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Jun 28, 2024 · The Threat is a gritty crime drama in the vein of Kurosawa’s High and Low, set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing Japan that has left many of its citizens behind.
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Kinji Fukasaku's masterpiece is the yardstick by which all true-life yakuza films are still measured in Japan. Followed by three unconnected yakuza films under the banner NEW B.W.H.A.H. Hotheaded tough guy Bunta Sugawara stars in each one except 'Final Episode'.
Jul 1, 2024 · When Kinji Fukasaku’s seminal 1971 Yakuza film, Sympathy For The Underdog, begins, we meet a former gang leader named Gunji (Koji Tsuruta) who has just been released from a ten year stint behind bars.
Jun 30, 2024 · Additional interesting and amusing behind-the-scenes anecdotes can be found in the Message From Earth archival documentary. Running for about 30 minutes and ported from a German DVD release, the featurette includes interviews with director Kinji Fukasaku’s son and Sonny Chiba both of whom are warm, animated, and fun to watch.
1 day ago · Message from Space, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, is a Japanese science fiction film that blends traditional space opera tropes with unique cultural elements, delivering a visually captivating yet narratively uneven experience. Released in the wake of the monumental success of Star Wars, this film ambitiously seeks to carve out its own niche ...
5 days ago · Ôkami to buta to ningen (1964) Sabu and his pals hold a pauper’s funeral for Sabu’s mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job – steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each.
3 days ago · Shogun's Samurai. Shogun's Samurai, known in Japan as The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy ( Japanese: 柳生一族の陰謀, Hepburn: Yagyū Ichizoku no Inbō), is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku. [1] The film is the first of two unrelated Fukasaku films to star Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba as ...
