The 1970s were arguably the busiest period within the career of esteemed Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku. While continuing the “New Battles Without Honor and Humanity”-series of movies, he adapted his unique take on the yakuza movie on other projects as well, adding new aspects to the themes of his work, the portrayal of post-war Japan, the link between crime and politics, as well as the destructive male behavior. Even though he had already introduced many notable characters in his movies, perhaps his interpretation of Rikio Ishikawa, the protagonist of Fujita Goro’s work on the life of this real-life yakuza, is the most unforgettable. In “Graveyards of Honor”, Fukasaku explores the nature of self-destructive behavior, making a bold and quite bleak statement about the direction his home country was heading for in the 1970s.
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