This Month’s #CultShelf Yakuza film directors have been Kinji Fukasaku and Takeshi “Beat” Kitano
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JFC we end just as brutally as we began.. in addition to all of the violence along the way
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… but then puts them back on b/c Masuo Gunji makes himself vulnerable for no bitch
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Masuo Gunji only takes of his sunglasses for the ladies
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JFC the bodies are really piling up as this winds down
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surely nothing violent could happen at a yakuza dinner featuring a performance of beautiful traditional dancing/s
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Just gonna assume “Sympathy for the Underdog” didn’t take off a pool party classic
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Maybe there are some nonviolent ways to solve these yakuza foibles??
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WTF I get that supplies are limited but using any kind of alcohol directly on a wound can cause tissue damage
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