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The Yakuza Papers

The Yakuza Papers

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Specifications

  • Japan, 1973
  • directed by Kinji Fukasaku
  • 2.35:1
  • monaural
  • colour, 99 minutes
  • Certificate: 18

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  • Photo Gallery
  • Directors Profile

Eureka! Classics | From the cult Japanese director of BATTLE ROYALE [2000]

This nihilistic chronicle of gang-wars that ravages Hiroshima in post-war Japan centres around the character Sugawara. Based on the prison diary of a Yakuza involved in the wars (Kozo Mino), Sugawara is distinguished through extreme, callous brutality.

The villainous godfather Yamamori initiates him into his ruthless gang, which inevitably wins the power struggle through titanic, gruesome battles.

Once more, Japans highly distinguished director of ultra violence, Fukasaku {Battle Royale, Shogun’s Samurai, Yakuza Graveyard, Street Mobster), elevates brutality and abrupt editing to new levels, as he emphasises the degeneration of the feudal Samurai’s code of ethics.

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