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Films directed by Kinji Fukasaku

reelscum lists 5 films directed or co-directed by Kinji Fukasaku. They were released between 1972 and 2000. The subgenres that appear most often are Yakuza (4 films), Poliziotteschi (1 film) and Transgressive & midnight (1 film).

They are credited to Japan (5). Most were released in the 1970s (4) and 2000s (1).

Entries include Cops vs. Thugs (1975), Street Mobster (1972) and Graveyard of Honor (1975). Each links to its own page with a verdict, rating axes and where to watch.

Poster for Cops vs. Thugs

Cops vs. Thugs

1975 · Japan · 100m

Fukasaku again, arguing the two categories in the title are the same.

Poster for Street Mobster

Street Mobster

1972 · Japan · 88m

Bunta Sugawara as pure appetite. The jitsuroku style arriving fully formed.

Poster for Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

1975 · Japan · 93m

Fukasaku's nastiest. A gangster too unstable for organised crime.

Poster for Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973 · Japan · 99m

Not pinky violence. Fukasaku's handheld yakuza epic, and a classic.

Poster for Battle Royale

Battle Royale

2000 · Japan · 113m

A class of ninth-graders handed weapons and told to kill each other. Fukasaku at seventy, swinging hard.