Japanese Movies by Genre: Crime

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  Tsumi no Yohaku (2015)

  Director: Yukichi Otsuka
  Plot: Satoshi Ando is University psychology professor who raised his daughter Kana on his own since the death of his wife many years earlier. One day, Kana dies by falling from the balcony of her high school and it remains unclear whether the incident was an accident or suicide. Ando is overcome with despair and feels guilty that, as a psychology expert, he didn't recognize any warning signs. Wanting to believe his daughter's death was an accident, he contacts one of Kana's high school friends to find out more.Yoshimoto will play a girl named Saki who sits atop the school's social ladder and is on the verge of breaking into the entertainment industry. Both beautiful and intelligent, Saki is able to manipulate adults and treats her friends like underlings. When Ando discovers Saki was involved in his daughter's death, he becomes determined to make sure she doesn't get away with it as a battle of wits ensues.
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  Yokokuhan (2015)

  Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
  Plot: A man named Gates heads a mysterious group called "Shinbunshi" who don newspaper masks and post internet videos informing the public of their crimes of justice against people they deem guilty of things not punishable by law. Meanwhile, Erika Yoshino, an elite inspector from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's cyber crime division attempts to track down the members of Shinbunshi and put a stop to their crimes. However, the group gradually begins to win over the support of the public with their videos.
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  ST MPD Scientific Investigation Squad: The Movie (2015)

  Director: Toya Sato
  Plot: A genius hacker named Tooru Kaburaki orchestrates a prison break and the discovery of a charred corpse leads to Akagi being arrested as the prime suspect. ST is officially disbanded, but when Akagi escapes from jail, police are ordered to track down all of the former ST members. Yurine believes in his heart that Akagi is innocent and they soon begin investigating a new form of computer virus called "Fugin" which becomes a key to the case. Eventually they track down a mysterious woman named Naomi Doujima who once worked with Kaburaki and has vital information about the virus.
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  Z Island (2015)

  Director: Hiroshi Shinagawa
  
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  Grasshopper (2015)

  Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
  Plot: Suzuki quits his job as a schoolteacher in order to infiltrate an underworld organization and take revenge on the person who murdered his girlfriend. Kujira (lit. "whale") is a contract killer who specializes in observing his targets, gaining insight into their state of mind and eventually manipulating them into committing suicide. Semi (lit. "cicada") is a fellow hitman who takes a more direct approach, utilizing his expertise with knives.
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  Gonin Saga (2015)

  Director: Takashi Ishii
  Plot: Yuto's father was Shigeru Hisamatsu, a young lieutenant with the Gosei-kai affiliated Ogoshi gang. Although Hisamatsu is a peaceful young man who's grown up to have a very different life than his late father, a certain incident leads him to vow revenge against Gosei-kai.
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  at Home (2015)

  Director: Hiroshi Chouno
  Plot: A thief and a swindler specializing in marriage fraud live together along with three children to present the image of being a family as they earn a living through crime. One day, the "wife" goes out to dinner with a man who she's targeting for one of her scams and is subsequently kidnapped, with the man demanding a ransom for her return.In spite of not actually being related, the patchwork family made up of people with painful pasts all genuinely care for one another. Because of this, the thief and children struggle to rescue their matriarch in order to preserve their modest happiness together.
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  Tenku no Hachi (2015)

  Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
  Plot: Terrorists hijack a massive state of the art Japan Self-Defense Force helicopter called "Big B" and remotely direct it to hover menacingly over a nuclear power plant. At the same time, a fax is sent out to the power company, government, and news media stating the helicopter has about 10 hours of fuel left and will be allowed to crash unless all nuclear power facilities currently under construction are taken offline. To make the situation even more dire, a child is left behind in the helicopter as added insurance.
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  Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War Of The Underworld (2015)

  Director: Takashi Miike
  Plot: Kagayama is a low-ranking yakuza who works under a boss named Kamiura, who also happens to be a vampire. An international assassin attacks Kamiura, but before dying he bites Kagayama and gives him vampiric powers. Kagayama then sets forth on a mission to avenge his dead boss.
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  Shinjuku Swan (2015)

  Director: Sion Sono
  Plot: Tatsuhiko Shiratori is an unemployed young man in the the Kabukicho red light district of Shinjuku who's recruited to scout for Burst talent agency. Before long, the seedy nature of his job leas to various conflicts with rival scouts and the yakuza.