Yakuza Ladies

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.

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Hideo Gosha directed Yakuza Ladies in 1986. See Hideo Gosha's full filmography, where to start with Hideo Gosha, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hideo Gosha.

Yakuza Ladies was released in 1986 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 120 minutes.