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Beat Takeshi’s SONATINE, a movie about gangsters playing on the beach and ennui

Beat Takeshi’s SONATINE, a movie about gangsters playing on the beach and ennui

Murakawa is a mid-level yakuza boss but he could be anybody. He has no physical presence. He stares blankly into the distance when no one…
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Matt A. Gaydos
Lee Chang-Dong’s Burning, Parasite’s feverish cousin, goes a step further.

Lee Chang-Dong’s Burning, Parasite’s feverish cousin, goes a step further.

“Day after day I produce rien — nothingness.”
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Matt A. Gaydos
Love in the time of Yakuza

Love in the time of Yakuza

Kinji Fukasaku’s Hiroshima Death Match (1973)
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Matt A. Gaydos
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