Yakuza

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Quentin Tarantino

Cast

Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Susumu Terajima

Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Gérard Krawczyk

Cast

Jean Reno, Ryoko Hirosue, Michel Muller

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Masanobu Ando, Ken Kaneko, Leo Morimoto

Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Yasujirō Ozu

Cast

Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima