THEME EXPLORATION

yakuza politics

34 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 · Kinji Fukasaku
Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
2011 · Beth McCarthy-Miller
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
2006 · Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Robert Zemeckis
Ten Years Thailand
Ten Years Thailand
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Zatoichi
Zatoichi
1962 · —
Blade II
Blade II
2002 · Guillermo del Toro
Aakhri Sawal
Aakhri Sawal
2026 · Abhijeet Mohan Warang
The Mandalorian and Grogu
The Mandalorian and Grogu
2026 · Jon Favreau
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
2026 · Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
A Idade da Terra
A Idade da Terra
1980 · Glauber Rocha
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Bruce Beresford
Akt
Akt
1961 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Chats perchés
Chats perchés
2004 · Chris Marker
Esta tierra nuestra
Esta tierra nuestra
1959 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Il Divo
Il Divo
2008 · Paolo Sorrentino
Fellow Citizen
Fellow Citizen
1983 · Abbas Kiarostami
Il tacchino prepotente
Il tacchino prepotente
1939 · Roberto Rossellini
Les noces rouges
Les noces rouges
1973 · Claude Chabrol
Los jueves milagro
Los jueves milagro
1957 · Luis García Berlanga
Peppermint Candy
Peppermint Candy
2000 · Lee Chang-dong
Raining in the Mountain
Raining in the Mountain
1979 · King Hu
Strike
Strike
1925 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Border
The Border
1982 · Tony Richardson
Revolution
Revolution
1968 · Peter Greenaway
Celebration
Celebration
2024 · Bruno Anković
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
The Staffroom
The Staffroom
2021 · Sonja Tarokić
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
1980 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
End
End
1992 · Artavazd Pelechian
Dormant Argentina
Dormant Argentina
2007 · Fernando Solanas
Labor Party election commercials
Labor Party election commercials
1974 · Phillip Noyce
Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende
2004 · Patricio Guzmán
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Kinji Fukasaku Japan

His 'Battles Without Honor and Humanity' series pioneered the yakuza genre by depicting organized crime as inseparable from post-war Japanese politics and social chaos.

 Masaki Kobayashi Japan

Films like 'Harakiri' examine the rigid codes and political machinations of Japanese society through the lens of honor, power, and systemic corruption.