6. Filming Principal photography began in Tokyo, Japan in late September 2016. Principal photography wrapped in Osaka, Japan in December 2016. Release The film was released on Netflix on March 9, 2018. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on critic reviews, and an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "Starring a disengaged Jared Leto and stuffed with gangster cliches, The Outsider never distinguishes itself enough to gain admittance into the inner circle of good yakuza pictures." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 30 out of 100 based on reviews from 12 critics. On RogerEbert.com, Nick Allen gave The Outsider 1 1/2 stars. He wrote that "“Jared Leto in a yakuza drama” isn’t the most palatable of pitches, but that somehow turns out to not be the movie's biggest problem." Andrew Barker of Variety magazine called it "Dull, flavorless, and fundamentally incurious, “The Outsider” is a clueless misfire, the cinematic equivalent of a study-abroad student showing off the kanji forearm tattoo whose meaning he never bothered to learn." References External links 2018 films 2018 crime drama films 2018 crime thriller films American crime drama films American crime thriller films English-language Netflix original films English-language Japanese films Films produced by Art Linson Films set in 1954 Films set in Japan Yakuza films Japan in non-Japanese culture 2010s English-language films 2010s American films