I love this kind of examination of the politics of the yakuza 
Same as chanbara where they spend ages sat in a room discussing what and how and where and when to do anythjng next and any and every move just makes things worse
Devolving into chaos and outbreak
Just getting fucked over by these arbitrary codes and hypocritical rules over and over until the cracks are so big it all just boils over and ruins everything 
It’s just so satisfying 
And here it was really great
Left some stuff to be desired sure but still really great
The perfect level of simplicity, I feel like most films around this time would opt to wildly overcomplicate this plot but it kept is really neat 
But did remain on the safe side technically which was fine but some more interesting creative decisions I think would’ve gone a long way 
Hard to know what would take this above and beyond for me but yeah 
Really liked what this was doing 
Such a great title too

I love this kind of examination of the politics of the yakuza 
Same as chanbara where they spend ages sat in a room discussing what and how and where and when to do anythjng next and any and every move just makes things worse
Devolving into chaos and outbreak
Just getting fucked over by these arbitrary codes and hypocritical rules over and over until the cracks are so big it all just boils over and ruins everything 
It’s just so satisfying 
And here it was really great
Left some stuff to be desired sure but still really great
The perfect level of simplicity, I feel like most films around this time would opt to wildly overcomplicate this plot but it kept is really neat 
But did remain on the safe side technically which was fine but some more interesting creative decisions I think would’ve gone a long way 
Hard to know what would take this above and beyond for me but yeah 
Really liked what this was doing 
Such a great title too

This is a yakuza with plenty of twists and turns and gorgeous cinematography that has little to offer that’s new or even the slightest bit transformative. For fans of the genre there will be a lot more here, especially with all the backroom dealings and betrayals. This honestly wouldn’t feel too out of place in, say, a programmed theme centered around crime film as a whole. It has all the hallmarks that one might find in American crime film, just centered around yakuza after contact with the outside world. Things ramp up a bit better towards the end, but part of the thing that people associate with the yakuza film, at least outside of Japan, is swordplay, which is at a minimum here.

This is a yakuza with plenty of twists and turns and gorgeous cinematography that has little to offer that’s new or even the slightest bit transformative. For fans of the genre there will be a lot more here, especially with all the backroom dealings and betrayals. This honestly wouldn’t feel too out of place in, say, a programmed theme centered around crime film as a whole. It has all the hallmarks that one might find in American crime film, just centered around yakuza after contact with the outside world. Things ramp up a bit better towards the end, but part of the thing that people associate with the yakuza film, at least outside of Japan, is swordplay, which is at a minimum here.