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10 Best Movies Like The Yakuza Awaits

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

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#1
Rainy Dog

Rainy Dog

1997★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Awaits for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. 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....

#2
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

2002★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Awaits for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. 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....

#3
Trafficking

Trafficking

2023★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Awaits for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from tr...

#4
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Awaits for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...

#5
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 The Yakuza Awaits for fans of Crime & Drama. 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...

#6
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song

1973★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Awaits for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to set...

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