A fascinating read. I might give the Fukasaku version a go, but Miike even more off the leash than usual might be a bit much!
My sense is that the Yakuza are even more mythologised than their American counterparts, I'm not sure we've really got past the trope of the western cop being led around by the Japan Expert who repeatedly explains how honour is really a very important concept before someone cuts their finger off with a katana? And thinking about it, the depiction of women doesn't often go beyond some Japanese stereotypes. Definitely a setting that needs new stories?
A fascinating read. I might give the Fukasaku version a go, but Miike even more off the leash than usual might be a bit much!
My sense is that the Yakuza are even more mythologised than their American counterparts, I'm not sure we've really got past the trope of the western cop being led around by the Japan Expert who repeatedly explains how honour is really a very important concept before someone cuts their finger off with a katana? And thinking about it, the depiction of women doesn't often go beyond some Japanese stereotypes. Definitely a setting that needs new stories?