Yakuza Graveyard (1976) poster
1976 · yakuza · crime · police

Yakuza Graveyard

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku1h 37m1976
ElsewhereIMDb7.11kRT100%TMDB6.635
  • heavy
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • bleak
Movie DNA

Heavy, breathless, extreme yakuza / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.

Our read · Yakuza Graveyard (1976) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded yakuza · crime · police entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a raw, cynical Japanese yakuza cop drama full of betrayal and violence.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena rollercoastergrips by minute 15attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if bleak yakuza films or constant brutality will sour your night.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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