(Editor's note: The following article originally appeared in conjunction with the Asia Society film series Gamblers, Gangsters, and Other Anti-Heroes: The Japanese Yakuza Movie, a retrospective of ...

Two new movies about gangsters mark a clear departure from classic yakuza flicks by portraying absurdities in society through the eyes of gangsters instead of emphasizing a sense of obligation and ...

Yakuza turned pastor Tatsuya Shindo rates 10 yakuza scenes in movies and television for realism ... on the portrayal of yakuza traditions in Japanese films such as "A Family" (2020), "Battles ...

I keep recalling this famous line from the above-mentioned yakuza film: “A gang war in Hiroshima can end only in one of two ways: Win or lose.” Once called “Putin’s chef,” Prigozhin was ...