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Graveyard of Honor

Original title: Jingi no hakaba
  • 19751975
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.7K
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POPULARITY
83,579
17,848
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
ActionCrime
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
83,579
17,848
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    • Director
      • Kinji Fukasaku
    • Writers
      • Tatsuhiko Kamoi(screenplay)
      • Hirô Matsuda(screenplay)
      • Fumio Kônami(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Tetsuya Watari
      • Tatsuo Umemiya
      • Yumi Takigawa
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Kinji Fukasaku
    • Writers
      • Tatsuhiko Kamoi(screenplay)
      • Hirô Matsuda(screenplay)
      • Fumio Kônami(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Tetsuya Watari
      • Tatsuo Umemiya
      • Yumi Takigawa
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    • 11User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Tetsuya Watari
    Tetsuya Watari
    • Rikio Ishikawa
    Tatsuo Umemiya
    • Kozaburo Imai
    Yumi Takigawa
    • Chieko Ishikawa
    Eiji Gô
    Eiji Gô
    • Makoto Sugiura
    Noboru Andô
    • Ryunosuke Nozu
    Hajime Hana
    • Shuzo Kawada
    Mikio Narita
    Mikio Narita
    • Noboru Kajiki
    Kunie Tanaka
    Kunie Tanaka
    • Katsuji Ozaki
    Shingo Yamashiro
    • Hiroshi Tamura
    Reiko Ike
    Reiko Ike
    • Teruko Imai
    Hideo Murota
    • Yasuo Matsuoka
    Meika Seri
    • Woman in the slums
    Takuji Aoki
    Kenjirô Asano
    Hidehiro Aya
    Kenta Dan
    Saburô Date
    Saburô Date
    Ryôko Ema
    • Director
      • Kinji Fukasaku
    • Writers
      • Tatsuhiko Kamoi(screenplay)
      • Hirô Matsuda(screenplay)
      • Fumio Kônami(screenplay)
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    User reviews11

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    Top review
    7/10
    A good Japanese crime film
    Definitely has similarities to Fukasaku's Yakuza Papers series (not that there's anything wrong with that!) in terms of pacing and visuals. It is, however, a little easier to follow, thanks to honing in on one main protagonist all the way through, and not having as many important supporting characters.

    Most challenging here is that the protagonist does some really terrible things, even by the standards of crime film protagonists. He's not supposed to be likeable of course, but the film arguably does go a little further than it needs to when it comes to how he treats some female characters.

    Other complaints might be some occasional weird, jarring edits, and the colour filters - while keeping things varied - didn't always seem to be purposeful? But that might just be me.

    So there are problems, but the acting is good, as is everything that works in the Yakuza Papers series, so Graveyard of Honor is easy to recommend to any fans of that series, or Yakuza movies like them.

    Am looking forward to watching Miike's remake, too. I hope there's a good reason for it being 40 minutes longer than this one, too.
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    • Release date
      • February 15, 1975 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Home Vision Entertainment (DVD Distributor)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Psycho Junkie
    • Filming locations
      • Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
    • Production company
      • Toei Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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