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There was a screening of a 'finished' version of the film as early as 1985, but work continued on and off for the next two decades. The film was not released until 2005, when Rad paid for a week-long run in five Los Angeles theaters. [4] At least one person saw the film three times. [5] Dangerous Men was re-released in 2015 by Drafthouse Films. [6]
The film received mixed reviews at the time of release. On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 60% based on 20 reviews. [10] Roger Ebert gave the film a mixed review, awarding it two-and-a-half stars out of four. While praising the characterization and the performances of Robert Mitchum and Ken Takakura, he criticized the plot ...
The 1992 film Minbo, a satirical view of yakuza activities, resulted in retaliation against the director, as real-life yakuza gangsters attacked the director Juzo Itami shortly after the release of the film. [95] Yakuza films have also been popular in the Western market with films such as the 1975 film The Yakuza, the 1989 films Black Rain and ...
Violent Cop (その男、凶暴につき, Sono Otoko, Kyōbō Ni Tsuki, lit. ' That Man, Being Violent ') is a 1989 Japanese neo-noir action thriller film directed by Takeshi Kitano, written by Kitano and Hisashi Nozawa, and starring Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Hakuryu, Ken Yoshizawa, and Ittoku Kishibe. [1]
Yakuza film (Japanese: ヤクザ映画, Hepburn: Yakuza eiga) is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of yakuza, Japanese organized crime syndicates. In the silent film era, depictions of bakuto (precursors to modern yakuza) as sympathetic Robin Hood -like characters were common.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Japanese: 仁義なき戦い, Hepburn: Jingi Naki Tatakai), also known in the West as The Yakuza Papers, is a Japanese yakuza film series produced by Toei Company. Inspired by a series of magazine articles by journalist Kōichi Iiboshi that are based on memoirs originally written by real-life yakuza Kōzō ...
Black Rain (1989 American film) The Blood of Wolves; Blood Stained Tradewinds; Blood Vendetta; Bloodstained Clan Honor; Blue Tiger (film) Blues Harp (film) Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi; Bodyguard Kiba (1993 film) Boiling Point (1990 film) Border Line (film) Born to Be King (2000 film) Branded to Kill; Brother (2000 film) Bullet Train ...
Gang vs. G-Men is the fourth in the Gyangu series of films [3] and the first in the series to be directed by Fukasaku. [2] Fukasaku went on to also direct the seventh film in the series, League of Gangsters (1963). [4] Gang vs. G-Men was the first film shot by Fukasaku in color.