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10 Best Movies Like Red Sun Rising

If you loved Red Sun Rising, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Showdown in Little Tokyo

Showdown in Little Tokyo

1991★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun Rising for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-Ame...

#2
American Yakuza

American Yakuza

1993★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun Rising for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The p...

#3
Revenge of the Ninja

Revenge of the Ninja

1983★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun Rising for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war....

#4
Falcon Rising

Falcon Rising

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun Rising for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead....

#5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun Rising for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance....

#6
Crying Freeman

Crying Freeman

1995★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun Rising for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful a...

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