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Gozu (2003)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: July 14, 2004

Genres: Drama, Crime, Horror

Director: Takashi Miike

Writer: Sakichi Sato

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: Rakueisha, The Klockworx

Distributor: Pathfinder Pictures, Cinema Epoch

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 58,202

A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)

Summary: Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. This time she takes on a fanatical but lucrative religious cult run by a vile lecher.

Release Date: June 27, 1989

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Director: Jûzô Itami

Writer: Jûzô Itami

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

Production: Itami Productions

Distributor: New Yorker Films

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 333,584

Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Summary: On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

Release Date: November 08, 2003

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Anime

Directors: Satoshi Kon

, Shôgo Furuya

Writers: Satoshi Kon

, Keiko Nobumoto

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Dentsu, Genco, Madhouse, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Tokyo Godfathers Production Committee

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 367,131

International: $ 111,771

Ichi the Killer (2001)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: December 22, 2001

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Takashi Miike

Writers: Sakichi Sato

, Hideo Yamamoto

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

Production: Omega Project, Toho Company, Omega Micott Inc., Excellent Film

Distributor: Shudder, Toku, Tokyo Shock

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 1,400,000

Domestic: $ 20,285

International: $ 60,346

Dolls (2002)

Summary: Three stories of never-ending love.

Release Date: October 12, 2002

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Office Kitano, TV Tokyo, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.

Distributor: Palm Pictures

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 4,067

International: $ 5,401,658

Tampopo (1985)

Summary: A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

Genre: Comedy

Director: Jûzô Itami

Writer: Jûzô Itami

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Itami Productions, New Century Productions

Distributor: New Yorker Films, Republic Pictures Home Video, Fox Lorber Home Video, Janus Films, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 224,097

International: $ 223,247

Violent Cop (1989)

Summary: A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.

Release Date: July 16, 1999

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writers: Hisashi Nozawa

, Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Bandai Media Department, Shochiku-Fuji Company

Distributor: Fox Lorber, Film Movement

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 1,960

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Summary: A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

Release Date: November 18, 1995

Genres: Action, Crime, Animation, Anime

Director: Mamoru Oshii

Writers: Shirow Masamune

, Kazunori Itô

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Kôdansha, Bandai Visual Company, Manga Entertainment, Kodansha, Production I.G.

Distributor: Lionsgate, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Manga Entertainment, Palm Pictures, PolyGram Video, Sirius Publishing, The Sci-Fi Channel, United Paramount Network (UPN)

Countries: Japan, United Kingdom

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 330,000,000

Domestic: $ 889,074

International: $ 40,519

Dangan ranna (1996)

Summary: A salaryman, a drug addict and a yakuza go on a breathless three man chase through the streets of Tokyo, each for a different reason and fighting demons.

Release Date: November 09, 1996

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Sabu

Writer: Sabu

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

Production: Nikkatsu

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 38,442

Adrenaline Drive (1999)

Summary: A bullied employee has a run-in with yakuza, a shy nurse, and a stuffed suitcase. So begins his new life of excitement and adventure with the nurse.

Release Date: June 12, 1999

Genre: Comedy

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi

Writer: Shinobu Yaguchi

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 77,313

Mind Game (2004)

Summary: After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.

Release Date: June 26, 2005

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Anime

Directors: Masaaki Yuasa

, Kôji Morimoto

Writers: Robin Nishi

, Masaaki Yuasa

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Studio 4°C, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Beyond C.

Distributor: Netflix, GKIDS, Shout! Factory, The Criterion Channel

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 36,613

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

Summary: In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.

Release Date: September 24, 2004

Genres: Action, Drama, Animation, Anime

Directors: Mamoru Oshii

, Naoko Kusumi

, Mizuho Nishikubo

Writers: Shirow Masamune

, Mamoru Oshii

, Richard Epcar

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, DENTSU Music And Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio Ghibli

Distributor: DreamWorks Home Entertainment, DreamWorks, Go Fish Pictures

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,334,074

International: $ 8,789,241

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

Summary: A renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud.

Release Date: November 07, 2014

Genres: Action, Comedy

Director: Sion Sono

Writer: Sion Sono

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: King Records, KH Capital, BizAsset

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 28,534

International: $ 1,237,338

Harmonium (2016)

Summary: Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.

Release Date: June 16, 2017

Genre: Drama

Director: Kôji Fukada

Writer: Kôji Fukada

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Comme des Cinémas, Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Nagoya TV), Mam, Asahi Shimbun, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Mountain Gate Productions

Countries: Japan, France

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 17,191

International: $ 136,092

Takeshis' (2005)

Summary: Beat Takeshi, a prominent actor, meets a lookalike named Kitano, who is a struggling actor, but after the meeting, Kitano's dreams take a violent, surreal turn.

Release Date: November 05, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., DENTSU Music And Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

The Machine Girl (2008)

Summary: Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.

Release Date: May 23, 2008

Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror

Director: Noboru Iguchi

Writer: Noboru Iguchi

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Fever Dreams, Nikkatsu

Distributor: Media Blasters, VOD

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: Japanese

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)

Summary: In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase t...

Release Date: February 06, 1999

Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Katsuhito Ishii

Writers: Katsuhito Ishii

, Minetaro Mochizuki

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC)

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Outrage (2010)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: June 12, 2010

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Office Kitano, Omnibus Japan

Distributor: Magnet Releasing

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 44,745

International: $ 8,412,996

Shin kanashiki hittoman (1995)

Summary: Tachibana is a mob hit man, just released from 10 years in prison where he kicked his drug habit. He's dismayed to find that the code of conduct he honors no longer counts, and soon gets into trouble when he defends a call girl, Y...

Release Date: July 01, 1995

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Rokuro Mochizuki