"Blackmail Is My Life"
1968
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

Japanese auteur Kinji Fukasaku offers a glimpse into the life of yakuza youth in this exciting slice of pulp cinema. A group of small-time punks, led by a rags-to-riches upstart (Hiroki Matsukata), take on Japan's corrupt establishment using blackmail as their main weapon. "A pop-art-influenced exercise in manic storytelling" (Chicago Reader). Japanese with English subtitles.  89 minutes.