Movies like Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
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Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
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Original name: ０課の女 赤い手錠
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Agent Zero (Miki Sugimoto) is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, sexploitation, exploitation, revenge, fraternity, martial arts, samurai, woman, kidnapping, rapist, chase, female assassin, eroticism, heroes, gang, politics, missing person, rescue, life is a bitch, rivalry, law enforcement, fighting crime, strong female presence, lone wolves, burned alive ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about blood, violence, rivalry, murder, blood splatter, revenge and gangsters mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs: Ichi the Killer (2001), Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), Boiling Point (1990), Sex and Fury (1973), Contraband (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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.
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disturbing, rough, controversial, bloody, splatter ...
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After being cruelly set up by a crooked detective named Sugimi (Isao Natsuyagi), whom she loved, Nami Matsushima (aka Matsu the Scorpion) (Meiko Kaji) is sentenced to do hard time in a women's prison, which is run by sadistic and horny male ...
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
Style:
bloody, art house, neo noir, exciting, semi serious ...
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yakuza, gangsters, revenge, gang, mafia, car accident, tragic event, baseball, organized crime, sex crime, interracial relations, gas station ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, okinawa, asia, okinawa japan, tokyo
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, bloody, controversial, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
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nun, martial arts, revenge, female yakuza, murder, exploitation, erotica, bondage, gambler, samurai, sexploitation, nude ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cigarette smugglers in Naples run into problems with cocaine operations being set up by a rival smuggler. Full of violence, including a women's face being burned off with a blow torch and a graphic rape scene.
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realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, disturbing ...
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boys' night
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gangsters, mafia, chase, rape and revenge, rivalry, gang, law enforcement, drug dealing, track down, life is a bitch, police investigation, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, europe, napoli italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.
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disturbing, controversial, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, yakuza, martial arts, sexploitation, gambling, exploitation, revenge, erotica, drugs, death, murder, tattoo ...
Time:
70s
Place:
asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss ...
Style:
cult film
Plot:
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26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
Style:
disturbing, brutal, stylized, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
violence, chase, murder, vengeance, gang, gunfight, death, suspense, brutality, revenge, visceral, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police corruption, violence, hitman, drug dealer, yakuza, gangsters, police officer, mafia, vigilante, corrupt cop, criminal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
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boys' night
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali and three other equally brutish hoodlums escape from prison. The foul foursome embark on a savage rape, murder, and robbery spree. Vitali even abducts and defiles frightened hapless lass Giuliana Caroli. ...
Style:
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Time:
70s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
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gang, exploitation, revenge, drugs, city, erotica, truck, superhero, vietnam war, vigilante, murder, vigilantism ...
Time:
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Place:
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21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
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suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, exciting ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover ...
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brutal, stylized, realistic, bloody, rough ...
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martial arts, gangsters, mafia, kung fu, warrior, gang, violence, police corruption, brutality, corruption, organized crime, fighting crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers..
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
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boys' night
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japan, asia
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20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
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sexy, slasher, psychotronic, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
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Place:
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19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
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Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
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Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute.
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Audience:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
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19%
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Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ex-football star turned skip-tracer, Turner specializes in bringing in the criminals police are too scared to chase, and when he's hired to capture sociopathic pimp Gator, he finds himself confronted by the most vicious killers in the ...
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Place:
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