These great yakuza movies are ranked below, starting with the good and ending with the great.

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21’Kill!'

Butits sequel really turned things aroundand felt along the lines of what the first movie shouldve been.

The 12 Best Yakuza Movies of All Time, Ranked

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Think about it; more danger might well equal more excitement!

Its not so much about what its about, more how its about it.

Pigs and Battleships - 1961

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Kill! - 1968

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Gozu-2

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Yakuza Graveyard - 1976

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Dead or Alive 2_ Birds - 2000

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Youth of the Beast - 1963

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Muraki sits in a dark room in ‘Pale Flower’

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A Colt Is My Passport - 1967 (4)

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Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion - 1992

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Branded to Kill 1967

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