If you loved Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather, try Yakuza Ladies
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Hideo Gosha, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Yakuza Ladies is
You inherit a Yakuza clan when your husband gets a long sentence. But rival families smell blood in the water. Gosha's widescreen compositions bring operatic weight to a genre usually defined by quick cuts. One feels the weight of tradition.

