THEME EXPLORATION

yakuza loyalty

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Three
Three
1965 · Tadashi Sawashima
Jinsei Gekijo: Hishakaku to Kiratsune
Jinsei Gekijo: Hishakaku to Kiratsune
1968 · Tomu Uchida
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · Kinji Fukasaku
Blues Harp
Blues Harp
1998 · Takashi Miike
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
GoodFellas
GoodFellas
1990 · Martin Scorsese
Phantom Lady
Phantom Lady
1944 · Robert Siodmak
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983 · Richard Marquand
Toy Story 2
Toy Story 2
1999 · John Lasseter
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Kinji Fukasaku Japan

His 'Battles Without Honor and Humanity' series pioneered the nihilistic yakuza film, showing loyalty as ultimately destructive and betrayed by hierarchical corruption.

 Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His masterpiece 'Harakiri' examines loyalty to rigid codes as tragic and dehumanizing, using samurai honor to critique institutional loyalty in Japanese society.