Fukasaku Kinji
Overview of films
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Sympathy for the Underdog
To film another chaotic gang war Fukasaku chose Okinawa as location. Americans had just given up their occupation and the society was not yet as ra
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Greed in Broad Daylight
Fukasaku’s first feature provides immediate evidence of his craftsmanship. After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backg
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The Wolf, the Pig and the Man
Against the background of the expanse of empty spaces in a bombed city that is prepared for development by bulldozers, symbolic of post-war reconst
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If You Were Young: Rage
One of Fukasaku’s least known films that is very rarely screened. It ius an exception within his oeuvre because the story is not set in the Y
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Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Anti-war drama in which four veterans each express their own views on the atrocities that took place right at the end of the war. A widow is lied t
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Battles Without Honour and Humanity
The film that completely changed the Yakuza genre and the film that marked Fukasaku’s breakthrough. Raw and realistic reflection of a dirty g
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Black Lizard
Cult classic about the perverted love and the haggling between a stunningly attractive thief and a private dick. With brilliant dialogues by Mishim
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Graveyard of Honour
One of Fukasaku’s most important films. Gruff Yakuza throws himself into a chasm of violence and decadence. Beautiful ‘dirty hero’
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Shogun’s Samurai
Fukasaku’s first costume drama. The battle for succession between two sons of a 17th-century Shogun. Dramatic whirlwind of swordfights, polit
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Japan Organized Crime Boss
Gang-war film. The star of Yakuza roles Tsuruta Koji plays the lead of a bitterly battling gang leader. Also striking is the role of Ando Noboru wh
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Cops Vs. Thugs
Unconventional Yakuza film based on a true incident. The friendship between a police inspector and the leader of a Yakuza gang is put to the test.
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Crest of Betrayal
Glowing and fantastic realistic narrative about roaming and vengeful samurai. Based on the classic story about the 47 ronin (samurai without a boss