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ASIAN : GANGSTER MOVIES MUST SEE YET

by ArtiShreder • Created 12 years ago • Modified 12 years ago
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  • Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee in The Killer (1989)

    1. The Killer

    19891h 51mR82Metascore
    7.7 (53K)
    A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore the vision of a singer he accidentally blinded.
    DirectorJohn WooStarsChow Yun-FatDanny LeeSally Yeh
  • Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do (2004)

    2. Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do

    20041h 56m
    7.4 (2.8K)
    By "Fist of Fury", Kim Hyun-Soo (Sang-Woo Kwone) addicted to Bruce Lee. Year 1978. Hyun-Soo moved to KangNam, Seoul. Hyun-Soo transferred to JungMoon High, Maljuk Street, Kangnam, Seoul. He goes schooling by No.78 Bus. First day a senior male took Hyun-Soo's collar and made Hyun-Soo being punished inside JungMoon playground because of forgetting collar Hyun-Soo made friends with Kim Woo-Sik (Bruce Lee fan) and Hamburger. Hamburger always bring adult magazines to school and was always being found by the school soldiers. Hyun-Soo father had his own TaeKwonDo Dojo - his wish is to see Hyun-Soo being the top 5 in his JungMoon High class, and got himself promoted to University. One day inside #78 bus, Hamburger and Hyun-Soo met Kang Eun-Ju (EunYang Female High), a female Bruce Lee fan who looks like "Olivia Hussey", whose music favorites are Agaetha (ABBA) and Celsia Chan, Hyun-Soo began to fall in love with Eun-Ju. Hyun-Soo and Woo-Sik became rivals of Cha Jung-Hoon (Triad Head, JungMoon High) when Jung-Hoon took Eun-Ju's schoolbag inside #78 Bus, and Woo-Sik settled everything. Woo-Sik tried flirting Eun-Ju but she refused him because she loves Hyun-Soo. On a Rainy day, Hyun-Soo talked with Eun-Ju in #78 Bus, knew that Eun-Ju keep listening to a midnight radio program, and she had even wrote postcards to that program but it didn't speak out her postcard messages. Hyun-Soo lent Eun-Ju his black Umbrella and ran to home. Eun-Ju ask Woo-Sik to return the umbrella to Hyun-Soo, Hyun-Soo wrote postcard to the radio program and it spoke the message at 2am when Eun-Ju was in #78 bus. Hyun-Soo invited Eun-Ju to listen to his guitar playing. Eun-Ju asked Hyun-Soo to return Woo-Sik's pen. She even wrote her reply to the radio program. Woo-Sik and Hyun-Soo were being punished inside a wardrobe, with the soldier telling them how many Viet Congs he had ever killed in Vietnam War by himself without any comrades to help. Hyun-Soo went to library and heard Eun-Ju's postcard message in the radio program which both Eun-Ju and Hyun-Soo always listened to. Eun-Ju regret asking Woo-Sik to return umbrella and she promised Hyun-Soo that she won't ever disappoint him anymore. Then, Hamburger became Jung-Hoon's gang member. Woo-Sik tore Hamburger's adult photos, Jung-Hoon challenged Woo-Sik to roof battle. Finally Woo-Sik was defeated and was carried by Hyun-Soo. Woo-Sik even left JungMoon High without contacting Hyun-Soo anymore. Eun-Ju was being rumored to leave with Woo-Sik but later Hamburger found that she had not left with Woo-Sik, but was being suspended one year for bad results. One day, Hyun-Soo met Jung-Hoon's gang. they threatened to remove Hyun-Soo's eyeballs from his eyes. Hyun-Soo decided to train himself for any further struggle with Jung-Hoon's gang. On the day of Hyun-Soo's battle, a classmate threw his milk to Jung-Hoon. Jung-Hoon's gang ran into Hyun-Soo's class and ask who did that. Hamburger tried pacifying Jung-Hoon but failed. Hyun-Soo stood up and challenged Jung-Hoon at roof. Hyun-Soo used his double-stick to hit Jung-Hoon when they went upstairs. Finally, in great resistance, Hyun-Soo won the battle and went downstairs. Soldiers stopped Hyun-Soo, but he escaped, destroyed 2 windows and spoke, "F**k all schools in Korea!" Hyun-Soo father talked to Jung-Hoon's mother but she blame Hyun-Soo for destroying her son's face. Hyun-Soo said sorry to father, father asked Hyun-Soo if Bruce Lee had ever studied into University. Hyun-Soo smiled, father knew no. Hyun-Soo studied in G.E.D. (General Education Diploma) and met Hamburger when Hamburger sold his adult magazines to classmates for 2 bucks. Hamburger told Hyun-Soo that Eun-Ju also studied this GED center. Hyun-Soo waited Eun-Ju but failed, got up to #78 Bus. Hyun-Soo missed Eun-Ju until females said "Bye-bye, Eun-Ju!" Hyun-Soo turned his head and saw Eun-Ju alone. Eun-Ju said that Korea weather is colder than before, Hyun-Soo said yes. Eun-Ju got off in HanNam station. Hamburger ask Hyun-Soo to watch Jackie Chan movie, "Drunken Master" and even said Bruce Lee is already outdated. Hyun-Soo kicked to revenge for Bruce Lee outside the cinema door.
    DirectorHa YooStarsKwon Sang-wooLee Jung-JinHan Ga-in
  • Sui yue: The Days (2008)

    3. Sui yue: The Days

    20081h 40m
    7.9 (27)
    Based on a true story -"THE DAYS" tells a cautionary tale between two brothers, set between 1989 and 1990. In a misguided effort to teach BABY independence, and to make him feel protected, ZI LONG brings him into his own gang of delinquents. Unknowingly, his decision has thrown them both into a tumultuous and violent world that will, in different ways, imprison them both.
    DirectorsBoi KwongChee Guan Boi KwongStarsJustin ChanIvan LimAdele Wong
  • Soo (2007)

    4. Soo

    20072h 2mNot Rated
    6.0 (419)
    A legendary assassin and a renowned problem solver, Soo has been searching for the twin brother he has not seen since their days in an orphanage. But his brother is murdered when he turns against a vicious gang to become a police officer. In order to get revenge, Soo has no choice but to take on his brother's identity and use it to lure the gang into a trap.
    DirectorYôichi SaiStarsJi Jin-heeKang Seong-yeonOh Man-seok
  • Election 2 (2006)

    5. Election 2

    20061h 33mUnrated83Metascore
    7.4 (7.3K)
    As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
    DirectorJohnnie ToStarsLouis KooSimon YamNick Cheung
  • Shawn Yue in Infernal Affairs II (2003)

    6. Infernal Affairs II

    20031h 59mNot Rated
    7.2 (21K)
    In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
    DirectorsWai Keung LauAlan MakStarsEdison ChenShawn YueAnthony Chau-Sang Wong
  • Shin Ha-kyun in No Mercy for the Rude (2006)

    7. No Mercy for the Rude

    20062h 1m
    7.1 (1.8K)
    A mute hit-man vows to kill only the rude, and save up enough money for tongue surgery.
    DirectorCheol-hie ParkStarsShin Ha-kyunYun Ji-hyeKim Min-joon
  • Rough Cut (2008)

    8. Rough Cut

    20081h 53mNot Rated
    7.0 (3.1K)
    A gangster who wants to be an actor; an actor more gangster than anything. Here their paths and lives begin to cross.
    DirectorHun JangStarsSo Ji-seobKang Ji-hwanKo Chang-seok
  • Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)

    9. Shinjuku Triad Society

    19951h 40mNot Rated
    6.6 (2.6K)
    Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKippei ShînaTomorô TaguchiTakeshi Caesar
  • Dead or Alive (1999)

    10. Dead or Alive

    19991h 45mUnrated49Metascore
    6.7 (8.8K)
    A yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaRiki TakeuchiRenji Ishibashi
  • Friend (2001)

    11. Friend

    20011h 53m
    7.2 (5.5K)
    Four childhood friends go their separate ways, two go off to college while the others become rival gangsters.
    DirectorKwak Kyung-taekStarsYu Oh-seongJang Dong-gunSeo Tae-hwa
  • Boiling Point (1990)

    12. Boiling Point

    19901h 36mNot Rated
    6.8 (7.9K)
    Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoYûrei YanagiYuriko Ishida
  • Kikoku (2003)

    13. Kikoku

    20031h 40mVideo
    6.8 (693)
    Two brothers in a very small branch of the Japanese crime syndicate must make a hard choice when their loyalties are stretched in too many directions.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRiki TakeuchiYûta SoneMickey Curtis
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, and Lung Ti in A Better Tomorrow (1986)

    14. A Better Tomorrow

    19861h 35mNot Rated78Metascore
    7.4 (27K)
    A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
    DirectorJohn WooStarsLung TiLeslie CheungChow Yun-Fat
  • Ley Lines (1999)

    15. Ley Lines

    19991h 45mNot Rated
    6.9 (1.9K)
    A group of Chinese youths living in Japan struggle to make their way in life and eventually find trouble with the local crime syndicate.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKazuki KitamuraTomorô TaguchiDan Li
  • Street Mobster (1972)

    16. Street Mobster

    19721h 28mNot Rated
    7.1 (1.3K)
    A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself leading the remnants of the gang he once belonged to in order to secure an area of their own.
    DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraNoboru AndôMayumi Nagisa
  • Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)

    17. Fudoh: The New Generation

    19961h 38m
    7.0 (4K)
    In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShôsuke TaniharaMiho NomotoTamaki Kenmochi
  • The Mission (1999)

    18. The Mission

    19991h 24mNot Rated
    7.5 (6.5K)
    Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination, hires five killers for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung gives a special order.
    DirectorJohnnie ToStarsAnthony Chau-Sang WongFrancis NgJackie Chung-yin Lui
  • Graveyard of Honor (2002)

    19. Graveyard of Honor

    20022h 11mNot Rated
    6.9 (2.4K)
    A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsGorô KishitaniRyôsuke MikiNarimi Arimori
  • Exiled (2006)

    20. Exiled

    20061h 50mR73Metascore
    7.2 (10K)
    A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
    DirectorJohnnie ToStarsNick CheungAnthony Chau-Sang WongFrancis Ng
  • Song Kang-ho in The Show Must Go On (2007)

    21. The Show Must Go On

    20071h 49mG
    6.7 (1.7K)
    A light hearted action noir about a part time gangster who tries to be a full time daddy and wants to live a peaceful life with his family despite of being in trouble almost all the time, due to his profession.
    DirectorHan Jae-rimStarsSong Kang-hoOh Dal-suChoi Il-hwa
  • Gangster High (2006)

    22. Gangster High

    20061h 40m
    6.6 (1.2K)
    A group of friends form a soccer team and call themselves "Tigers". The group gets into a fight seniors at their school and other students begin to view them differently. One of the friends then becomes interested in the ex-girlfriend of a gang leader at another school. The "Tigers" soon find themselves in a gang war.
    DirectorKi-hyeong ParkStarsJung Kyung-hoLee Tae-sungGo Gyu-pil
  • Rainy Dog (1997)

    23. Rainy Dog

    19971h 35mNot Rated
    7.0 (3K)
    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.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaLi-Wei ChangShih Chang
  • City on Fire (1987)

    24. City on Fire

    19871h 41mR
    7.0 (7.7K)
    An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.
    DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatYueh SunDanny Lee
  • Cho Jae-hyun, Kim Kang-woo, and Park Si-yeon in Marine Boy (2009)

    25. Marine Boy

    20091h 58m
    5.7 (366)
    A swim instructor loses everything he has and is offered a debt free life if he smuggles drugs into the country by swimming underwater.
    DirectorJong-seok YoonStarsKim Kang-wooCho Jae-hyunPark Si-yeon

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