 nin no kobun tachi(2015)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015) is about the story of Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen who love derby race want to do the last battle with Yakuza guys.



Outrage Coda(2017)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Five years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo now works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a renowned fixer whose influence extends into Japan. A relatively minor incident causes tensions to rise between Chang Enterprises and the faraway powerful Hanabishi. The growing conflict gets out of hand and ignites a ferocious power struggle...