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Malamadre's Top Asian Gangster Movies

by malamadre • Created 13 years ago • Modified 10 years ago
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  • Sonatine (1993)

    1. Sonatine

    19931h 34mR73Metascore
    7.5 (24K)
    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
  • Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

    2. Gangs of Wasseypur

    20125h 21mNot Rated89Metascore
    8.2 (108K)
    A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.
    DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsManoj BajpayeeNawazuddin SiddiquiTigmanshu Dhulia
  • Agitator (2001)

    3. Agitator

    20012h 30m
    6.7 (1.2K)
    A fearless Yakuza captain's loyalty is tested as two ambitious underbosses attempt a takeover of both his clan and a rival Yakuza gang.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTaisaku AkinoMickey CurtisYoshiyuki Daichi
  • Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in Infernal Affairs (2002)

    4. Infernal Affairs

    20021h 41mR75Metascore
    8.0 (135K)
    Chen Wing Yan, a policeman, successfully infiltrates a gang while Lau Kin Ming, a tried member, becomes a mole in the police force. However, things change when both of them must seek each other out.
    DirectorsWai Keung LauAlan MakStarsAndy LauTony Leung Chiu-waiAnthony Chau-Sang Wong
  • Shawn Yue in Infernal Affairs II (2003)

    5. 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
  • Breathless (2008)

    6. Breathless

    20082h 10mNot Rated
    7.5 (5.7K)
    A bitter loan shark strikes a friendship with a troubled schoolgirl as he faces his own troubled past with his abusive father.
    DirectorYang Ik-joonStarsKim KkobbiHwan LeeYang Ik-joon
  • Takeshi Kitano in Fireworks (1997)

    7. Fireworks

    19971h 43m83Metascore
    7.7 (34K)
    Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoKayoko KishimotoRen Ôsugi
  • 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
  • Zo In-sung in A Dirty Carnival (2006)

    9. A Dirty Carnival

    20062h 20mNot Rated
    7.3 (9.5K)
    A small time thug collecting debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.
    DirectorHa YooStarsZo In-sungChun Ho-jinMin Nam-koong
  • Blue Spring (2001)

    10. Blue Spring

    20011h 23m
    7.2 (4.8K)
    A group of a run-down Tokyo high school students face the struggles of growing up, growing apart from their friends and worrying about their future, while living in a highly violent environment.
    DirectorToshiaki ToyodaStarsRyûhei MatsudaHirofumi AraiSôsuke Takaoka
  • 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
  • Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee in The Killer (1989)

    12. 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
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

    13. Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    19731h 39mNot Rated
    7.4 (4.6K)
    During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.
    DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraHiroki MatsukataKunie Tanaka
  • Takeshi Kitano in Outrage (2010)

    14. Outrage

    20101h 49mR67Metascore
    6.8 (15K)
    The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoKippei ShînaRyô Kase
  • 15: The Movie (2003)

    15. 15: The Movie

    20031h 36mTV-MA47Metascore
    6.1 (843)
    Fast, frenetic, and furious, 15 is story of five Singaporian teenagers who, abandoned by system.
    DirectorRoyston TanStarsMelvin ChenErick ChunMelvin Lee
  • Yurusarezaru mono daiisshô: Shishi no kessen (2003)

    16. Yurusarezaru mono daiisshô: Shishi no kessen

    20031h 35m
    6.9 (356)
    A member of a Yakuza gang seeks revenge on the people responsible for the death of his boss.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsMasaya SatoShôko AidaNaomi Akimoto
  • Tadanobu Asano in Ichi the Killer (2001)

    17. Ichi the Killer

    20012h 9m55Metascore
    6.9 (62K)
    As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya Tsukamoto
  • Kids Return (1996)

    18. Kids Return

    19961h 47m
    7.4 (7.1K)
    Dropping out of high school, two friends at first find success, one as a up-and-coming boxer and one as a low level gangster. Yet, their life decisions still find a way of catching up with them.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsKen KanekoMasanobu AndôLeo Morimoto
  • Won Bin and Kim Sae-ron in The Man from Nowhere (2010)

    19. The Man from Nowhere

    20101h 59mR
    7.7 (78K)
    A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
    DirectorLee Jeong-beomStarsWon BinKim Sae-ronKim Tae-hoon
  • Lee Byung-hun in A Bittersweet Life (2005)

    20. A Bittersweet Life

    20051h 59mNot Rated
    7.5 (45K)
    Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.
    DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLee Byung-hunShin Min-aKim Yeong-cheol
  • Sôsuke Takaoka, Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Kenta Kiritani, Takayuki Yamada, Motoki Fukami, and Hiroshi Watanabe in Crows Zero (2007)

    21. Crows Zero

    20072h 10m
    7.0 (9.3K)
    A transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShun OguriKyôsuke YabeMeisa Kuroki
  • Sui yue: The Days (2008)

    22. 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
  • Choi Min-sik, Ha Jung-woo, and Cho Jin-woong in Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)

    23. Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time

    20122h 14mNot Rated
    7.0 (7.7K)
    On the verge of being fired, a corrupt customs official finds a haul of drugs and teams up with a vicious gangster to become the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.
    DirectorYoon Jong-binStarsChoi Min-sikHa Jung-wooCho Jin-woong

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