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Blu-ray Review: 88 Films Takes A Departure From Their Usual Genre Films For The Drama “Jakoman & Tetsu”

Bret OswaldApril 24, 2025April 24, 2025

In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.

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Blu-ray Review: Radiance Unleashes The Yakuza Film “Hokuriku Proxy War” On Limited Edition Blu-ray

Bret OswaldFebruary 14, 2025February 14, 2025

A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs.

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Blu-ray™ Review: Radiance Releases A 4K Restoration Of Director Kinji Fukasaku’s Yakuza Film, “Japan Organized Crime Boss”

Bret OswaldNovember 18, 2024November 18, 2024

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama Yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is taken in the crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for control of the city. He tries to …

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Blu-ray Review: “Cops vs Thugs” Is A Frantic Mid-Career Film By One Of The Masters Of The Action Genre

Blake LynchJuly 4, 2017July 4, 2017

[yasr_overall_rating]   Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.

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