Simultaneously a yakuza movie, a kung-fu flick and a love letter to cinema, Japanese director Sion Sono's Why Don't You Play in Hell is the anti-gritty gangster tale. Following a group of young ...

After that he rose to stardom in Toei’s signature yakuza films, culminating with the lead ... and Humanity” series was widely recognized by Japanese critics as a post war masterpiece, while ...

(The picture is not yet streaming on the Criterion Channel.) Mr. Shinoda may be familiar to fans of Japanese gangster movies thanks to his groundbreaking “Pale Flower” (1964). He may be even ...

Marauding gangs of violent delinquents have provided rich material for Japanese filmmakers since the taiyozoku (Sun Tribe) days of the 1950s. Much like their American counterparts, Japan’s post ...