Movies like Youth of the Beast

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Youth of the Beast (1963)
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Youth of the Beast (1963)
Original name: 野獣の青春
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: To infiltrate a criminal organization responsible for the death of one of his colleagues, the Detective Tajima adopts the behavior of of a brutal thug and plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, bloody, crime drama, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, female nudity, mafia, murder, police detective, violence, organized crime, gang war, prostitute, gang, hitman, pimp, gays and lesbians, vengeance, rivalry, drug dealing, working undercover, law enforcement, partner, police investigation, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, reluctant partners, tough law enforcer ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 1960s
Place: japan
Keyword: gangsters, partners

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Most similar movies to Youth of the Beast

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gangster, rivalry, murder, gang, deadly, organized crime and law enforcement mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Youth of the Beast: A Colt Is My Passport (1967), Cruel Gun Story (1964), Divergence (2005), The Five (1995), Return of the Street Fighter (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards (1963)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Style: grindhouse, fast, not serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gangster, private detective, undercover, dishonesty, fighting crime, hidden identity, disorder, dark humor, working undercover, heist, shootout ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: One of Japanese cinema’s supreme emulations of American noir, Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Passport is a down-and-dirty but gorgeously photographed yakuza film starring Joe Shishido as a hard-boiled hit man caught between rival gangs.
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, hitman, killer, rivalry, mob boss, mafia, samurai, assassin, criminal, professional, explosions, japanese mafia ...
Time: 60s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Cruel Gun Story (1964)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rei, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: yakuza, heist, shootout, armored truck, ex convict, heist gone wrong, car, woman in a wheelchair, brother sister relationship, horse race, boxer, airport ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A hard boiled tale of bloody revenge that interweaves the stories of nine criminals. The story takes place in one day, on the eve of an all out syndicate war. Through a twisted series of events, the interweaving narratives are put on an ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Plot: rivalry, partner, vengeance, police detective, police investigation, gang, partners against crime, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, drug dealing, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Divergence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A cop, a lawyer, and an assassin cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and the kidnapping of a famous pop star.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, undercover, police investigation, law enforcement, partners against crime, heroes, dishonesty, police corruption, hitman, police detective, partner, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.7
 3K
The Five (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, yakuza, organized crime, triad, big city, violence, gangster, murder, gang, robbery, debt, partner ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Return of the Street Fighter (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Tsurugi, but Tsurugi's fight ultimately is ...
Style: grindhouse, crime drama, disturbing, fast, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, medieval, exploitation, kung fu, yakuza, karate, fight, knight, underground, vigilante, mixed martial arts, badass ...
Time: 70s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada, and then with the clan of his protector, Kozaburo Imai. In these years, he can rely ...
Style: crime drama, stylized, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: yakuza, mafia, organized crime, drug addiction, prison, japanese mafia, city, exploitation, big city, samurai, gangster, cemetery ...
Time: 1940s, year 1975, 20th century, 50s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Street Mobster (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The Japanese yakuza films certainly have a well-earned reputation of being violent and chaotic. Some are more frenetic than others and Street Mobster is unbelievable high on savagery and energy. It dawned the re-birth of the genre, telling the story ...
Style: bloody, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gang, female nudity, murder, prison, rape, japanese mafia, asian gangster, organized crime, mafia, sex, japanese man ...
Time: 70s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Branded to Kill (1967)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Style: surreal, grindhouse, experimental, aesthetic, neo noir ...
Plot: yakuza, surrealism, hitman, assassin, killer, organized crime, gangster, contract killer, sex, female nudity, time travel, mafia ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Beyond Outrage (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, rough, noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gangster, criminal heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, gang, danger, elimination, japanese mafia, power struggle, police, organized crime ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the ...
Style: surreal, avant garde, neo noir, aesthetic, colorful ...
Audience: manly
Plot: yakuza, hitman, gangster, betrayal, drifter, surrealism, gang, bar fight, mafia, killer, japanese mafia, assassin ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Family (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gang, rivalry, gangster, dishonesty, master criminal, betrayal, organized crime, mafia, rape, assassin, nurse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Beast Cops (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ruthlessly realistic, and vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality and honesty, Beast Cops is a visceral and hard-hitting exploration of the dichotomous existence of two cops charged with upholding the law, while balancing on a moral ...
Style: neo noir, crime drama, heroic, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cop, triad, organized crime, kung fu, heroic bloodshed, martial arts, murder, battles, police detective, hitman, screwball, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Game of Death II (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In this dark tale of revenge, Bruce Lee "returns" as Billy Lo, whose best friend Chin Ku dies of a sudden illness. But suspicion of foul play arises when a gang tries to steal Ku's coffin at the funeral using a helicopter. When ...
Style: grindhouse, realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, karate, revenge, sword fight, one against many, heroes, katana, government agency, danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Graveyard of Honor (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Style: serious, rough, realistic, bleak, crime drama ...
Plot: yakuza, gangster, life is a bitch, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, rivalry, drug abuse, addiction, psychopath, violence, attempted murder, organized crime ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Pale Flower (1964)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, he meets Saeko, a striking young upper-class woman who is out seeking thrills, and whose presence adds ...
Style: neo noir, noir, existential, crime drama, cynical ...
Plot: yakuza, gambling, casino, gangster, ex convict, samurai, mobster, organized crime, existentialism, jazz, mafia, hitman ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
American Dragons (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Murders in Seoul, Korea and in America pair two cops from each of the countries together to solve the crimes. The investigation leads to a gang war between the Mafia and the Yakuza, but one that may not be of either of their making. A shadowy ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, reluctant partners, buddy cop, killer, die hard, police investigation, cop, gangster, violent content, special agent, partner, profanity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, seoul, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Tha Eastsidaz (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Snap, Crackle, and Pop are top dogs in the Eastsidaz gang in Long Beach. Pop, also known as Killa, is the alpha dog. He has Crackle and Snap set up a big drug deal that's going to put him on easy street. But Crackle and Snap have their own ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, hood, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, criminal's revenge, gang, vengeance, criminal heroes, partner, frame up, heist, prison, undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 90s
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The Longest Nite (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two triad leaders vie for the right to manage a string of casinos in Macau which sparks an exhausting battle. A twist of fate brings the two gangster bosses together in collaboration, but rumors have it otherwise. A murderous plot unfolds.
Style: heroic, neo noir, crime drama, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, killer, organized crime, contract killer, big city, hitman, conspiracy, gangster, restaurant, corrupt law enforcer ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Bad Country (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
Style: rough, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, murder, investigation, police, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, snitch, informant, swamp, deep south ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place: southern usa, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Consignment (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, gangster, on the run, going straight, police investigation, starting over, gang, hitman, criminal's revenge, rivalry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Behzat Ç.: I Buried You in My Heart (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An aggressive police officer tries to solve the mystery behind consecutive murders. While doing so, he must fight against his inner demons.
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, police investigation, murder, who done it, fighting crime, serial killer, turk, police officer, violent content, police, tough law enforcer, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Stiletto Dance (2001)
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two undercover police officers must try to prevent a multi-million dollar nuclear arms deal among several mob factions.
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police detective, adultery, infidelity, gangster, fighting crime, police investigation, working undercover, partner, rivalry, master criminal, law enforcement, police corruption ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Dead or Alive (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down. Jojima attempts to start a gang war between the Triad and yakuza. Ryūichi and Jojima ...
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, controversial, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gangster, massacre, drug, brutality, gratuitous violence, insanity, contests and competitions, danger, mafia, violence, exploitation ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, taiwan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Cartel War (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Led by a detective hell-bent on revenge, a team of undercover cops in Los Angeles attempt to bring down a powerful drug mob from the inside. Operating outside the law, they put everything on the line to clean up the streets and exact payback on the ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: working undercover, rivalry, drug dealing, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, revenge, male female relationship, police, murder, friendship, war on drugs, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.1
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Violent Cop (1989)
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: neo noir, bloody, detective, bleak, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police corruption, violence, yakuza, drug dealer, police officer, mafia, gangster, vigilante, drug, corrupt cop, criminal ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: japan, east asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Death Collector (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A kid from the neighborhood goes to work for the Mafia as a collector.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, crime drama, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, exploitation, mobster, twin towers, serial killer, italian mafia, crime wave, gangster, hitman, kids in trouble, disorder ...
Time: 70s
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Jump Out Boys (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Set in post hurricane New Orleans. A brutal Mexican drug lord (Armando LeDuc) busts out of jail to retrieve the $15 million that his girlfriend is hiding. But detective Raymond (Kris Kristofferson) and McCoy (Sheldon Robbins) will try their best to ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, hitman, chaos, law enforcement, manhunt, danger, vengeance, drug dealing, drug dealer, police shootout, gang violence, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
American Yakuza (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, cynical, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, martial arts, mafia, organized crime, tough heroes, undercover agent, japanese mafia, heroes, samurai sword, murder, showdown, hitman ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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