Yakuza Graveyard

1976 [JAPANESE]

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1202 1.2K

Plot summary

A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.

Director

Kinji Fukasaku Photo
Kinji Fukasaku

Top cast

Hideo Shimada Photo
Hideo Shimada as Yoshiichi Okawara
Takuzô Kawatani Photo
Takuzô Kawatani as Kajiyama
Satoru Nabe Photo
Satoru Nabe as Ikuma
Gentarô Mori Photo
Gentarô Mori as Jailer
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880.92 MB
1280*544
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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1.6 GB
1920*816
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by christopher-underwood 8 / 10

camerawork is wonderful

Very good and not over long, this is a splendid violent Yakusa action film, although not bloody. There is rather much shouting and screaming but the camerawork is wonderful with many tricks, freezes and hand held work. I seem not to have seen much of the director Kinji Fukasaku expect of course of Battle Royale (2000). I loved seeing Meiko Kaji here and with before so much more like Lady Snowblood (1973) and the fantastic, Female Prisoner:701 Scorpion (1972). Cinematic all the way, a little confusing now and again but it is great with that stunning camera always going on and magnificent as thrilling all the time.
Reviewed by DanTheMan2150AD 8 / 10

A formula perfected

Even with its sombre and bleak tone that puts many of his other works to shame, once the smoke clears, there are more than enough corpses to fill this graveyard. Yakuza Graveyard is one of Kinji Fukasaku's more psychological approaches to his Yakuza films, dripping with nihilism and crammed full of energy, the film has all the hallmarks of Fukasaku's other movies. Here, he chooses to focus on the complicated and damaged psyche of Tetsuya Watari's investigator Kuroiwa with the chemistry he shares with Meiko Kaji's Keiko adding some beautiful tenderness to this gripping tale of violence and interpersonal deception. The camera tilts, dives and chases after the exceptional action, at no point becoming lost in the haze of bloody knuckles and muzzle flashes; combining this with Toshiaki Tsushima's prog rock style score and Yakuza Graveyard remains just as emotional, hard-hitting and badass as Fukasaku's other works, maintaining a standard of quality few could rival.
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