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  • Still the Water (2014)

    1. Still the Water

    20142h 1mNot Rated58Metascore
    6.7 (3.2K)
    On a subtropical island, a teenage couple deal with the interwoven cycle of life, death and love.
    DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsNijirô MurakamiJunko AbeMiyuki Matsuda
  • Aya Ueto in Azumi (2003)

    2. Azumi

    20032h 8mNot Rated49Metascore
    6.7 (15K)
    Raised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
    DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsAya UetoKenji KohashiHiroki Narimiya
  • Boiling Point (1990)

    3. Boiling Point

    19901h 36mNot Rated
    6.7 (7.9K)
    Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoYûrei YanagiYuriko Ishida
  • Takeshi Kitano in Violent Cop (1989)

    4. Violent Cop

    19891h 43mNot Rated
    7.1 (14K)
    A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoMaiko KawakamiMakoto Ashikawa
  • Sonatine (1993)

    5. Sonatine

    19931h 34mR73Metascore
    7.5 (25K)
    Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoAya KokumaiTetsu Watanabe
  • Dolls (2002)

    6. Dolls

    20021h 54mNot Rated71Metascore
    7.5 (18K)
    Three stories of never-ending love.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsMiho KannoHidetoshi NishijimaTatsuya Mihashi
  • Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, and Claude Maki in Brother (2000)

    7. Brother

    20001h 54m47Metascore
    7.1 (25K)
    A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoClaude MakiOmar Epps
  • Takeshi Kitano in The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)

    8. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

    20031h 56mR75Metascore
    7.4 (53K)
    The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoTadanobu AsanoYui Natsukawa
  • 9. Stray Dog

    2013TV Movie
    7.3 (47)
    Remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1949 film about a Tokyo Detective who's gun is pick-pocketed on a bus, and he spends the rest of the movie trying to get it back.
    DirectorYasuo TsuruhashiStarsYôsuke EguchiRyôko HirosueShidô Nakamura
  • Toshirô Mifune and Takashi Shimura in Drunken Angel (1948)

    10. Drunken Angel

    19481h 42mNot Rated
    7.6 (14K)
    A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraToshirô MifuneReizaburô Yamamoto
  • Eyes of the Spider (1998)

    11. Eyes of the Spider

    19981h 23m
    6.5 (747)
    A man discovers a darker side of himself after exacting revenge on his daughter's killer.
    DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsShô AikawaDuncanRen Ôsugi
  • Tokyo Sonata (2008)

    12. Tokyo Sonata

    20082hPG-1380Metascore
    7.5 (13K)
    An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
    DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsTeruyuki KagawaKyôko KoizumiYû Koyanagi
  • R100 (2013)

    13. R100

    20131h 39mUnrated57Metascore
    5.9 (3K)
    A man in search of joy hires a bondage club to have dominatrices surprise him at random times.
    DirectorHitoshi MatsumotoStarsNao ÔmoriMao DaichiShinobu Terajima
  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)

    14. Dead or Alive 2: Birds

    20001h 37mNot Rated
    6.7 (4.3K)
    Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaRiki TakeuchiNoriko Aota
  • Dead or Alive (1999)

    15. 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
  • Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)

    16. 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
  • 13 Assassins (2010)

    17. 13 Assassins

    20102h 21mR84Metascore
    7.5 (71K)
    A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKôji YakushoTakayuki YamadaYûsuke Iseya
  • Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)

    18. 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
  • Gozu (2003)

    19. Gozu

    20032h 9mRVideo58Metascore
    6.9 (13K)
    A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsYûta SoneKimika YoshinoShôhei Hino
  • The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

    20. The Happiness of the Katakuris

    20011h 53mR60Metascore
    6.9 (10K)
    A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKenji SawadaKeiko MatsuzakaShinji Takeda
  • Lesson of the Evil (2012)

    21. Lesson of the Evil

    20122h 9mNot Rated
    6.6 (7.1K)
    A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakehiro HiraFumi NikaidôShôta Sometani
  • Ley Lines (1999)

    22. 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
  • Kô Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)

    23. One Missed Call

    20031h 52mR54Metascore
    6.2 (20K)
    Yumi tries to assuage the fears of a friend, Yoko, who has received a disturbing voice mail from herself. In the message, Yoko screams while chatting with Yumi. Three days later, the exact call plays out, and Yoko dies.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKô ShibasakiShin'ichi TsutsumiKazue Fukiishi
  • Rainy Dog (1997)

    24. 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
  • Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

    25. Adrift in Tokyo

    20071h 41m
    7.2 (3.2K)
    Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a law student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. A thug offers to pay Takemura's considerable gambling debt if the student accompanies him on a trip across Tokyo.
    DirectorSatoshi MikiStarsJoe OdagiriTomokazu MiuraKyôko Koizumi

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