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10 Best Movies Like The Yakuza Encyclopedia

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

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#1
American Yakuza

American Yakuza

1993★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Encyclopedia for fans of Crime. 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...

#2
Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

1966★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Encyclopedia for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tets...

#3
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

2002★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Encyclopedia 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
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

1975★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Encyclopedia for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa....

#5
Outrage Coda

Outrage Coda

2017★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yakuza Encyclopedia for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Five 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 rise betw...

#6
Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

1948★ 7.6

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

In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former bos...

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