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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]
Movies like Battles Without Honor and Humanity and Dead or Alive portray some of the members as violent criminals, with the focus being on the violence, while other movies focus more on the "business" side of the yakuza. The 1992 film Minbo, a satirical view of yakuza activities, resulted in retaliation against the director, as real-life yakuza ...
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 ...
Cops vs. Thugs (県警対組織暴力, Kenkei tai Soshiki Bōryoku, lit."Police vs. Violence Groups") is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.It won two Blue Ribbon Awards in 1976: Best Director (Fukasaku) and Best Actor (Sugawara). [1]
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 ...
American Yakuza is a 1993 American crime film directed by Frank Cappello and starring Viggo Mortensen, Ryo Ishibashi, Michael Nouri, Franklyn Ajaye, Yuji Okumoto, Anzu Lawson, and Robert Forster. The screenplay by John Allen Nelson and Max Strom is based on a story by executive producer Takashige Ichise. [ 2 ]
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 ...
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]