Wednesday, May 23, 2012

MAY 29th 2012

Fireworks

A police officer leaves the force in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into a depression he makes questionable decisions.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119250/

Trailer


The protagonist is a cop, not yakuza - but they're integral to the plot so we'll let it slide.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

MAY 22nd 2012

Sonatine

Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war escalates and the gangsters decide to lay low at the beach.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108188/

Trailer


Wednesday, May 9, 2012

MAY 15th 2012

Graveyard of Honor (1975)

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Yakuza but quickly loses his self control.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073207/

Trailer 




Thursday, May 3, 2012

MAY 8th 2012

Battles Without Honor or Humanity

In the black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono finds himself in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070246/

Trailer