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Yakuza (ヤクザ), also known as Gokudō (極道), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan.

Visuals[]

Yakuza aesthetic visuals typically include either black-and-white photography or artwork depicting various activities and fashion styles of the Yakuza. Tattoos are very common traits of Yakuza imagery, and these tattoos usually consist of artwork of Japanese cultural staples or Japanese folk tales.

  • Black-and-white filter or photography
  • Tattoos (usually of Japanese women and/or Japanese cultural symbols)
  • Weapons, particularly guns
  • Cities
  • Imagery of Japanese dragons
  • Drugs, particularly tobacco

Pinterest[]

Fashion[]

Yakuza are known for wearing suits, often with unusual colors.

Music[]

Playlists[]

Media[]

TV/Film[]

  • A Diary of Chuji's Travels (Daisuke Itō, 1927)
  • Drunken Angel (Akira Kurosawa, 1948)
  • Underworld Beauty (Seijun Suzuki, 1958)
  • Pale Flower (Masahiro Shinoda, 1964)
  • Abashiri Prison (Teruo Ishii, 1965)
  • Brutal Tales of Chivalry (Kiyoshi Saeki, 1965)
  • Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki, 1966)
  • Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki, 1967)
  • Sympathy for the Underdog (Kinji Fukasaku, 1971)
  • The Yakuza (Sydney Pollack, 1974)
  • Street Mobster (Kinji Fukasaku, 1972)
  • Graveyard of Honor (Kinji Fukasaku, 1975)
  • Black Rain (Ridley Scott, 1989)
  • Boiling Point (Takeshi Kitano, 1990)
  • Minbo (Juzo Itami, 1992)
  • Brother (Takeshi Kitano, 2000)
  • Gozu (Takashi Miike, 2003)
  • Kill Bill series (Quentin Tarantino, 2003-2004)
  • Outrage (Takeshi Kitano, 2010)
  • Nisekoi (Naoshi Komi, 2011-present)
  • The Outsider (Martin Zandvliet, 2018)
  • John Wick: Chapter 4 (Chad Stahelski, 2023)

Video Games[]

  • Red Steel (2006)
  • Yakuza/Like A Dragon (game series) (2005 - present)

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