I think someone had a theory that any average yakuza movie could be punched up a lot with a lot of punches. And so we have 1964's Crue...

When I first saw Seijun Suzuki's experimental 1967 film Branded to Kill (殺しの烙印) , I hadn't seen any of the typical yakuza movies ...

Why does any gangster think it's possible to leave the life, after so many works of fiction have clearly demonstrated to the contrary?...

It's hard for me to pin down one specific genre for 1965's Murder Unincorporated (大日本殺し屋伝, "Super Japanese Killers") . ...

Sometimes the most hazardous path is the most profitable. But sometimes that profit comes in the form of counterfeit bills as in 1962'...

A troubled young man drifts into a seaside town and almost immediately is offered a cushy position in the local organised crime outfit. In...