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THEME EXPLORATION

yakuza violence

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Jinsei Gekijo: Hishakaku to Kiratsune
Jinsei Gekijo: Hishakaku to Kiratsune
1968 · Tomu Uchida
Ichi the Killer
Ichi the Killer
2001 · Takashi Miike
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973 · Kinji Fukasaku
Blind Woman's Curse
Blind Woman's Curse
1970 · Teruo Ishii
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Kinji Fukasaku → Japan

Raw, kinetic storytelling that exposes urban violence and societal collapse with unflinching intensity.

Masaki Kobayashi → Japan

Films like 'Harakiri' use yakuza and samurai violence as vehicles to critique systemic brutality and expose the human cost behind codes of honor.

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