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Image	Title	Director	Description	Year	Order
	BIRD PEOPLE IN CHINA, THE (DVD)	Miike, Takashi	A Japanese businessman is sent to China in search of jade that his company can exploit. He travels many days by boat and foot through stunning scenery with his guide and a loud yakuza, but instead of finding jade they come across a tribe of "bird people”. According to legend the people had the ability to float among the nearby peaks on light wooden wings, but it seems they have long since forgotten how to fly. The men soon discover more than they expected on their journey, not least about themselves. A definite departure from the director of Ichi the Killer, the film really does show Takashi Miike’s absolute solid skills as a director. Letterboxed. Japanese with English subtitles.	1998
	BLUES HARP (DVD)	Miike, Takashi	When an ambitious yakuza’s life is saved by a harmonica-playing bartender, the two soon become friends despite the fact that the bartender moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Trouble is soon on the horizon though when the yakuza member conspires to replace his boss and a bodyguard becomes murderously jealous of his homo love of the bartender. In yet another Takashi Miike gem, these criminal characters are portrayed with what seems like genuine affection while never glorifying the Yakuza lifestyle. Letterboxed. Japanese with English subtitles.	1998
	COPS vs. THUGS (DVD)	Fukasaku, Kinji	The last two remaining gangs in Kurashima City, Ohara and Kawade, are in tatters with the Ohara boss in prison. Sensing the opportunity to strike their enemies while their leader is incarcerated, the Kawade gang decide to stage a raid on a club owned by their rivals. The temporary boss of the Ohara gang soon discovers that his childhood friend is now a police detective assigned to clean up the underworld. With and epic showdown looming, loyalties become strained and honour pushes the boundaries of the law in this amazing Yakuza film from Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale). Letterboxed. Japanese with English subtitles.	1975
	GRAVEYARD OF HONOUR - 2002 (DVD)	Miike, Takashi	This is Takashi Miike's remake of Kinji Fukasaku's 1975 film of the same name. A man is propelled into a relatively high ranking position in the Yakuza after saving the head of the family’s life. His violent personality makes him feared and respected, but he eventually pisses off the family so bad that not even giving up his little finger would get him off the hook. Next thing you know, the stage is then set for a small scale gang war. The hefty doses of violence in this film are definitely more raw and real, reminiscent of the classic Yakuza flicks than a usual Miike film. Letterboxed. Japanese with English subtitles.	2002
	HIRUKO: THE GOBLIN (DVD)	Tsukamoto, Shinya	Shinya Tsukamoto's tale concerns the awakening of an ancient demon intent on mass slaughter. Some really crazy ideas (such as each subsequent victim's profile being emblazoned as a scarred portrait into the flesh of one character) populate this Raimi influenced flick. Also known as Yokai Hanta - Hiruko. Japanese with English Subtitles. Letterboxed.	1990
	JAPAN ORGANISED CRIME BOSS (DVD)	Fukasaku, Kinji	The Yakuza is in turmoil when Osaka's ruthless Danno Organisation has ambitions to take over and control the entire Japanese underworld. An alliance is formed between the remaining Yakuza clans to take on the might of the Danno Organisation and Tsukamoto is released from prison after eight years, hoping to lead a quiet life away from the gang's activities. When Danno's men assassinate Tsukamoto’s boss, he is forced to lead his gang in the territorial war and soon learns that things have changed while he was in prison and the new ruthless breed of criminal lives and fights without honour! Letterboxed. Japanese with English subtitles.	1969
	LEY LINES (DVD)	Miike, Takashi	Ley Lines is the last part of Miike Takashi's Triad Society trilogy, but it (and the other parts) can be seen out of order as they contain no recurring characters or storylines. Three Japanese teenagers, born from Chinese parents, decide to leave their hometown where they feel they don't fit for Tokyo. There, they meet a drug maker, his African mate, a Chinese born prostitute and a yakuza boss. The film shows the difficulties that these people have for integration in Japanese society, and their search for an identity. Being one of Miike’s best films, it is a technical masterpiece that is full of typical outlandish characters, plenty of action scenes and genuinely emotional performances. Letterboxed. Japanese with English subtitles.	1999
	MODERN YAKUZA: STREET MOBSTER (DVD)	Fukasaku, Kinji	This is a bloody violent view of a renegade street punk that loves fighting and never backs down from a fight, no matter how suicidal. The film follows him as he talks about his youth, his incarceration and picks up with getting his old gang back together. When he starts taking over the town, things go sour and he decides to start a guerrilla war between the rival gangs with deadly consequences for all. More great Yakuza action from Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale). Letterboxed. Japanese with English subtitles.	1972
	RAINY DOG (DVD)	Miike, Takashi	Rainy Dog is the second part of Miike Takashi's Triad Society trilogy, but it (and the other parts) can be seen out of order as they contain no recurring characters or storylines. A yakuza on the run relocates to Taipei, Taiwan where he ends up working as hitman for a local boss. A woman shows up at his doorstep and leaves a mute boy with him, whom she claims is his. Not really acknowledging the boy, the hitman simply goes about his business of killing people while the boy follows him everywhere. The hitman eventually develops a relationship with a prostitute, and along with the boy the three slowly grow closer into a family. Avoiding the extreme, unusual and shocking elements for which his work is known, Miike makes an artful gangster movie that is gently paced and philosophical. Letterboxed. Japanese with English subtitles.	1997
	YAKUZA GRAVEYARD (DVD)	Fukasaku, Kinji	A brooding, misfit cop develops a bond with a local crime-lord which leads him on the trail of a group of corrupt money-laundering cops. When a rival gang assassinates the mobster and the detective falls in love with the man's sister, he ultimately becomes involved in the turbulent underworld that he was investigating. Hard-hitting, controversial crime film filled with strong statements of social criticism from Fukasaku Kinji (Battle Royale). Letterboxed. Japanese with English Subtitles.	1976