Fukasaku Kinji
Overzicht van films
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Battles Without Honour and Humanity
Fukasaku Kinji | 99' | Japan | -
The film that completely changed the Yakuza genre and the film that marked Fukasaku’s breakthrough. Raw and realistic reflection of a dirty gang war: -
Black Lizard
Fukasaku Kinji | 87' | Japan | -
Cult classic about the perverted love and the haggling between a stunningly attractive thief and a private dick. With brilliant dialogues by Mishima Y -
Cops Vs. Thugs
Fukasaku Kinji | 101' | Japan | International premiere
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… -
Crest of Betrayal
Fukasaku Kinji | 106' | Japan | -
Glowing and fantastic realistic narrative about roaming and vengeful samurai. Based on the classic story about the 47 ronin (samurai without a boss) t -
The Geisha House
Fukasaku Kinji | 115' | Japan | International premiere
Fukasaku’s most recent film and his first real women’s film tells the life story of the brave geisha Omacha who is forced by her family’s… -
Graveyard of Honour
Fukasaku Kinji | 94' | Japan | -
One of Fukasaku’s most important films. Gruff Yakuza throws himself into a chasm of violence and decadence. Beautiful ‘dirty hero’ role by Watari Tets -
Greed in Broad Daylight
Fukasaku Kinji | 82' | Japan | International premiere
Fukasaku’s first feature provides immediate evidence of his craftsmanship. After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, a -
If You Were Young: Rage
Fukasaku Kinji | 90' | Japan | -
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… -
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Fukasaku Kinji | 97' | Japan | International premiere
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… -
Shogun’s Samurai
Fukasaku Kinji | 130' | Japan | -
Fukasaku’s first costume drama. The battle for succession between two sons of a 17th-century Shogun. Dramatic whirlwind of swordfights, political intr -
Street Mobster
Fukasaku Kinji | 92' | Japan | International premiere
On his return from prison, a Yakuza is confronted with loss of his territory. Regaining it unleashes a whirlwind of unbridled violence. Mitami Noboru -
Sympathy for the Underdog
Fukasaku Kinji | 93' | Japan | International premiere
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…