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2 days ago · Like a Dragon: Yakuza, a live-action Amazon Originals drama series based on Sega’s long-running game franchise, will begin broadcast on Prime Video on October 25.Directed by Masaharu Take (The ...
COPS VS. THUGS ('75) - Bunta Sugawara, Fukasaku's go-to leading man is a corrupt cop navigating between two warring yakuza clans. GRAVEYARD OF HONOR ('75) - This film is drenched in psychotic, aberrational mayhem. Remade in the 2000s by Takashi Miike. NEW BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY series...
1 day ago · Summary. Ryoma Takeuchi faced challenges translating Yakuza into a TV format, but worked hard to capture Kazuma Kiryu's essence. Kiryu's journey is one of a good man in the criminal underworld, a hero with admirable yet complicated traits. Prime Video must balance the human drama and wacky humor of the Yakuza series to capture its essence.
2 days ago · Akira ( Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film [4] directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name.
Jul 1, 2024 · When Kinji Fukasaku’s seminal 1971 Yakuza film, Sympathy For The Underdog, begins, we meet a former gang leader named Gunji (Koji Tsuruta) who has just been released from a ten year stint behind bars.
Jun 21, 2024 · Sympathy for the Underdog has lost none of its raw, kinetic power. by Derek Smith. June 21, 2024. When we first see Gunji Masuo (Tsuruta Kôji), the ex-chief of a yakuza gang, he’s strutting out of Yokohama prison following a 10-year stint inside.
Jul 1, 2024 · This list of Japanese actions movies is a great place to find the best the island nation has to offer, whether it’s for a weekend movie night, or the inspiration for your next film. Seven Samurai was directed by Akira Kurosawa, considered by some to be the greatest Japanese auteur of all time.
