Yakuza
Yakuza films.
They have gone through a number of stages:
* Beginning - although most of the pre-WWII films are missing, some like Chuji Tabinikki Daisanbu Goyohen (1927), are still being found.
* Ninkyo eiga - chivalry films in the 1960s, with Seijun Suzuki being one of the more prominent directors, until he got sacked for getting too experimental, and Ken Takakura being a well-known face in front of the camera.
* Jitsuroku eiga - docudrama films in the 1970s, as typified by Kinji Fukasaku films, like Battles Without Honor and Humanity, usually set in the post-War period.
* Resurgence - yakuza films went off the radar in the 1980s and returned in the mid-90s thanks to prolific directors like Takeshi Kitano and Takashi Miike, the latter pushing the films into increasingly strange areas (while still delivering more conventional takes on the genre).
Further reading: Mark Schilling (2003). The Yakuza Movie Book : A Guide to Japanese Gangster Film.
See also: Jidaigeki for period Japanese films (with which there is some crossover with this list).
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They have gone through a number of stages:
* Beginning - although most of the pre-WWII films are missing, some like Chuji Tabinikki Daisanbu Goyohen (1927), are still being found.
* Ninkyo eiga - chivalry films in the 1960s, with Seijun Suzuki being one of the more prominent directors, until he got sacked for getting too experimental, and Ken Takakura being a well-known face in front of the camera.
* Jitsuroku eiga - docudrama films in the 1970s, as typified by Kinji Fukasaku films, like Battles Without Honor and Humanity, usually set in the post-War period.
* Resurgence - yakuza films went off the radar in the 1980s and returned in the mid-90s thanks to prolific directors like Takeshi Kitano and Takashi Miike, the latter pushing the films into increasingly strange areas (while still delivering more conventional takes on the genre).
Further reading: Mark Schilling (2003). The Yakuza Movie Book : A Guide to Japanese Gangster Film.
See also: Jidaigeki for period Japanese films (with which there is some crossover with this list).
Comments: As I don't have a Facebook account I cannot interact with the new comments system, so have switched it off. I will start a thread on the message board and link it in here shortly.
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