Hazard is a 2005 Japanese-American film mostly shot in New York City, written and directed by Sion Sono, starring Joe Odagiri and Jai West.

Shin (Jo Odagiri), a Japanese university student, finds a book with a section about the hazards to be found in New York City.

Two Japanese-American punks, an outgoing thief named Lee (Jai West) and his shy sidekick Takeda (Motoki Fukami), help him out after the mugging, and together the three begin a life of excitement and danger.

"[1] They made note of the film being shot "with long hand-held takes and an improvised feel of perpetual motion,"[1] and making use of non-actors in supporting roles to give the film a sense of vérité style "cleverly subverted to full blown fantasy.

"[3] However, Japan Times overall panned the film, saying that the movie "trades on tired cliches of American (or rather pre-Guiliani New York) criminality and racism, while betraying attitudes close to those it is ostensibly condemning".