Movies like Yakuza Princess
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Yakuza Princess (2021)
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Original name: A Princesa da Yakuza
Genre: Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a gaijin (foreigner) who's been protecting her all this time, Shirô, may have been actually sent to kill her.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, perverse
Plot:
female warrior, female fighter, yakuza, female yakuza, japanese mafia, female protagonist, samurai, criminal syndicate, katana, organized crime, power struggle, bonding, fight for supremacy, mafia, fight, criminal, battles, suspense, protector, manhunt, mob boss, legacy, heiress, amnesiac, crime family ...
Place:
japan, brazil, sao paulo brazil, osaka japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, disturbing and suspenseful films with plots about suspense, female protagonist, gang, bandit, murder, criminal and criminal gang mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Yakuza Princess: The Survivalist (2021), Fatal Blade (2000), The Good Neighbor (2022), The Runner (2021), Stowaway (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A year and a half after the fall of civilization from a virus outbreak, a former FBI agent is forced to protect a young woman, who is immune to the disease, from a dangerous gang hunting her led by a psychopath who believes he’s going to use her ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Latvia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A nightmarish evening unfolds for David, a former New York Times journalist, when he and his strange new neighbor Robert, accidentally hit a girl on her bike. Buzzed and disoriented, David lets Robert convince him to flee the scene and leave the ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After being busted for drug possession, Aiden, a troubled teenager, is forced by the cops to go undercover and risk his life to bring down a dangerous drug kingpin.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and takes matters into her own ...
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, captivating, serious, tense ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Alys - a human trafficking victim who narrowly escaped her captors ten years ago - confronts her traumatic past when a relative leaves her his remote, snowbound mansion. Although the new house first presents the promise of a new chapter in her life, ...
Style:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.
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exciting, bleak, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, fight, sword fight, ninja warrior, good versus evil, gang, master warrior, super weapon, tough heroes, heroes, master villain ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Akiko, a young woman, comes to Vladivostok to meet Matsunaga, a young businessman she has met in Tokyo only once. Akiko finally finds Matsunaga. However, he leaves her again, warning her not to trust strangers in a foreign country. She tries to ...
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Shelby is devastated after her father's death. Curious about her family connections, she decides to look up the DNA-based family tree, and is surprised to find out that her father had another daughter. She goes on a mission to find her sibling ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young botanist relocates to a small desert town to study an invasive plant species. While out on research, she comes to the aid of a downed plane only to find herself taken captive by an inexperienced drug mule who forces her to lead a trek across ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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After his mother is brutally murdered by the Triad in Thailand, Soo-hyun is adopted by NIS agent Kang Joong-ho, and he grows up with Min-ki like brothers. Min-ki and Soo-hyun both become NIS agents later on. One fateful day, Soo-hyun meets Ji-woo ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A retired hitman must reawaken all his deadly skills and fight a one-man war against his former employer.
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Duration: 102 min.
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Style:
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Lindsay is about to marry the man of her dreams- until everything spirals out of control at her bachelorette party. With the wedding called off, she soon uncovers her friends devious scheme to steal away the man she loves.
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An amazing murder mystery taking place in a setting that no one would expect the coast of Mississippi. A young woman tried to live a normal life despite a horrible upbringing. But she will learn her past will haunt her once more.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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