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10 Best Movies Like An Ode to Yakuza

If you loved An Ode to Yakuza, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Ode to Yakuza for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yak...

#2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Ode to Yakuza for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Me...

#3
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

2002★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Ode to Yakuza for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems....

#4
The Outsider

The Outsider

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Ode to Yakuza for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka....

#5
Rainy Dog

Rainy Dog

1997★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Ode to Yakuza for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#6
Female Yakuza Tale

Female Yakuza Tale

1973★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Ode to Yakuza for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, ...

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