YAKUZA MOVIE BOOK, THE - A GUIDE TO JAPANESE GANGSTER FILMS

Japanese gangster films, with their stoic yet explosively violent heroes, have influenced everyone from Eastwood to Jarmusch. 'The Yakuza Movie Book' is the first book to look at this genre in detail. It features more than 100 film critiques and "top 10" recommendations plus profiles and interviews of famous actors and directors like Kinji Fukasaku, Takashi Miike, Takeshi -Kitano, Sho Aikawa and Bunta Sugawara. With dozens of stills and striking movie posters, this is a book any film lover willsavor as a viewer's guide and definitive reference.