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  • The Boss's Head (1975)
    Review preview for The Boss's Head

    A spectacularly messy, non-linear car chase near the end makes the most of Kinji Fukasaku's talent as an action director.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Rival yakuza clans engage in a bloody territorial dispute.
  • Last Days Of The Boss (1976)
    Review preview for Last Days Of The Boss

    The flair that Fukasaku would demonstrate in some of his later films comes through strongly here.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A former labourer turned yakuza plots to avenge the murder of the boss who changed his life.
  • The Last Samurai (2003)
    Review preview for The Last Samurai

    Elegant, disciplined and, ultimately, stirring.

    Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
    Tom Cruise goes native in Japan in the years when honour was prized more highly than life itself.
  • Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
    Review preview for Uzumasa Limelight

    What marks out Uzumasa Limelight... is its willingness to combine withering criticism of the laziness and corruption in much modern filmmaking with graciousness in the face of change.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A rising star asks a once prolific film extra for lessons in the art of onscreen swordfighting.
  • Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
    Review preview for Yakuza Graveyard

    Fukasaku can be relied upon to deliver the goods.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    An undercover cop drifts into a gangster lifestyle.

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