"Graveyard of Honor"
1976
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku presents one of his most bleak and violent depictions of Japan's yakuza underworld in this highly stylized character study, based on a true story. In one brutal scene after another, Fukasaku charts the downward spiral of a sociopathic loser, played by Tetsuya Watari, who desperately tries to succeed as a yakuza gangster. With each destructive action, he not only subverts the norms of traditional society, but also trangresses the codes of the yakuza with a nihilistic zeal. Japanese with English subtitles.  93 minutes.