THEME EXPLORATION

yakuza organized crime

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Graveyard of Honor
Graveyard of Honor
1975 · Kinji Fukasaku
Shinjuku Triad Society
Shinjuku Triad Society
1995 · Takashi Miike
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II
2003 · Michael Bay
The Irishman
The Irishman
2019 · Martin Scorsese
The Street Fighter
The Street Fighter
1974 · Shigehiro Ozawa
Deported
Deported
1950 · Robert Siodmak
Family Business
Family Business
1989 · Sidney Lumet
He Laughed Last
He Laughed Last
1956 · Blake Edwards
La sfida
La sfida
1958 · Francesco Rosi
Jinsei Gekijo: Hishakaku to Kiratsune
Jinsei Gekijo: Hishakaku to Kiratsune
1968 · Tomu Uchida
Pire Nuri
Pire Nuri
1968 · Yílmaz Güney
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Kinji Fukasaku Japan

The 'Battles Without Honor and Humanity' series pioneered the modern yakuza film genre with gritty realism and documentary-like intensity.

 Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His yakuza works explore the human cost and moral complexity of organized crime within Japan's rigid social structures.