Arguably the most ambitious Japanese film ever made, perhaps no other Asian film with few exceptions is more prominent or timely than Kinji Fukusaku's...
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With the fifth and, as the title says, final episode in the “Battles Without Honor and Humanity” series, there was a major chance in the production. Whereas...
Although "Police Tactics" is probably the less exploitative part of the series, I felt it is the richest, contextually, and in essence, the most engaging...
After the continued success of the previous entries into the Battles Without Honor and Humanity-franchise, distributor Toei understandably called for more...
A gritty, cynical and sobering portrayal of the yakuza in post war Japan, which, in many ways reflects the kind of moral corruption within its political...
“Tokyo doesn't agree with country people. After a month we all go crazy.” Ever since he started working for the Japanese production company Toei, director...
Director Kazuya Shiraishi delivers more of a yakuza movie homage than a revamp in “The Blood of Wolves,” a cop thriller based on Yuko Yuzuki's novel of the...