Then we’ll go somewhere where nobody knows us. ibid. sister to brother
Don’t forget we’re not a bunch of gangsters now. Tokyo Drifter 1966 starring Tetsuya Watari & Chieko Matsubara & Hideaki Nitani & Tamio Kawaji & Tsuyoshi Yoshida & Ryuji Kita & Hideaki Esumi & Eiji Go et al, director Seijun Suzuki, head gangsta
I’ve reformed but is it all right to let them down? ibid. Tetsu
Help us, Yokyo man! ibid. South side gangsta
You’re on the road yourself; you’ll soon know how a drifter feels. ibid. fellow drifter
I’m not your man any more! ibid. Tetsu
A drifter needs no women. ibid.
It’s the end of the road for ya. Sukiyaki Western Django 2007 starring Quentin Tarentino & Hideaki Ito & Koichi Sato & Yusuke Iseya & Masanobu Ando & Takaaki Ishibashi & Shun Oguri Masato Sakai & Yutaka Matsushige & Quentin Tarantino, director Takashi Miike, triad boss
On a distant island these two clans split into the reds and the whites. ibid.
Hey – if you’re such a quick draw, you don’t need them. Take it all. And tell them to shove their lifetime contract. Boy ... Don’t rush yourself. ibid. woman with hipflask
You boys are a day late and a dollar short. This is our town. ibid. bloke
The time is now! ibid. red gang boss leader
So the Meaning of Life is Shit Happens, huh? ibid. hero
If we win, you can have half. ibid. her to him
You’ve got money. And a gun. And roses too. ibid. hero to boy
Don’t run. Decide for yourself what tomorrow’s gonna be. ibid.
A few years later the kid Heihachi made his way to Italy and was known as a man called Django. ibid.
They say Japan was made by a sword: they say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean. The Last of the Samurai 2003 starring Tom Cruise & Ken Watanabe & Bill Connolly & Shin Koyamada & Tony Goldwyn & Masato Harada & Shichinosuke Nakamura & Timothy Spall & Seizo Fukumoto et al, director Edward Zwick, opening commentary
I say Japan was made by a handful of brave men … A forgotten word – honour. ibid.
I have been hired to help to suppress the rebellion of yet another tribal leader. ibid.
They are an intriguing people: from the moment they wake they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue. ibid.
What does it mean to be Samurai? ibid.
We cannot forget who we are. Or where we come from. ibid. Cruise
And so the days of the Samurai had ended. ibid. Graham
It was just a matter of time before a struggle for resources would ensue. Man was no different – showcasing a perverse fascination with violence. Bunraku 2010 starring Demi Moore & Josh Hartnett & Woody Harrelson & Jordi Molla & Emily Kaiho & Shun Sugata & Ron Perlman et al, director Guy Moshe, opening commentary
Another gang. Another night. Another fight. ibid.
The Yukuza began life in Japan over three hundred and fifty years ago as gamblers, con men, and shady merchants at travelling fairs. They were also said to have protected the poor of the towns and countryside from bands of marauding noblemen. This they did with matchless skill and courage. The Yukuza 1974 starring Robert Mitchum & Ken Takakura & Brian Keith & Herb Edelman & Richard Jordan & Keiko Kishi & Eiji Okada & James Shigeta & Kyosuke Machida & Christina Kokubo et al, director Sydney Pollack, caption
It’s OK to operate here, but don’t forget to pay us our cut. Sonatine 1993 starring Takeshi Kitano & Aya Kokumai & Tetsu Watanabe & Masanobu Katsumura & Susumu Terajima & Ren Osugi & Tonbo Zushi et al, director Takeshi Kitano, opening scene
It’s great not to be afraid of shooting people. ibid. bird
Nobody knows the bad guys like you do. Into the Sun 2005 starring Steven Seagal & Matthew Davis & Takao Osawa & Eddie George & William Atherton & Juliette Marquis & Ken Lo & Akira Terao et al, director Christopher Morrison, boss
In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, Yakuza boss need new heart. I do operation. But, mistake! Yakuza boss die! Yakuza very mad. I hide in fishing boat, come to America. No English, no food, no money. Darryl give me job. Now I have house, American car, and new woman. Darryl save life. My big secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose. I good surgeon. The best! The Office US s6e21: Happy Hour, worker, NBC 2010
Of course I am afraid of the Yakuza. They kind of live in their own exclusive underground world. Twilight of the Yakuza, youngster, Netflix 2013
I still think it is a great organisation with more than 20,000 members. ibid. ex-gangster
These days the pressure of the police is so bad the Yakuza can’t do anything any more. ibid.
There are 22 organised crime syndicates in Japan to this days. The biggest ones are Yamaguchi-gumi, Inagawa-kai, Matsuba-kai, Sumiyoshi-kai. Those are the major players. ibid. rozzer
The strict laws against them have weakened them enough so that their ability to act against invaders is severely impared. ibid.
We are not able to do business any more the way we used to. ibid. Yakuza
They evolved from a noble race of warriors but have earned a darkened terrible reputation during the past 400 years. Manipulators of government and massive amounts of money, they can be powerful allies but fearsome opponents. Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack IV: Yakuza, 2006
The groups comprised nearly 500,000 Samurai. ibid.
Various Japanese government even use the Yakuza as an unofficial police force. ibid.
‘Well, they are the Cosa Nostra, the mafia of Japan. I mean, they’ve been around for 300 years. But when the Japanese were let off the hook in the early 1950s, the Yakuza had an opportunity to become legitimate, and some of them did.’ ibid. comment
By the 1960s the Yakuza had an estimated 184,000 members. ibid.
Australian Gold Coast: In with the tourists came the crime gangs. ibid.
First, a serious of violent events turned the Japanese people against those who had been regarded as their protectors. No longer is it considered desirable to have a Yakuza living on your block. ibid.
‘Now they’re an unknown entity because they are underground.’ ibid.