Another classic by Fukasaku on how the Yakuza were a product of a corrupt Japanese society
Cops Vs Thugs was another Yakuza (gangster) masterpiece by director Kinji Fukasaku. It was released in 1975 after his classic series Battles Without Honor And Humanity came out. Cops vs Thugs was filmed in the exact same type of realistic style and featured Bunta Sugawara as his lead once more along with several other actors from Battles.<br /><br />The story takes place in Kurashimi City in 1963 where two factions, the Ohara and the Kawade gangs, are battling it out for control. Things begin in a dramatic fashion as the Ohara raid a new club opened up by the Kawade leading to a bloody fight. Sugawara plays Inspector Kuno a corrupt cop with connections to the Ohara clan and tries to help them in their rivalry with the Kawade.<br /><br />The film emphasizes how corrupt Japanese society was. It’s not just the Yakuza and police who are in bed together, but so were various businessmen and politicians. They were all involved in a deep web of blackmail, bribery and other illegal acts. As one policeman says during a drunken party with both Kuno and Ohara’s men, cops and Yakuza are all the outcasts of society who couldn’t get good jobs.<br /><br />Like Fukasaku’s other films this one does a lot to debunk the myth of the Yakuza which had been promoted for decades in Japanese cinema. Before Yakuza were portrayed as chivalrous heroes who followed a strict code of honor and carried short swords like samurai. Kinji showed that the gangsters were the product of a larger problem with graft within Japanese society, and would lie, cheat, steal, beat, kidnap, murder, etc. people left and right because they were criminals and usually had the protection of the police, politicians and businessmen.<br /><br />If you’ve ever seen any of Kinji Fukasaku’s other films or even if this is your first try you’ll be thoroughly entertained. He created some of the best Yakuza cinema to ever emerge out of Japan.<br />C
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