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Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Michihito Fujii
- 135 min
- Boy Joins Gang
- A Shaky Start
- Fighting Before Learning
- Bygone Glory
A Familybegins in 1999, with a blonde-haired teenager named Kenji Yamamoto (Go Ayano) stumbling into his father’s funeral. We learn that Kenji’s father died of a drug overdose; resolving to never become like his old man, Kenji and two of his friends steal drugs from a street dealer and throw them into the ocean. This catches the attention of a loca...
The first two parts of A Familyaren’t particularly remarkable, though dedicated gangster movie fans may still find enough to satisfy themselves. While the cinematography is competent, and even distinctive in a few moments (ex. vertically panning drone shots across bleak industrial cityscapes), the narrative—of young guy joins gang, gang gets into t...
This last act is where A Familybecomes worth paying attention to. Starting in the early 2010’s, Japan’s local governments began passing yakuzaexclusion ordinancesthat prohibited regular citizens from doing business or otherwise engaging with the yakuza. These laws severely curtailed the yakuza’s commercial operations and personal lives. Yakuzagangs...
As the first major, internationally streamable movie to address the yakuza’s waning influence, A Family is a valuable addition to discourse around Japanese organized crime. While 2020 indie film Under the Open Skyalso broaches this reality, it is far less accessible and lacks international distribution. Otherwise, Japanese cinema is still stuck wit...
Jun 19, 2021 · Kenji beats Tsubasa to the restaurant where the head of organized crime, Detective Osako (Ryo Iwamatsu), tells him where the killers are. He beats them to death with a baseball bat, ending the Yakuza cycle of violence before it consumes Tsubasa from having a life of his own.
Watch A Family with a subscription on Netflix. Taken in by the Yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing...
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- Gô Ayano
- Michihito Fujii
- Crime, Drama
Jun 29, 2021 · A Family (also titled Yakuza and The Family) follows a Yakuza (gangster) life and his allegiance towards his boss, who brought him up as a father figure. Fujii Michihito’s narrative captures a captivating father-son relationship, tracing the rise and fall of the Yakuza empire in Japan.
Jun 19, 2021 · This review of the Netflix film A Family contains no spoilers. Formerly known as Yakuza and The Family, but rebranded as A Family on Netflix, is a killer gangster epic. Blood is spilled, guts are splattered, and some sentimental tears are shed. This is about honor, after all.
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Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times. Watch trailers & learn more.
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