SummarySet in the expansive Japanese community of Sao Paulo in Brazil — the largest Japanese diaspora in the world — Yakuza Princess follows Akemi (MASUMI), an orphan who discovers she is the heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate. Forging an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger (Rhys Meyers) who believes an ancient sword binds their two fat... Read More
Directed By:Vicente Amorim, Alice Gomez
Written By:Danilo Beyruth, Fernando Toste, Kimi Lee, Luiza Shelling Tubaldini, Vicente Amorim
Yakuza Princess
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Generally Unfavorable
34
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5.1
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Generally Unfavorable
9% Positive
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Aug 31, 2021
67
The whole is not without flaws and eventually falls prey to the “this was really an origin story” bid for sequels, but it is enjoyable.
Aug 31, 2021
60
While it generally lacks dramatic oomph and the story is confusing at times, Yakuza Princess delivers plenty of visual excitement.
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30% Positive
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Aug 26, 2025
9
Amazing Great film I recommend good scenes, remarkable film with explosive scenes very exciting I love action films and fights like those films that you can't stop watching, good choice for weekends at home
Jun 14, 2024
6
This film is more of a thriller than action movie. Overall there isn’t that much action in it and it’s visibly done on a budget. It spends most of the runtime explaining who Akemi is and why the Yakuza are trying to kill her through character dialog. You should still give it a go though, as it’s ok as a thriller. What isn’t advertised until the end credits is that it’s also based on the Graphic Novel Samurai Shiro. Although I’d imagine that this is heavily changed from the original plot.
Sep 2, 2021
50
Yakuza Princess is a passable actioner with a few memorable scenes, the highlight of which is a fight in a karaoke bar (yes, MASUMI gets the chance to sing). But it’s unable to get beyond a level of mediocrity, and MASUMI’s performance fails to resonate with the sufficient conviction required of her role.
Sep 2, 2021
40
The further director Vicente Amorim pulls out, the more exciting the film becomes; but he never really takes advantage of the supernatural overtones that swim around the edges, or the unique cultural background of Brazil's massive Japanese diaspora.
Sep 2, 2021
30
The cynical pro forma luridness Yakuza Princess grinds out suggests that sensationalist cinema, or at least its most ostensibly mainstream iteration, is currently depleted of resources.
Sep 5, 2021
25
As an intellectually empty piece of genre cinema, “Yakuza Princess” can’t even sit alongside movies that offer similarly obtuse ideas but that gain some favor through impressive spectacle.
Sep 3, 2021
12
There’s a lot of walking and talking, but this thing never really moves fast enough, not even during its action scenes.
Sep 16, 2021
3
Style over everything else. By far, and not even that goes well. Trivial, incoherent, flawed and full of stereotypes that only adds problems to its notorious lack of development and poor characters. If you are looking for an action movie to numb yourself, this might be an option. Other than that, I can't hardly rescue anything from it.
Sep 15, 2021
0
What a bad movie, so painful to watch and full of cliches. I basically forced myself to watch it till the end. Japanese mainly talking to each other in English, movie shot in Brazil but you rarely hear Portuguese, the scenario could fit on a train ticket.
Production Company:
- Filmland International
Release Date:Sep 3, 2021
Duration:1 h 52 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Every sword has a story
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