Yakuza Papers Collection (Japanese) 1973-1974

February 18, 2008 · Posted in Action, Adventure, Crime, Japanese Movies

Yakuza Papers Collection

In the wake of the Bomb, ex-soldier Shozo Hirono [Bunta Sugawara] joins a Hiroshima yakuza gang, the Japanese equivalent of the Mafia and then the shootings, slashings, betrayals, and scheming begin. Premiering a year after The Godfather, The Yakuza Papers also broke box office records and spawned sequels, but, in contrast, took a ruthlessly de-romanticized view of the underworld. Based on an actual gang boss’s memoirs, The Yakuza Papers plunges the audience into a gritty, brutal, violent newsreel of a three-decade struggle for power of Shakespearean complexity, a nihilistic epic unlike any other.

The Yakuza Papers /1-5 +covers/
Country: Japan
Year Released: 1973-1974
DVDRips. XviD
Audio: Japanese
Subtitles English subs