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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Yakuza Films- Give Your Boss The FInger
 
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So Icey Seifuku
Dec 26, 2007

I, Butthole posted:

Tokyo Drifter is the best kind of insane for an entry into Yakuza films, especially after being brought up on Western crime dramas.

I really wanted to get Arrow's Battles of Honor and Humanity boxset, but now it's out of print and obscenely expensive anywhere I look.

I'm not sure if it strictly qualifies as a Yakuza film, but Takeshi Kitano's Violent Cop is well worth a look in too.

Aside from Violent Cop, a significant amount of Takeshi Kitano's films either are about or involve Yakuza elements.

Boiling Point (1990)
Sonatine (1993)
Kids Return (1996)
Hana-bi (1997) - This along with Sonatine's critical acclaim, helped establish Kitano in the eyes of the Japanese public as a real director and no longer what essentially was seen as "someone doing it as a hobby."
Brother (2000)
Outrage (2010)
Beyond Outrage (2012)
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015)

So Icey Seifuku fucked around with this message at 07:55 on May 25, 2017

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So Icey Seifuku
Dec 26, 2007

 If your not adverse to a more satirical/light-hearted take on Yakuza films. Sailor Suit and Machinegun (1981) and it's recent "spiritual sequel" Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016) could both serve as fun palette cleanser between more serious Yakuza films.

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