Graveyard of Honor 1975  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Tatsuo Umemiya, Yumi Takigawa, Eiji Go, Noboru Ando, Hajime Hana, Mikio Narita, Kunie Tanaka, Shingo Yamashiro, Reiko Ike, Hideo Murota, Meika Seri
Set in post-World War II Japan, this is the story of violent loser and gangster Rikio (Tetsuya Watari) who delves into drugs, murder, and prostitution. Another real-life, innovative film from Director Fukasaku that provides a strong indictment of the yakuza (criminal) lifestyle.
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Tokyo Drifter 1966 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Ryuji Kita, Hideaki Esumi, Tamio Kawaji, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Eiji Go, Isao Tamagawa, Michio Hino, Tomoko Hamakawa, Takeshi Izumi
When his gang disbands, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo (Tetsuya Watari) joins his boss Kurata (Ryuji Kita) in going straight. But now, a rival gang is threatening Kurata's new business, and Tetsuya moves to the countryside as a drifter in order to take pressure off of Kurata.. Later, when Kurata is forced to order a hit on Tetsuya, Tetsuya returns to Tokyo, wipes out the gang, and then returns to his life as a drifter.
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The Yakuza 1975  R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Brotherhood of the Yakuza
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith, Herb Edelman, Richard Jordan, James Shigeta, Keiko Kishi, Eiji Okada, William Ross, Denis Akiyama, Kyosuke Mashida, Christina Kokubo, Eiji Go, Lee Chirillo, Akiyama
Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) is a detective who answers the call of his friend, George Tanner (Brian Keith). Tanner's daughter has been kidnapped in Japan by the gangsters, Yakuza, who are the Japanese Mafia. In order to save George's daughter, Harry knows that he must show great power and seeks out his old nemesis Tanaka (Ken Takakura) to aid him in the rescue efforts that, before all is said and done, involve uncovering an espionage plot.
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Youth of the Beast 1963 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Brute
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Cast: Jo Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawaji, Ikuko Kimuro, Seijun Suzuki, Hideaki Esumi, Tomio Aoki, Eiji Go, Nobuo Kaneko, Masao Shimizu
High, violent energy explodes from the screen in this tale of ex-cop Jo (Jo Shishido) who becomes a member of a yakuza only to initiate a war with a rival gang. His motivation? Revenge for the killing of his former partner.
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| 1. Graveyard of Honor (1975)
2. Tokyo Drifter (1966)
3. The Yakuza (1975)
aka: Brotherhood of the Yakuza
4. Youth of the Beast (1963)
aka: The Brute
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