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Yakuza Quotes

11 quotes from 9 authors

When neon‑lit streets of Japan’s underworld flash on screen, the quotes reveal ambition and frustration behind Yakuza‑themed movies. One writer dreams of a debut film, another notes the shortage of American directors who can handle language gaps. For a view, see pages on crime, Asian cinema, Hollywood typecasting.

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I'd love to do a yakuza movie.

Nicolas Winding Refn

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“but don't worry about the yakuza.”

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I want to do a Yakuza movie.

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I didn't really discover yakuza films until about five or six years ago.

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I honestly do feel like the Yakuza film genre is going away. And I don't personally feel like there's any meaning in…

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Pre-'Tokyo Drift,' I was like: 'Am I gonna play Yakuza #1 and Chinese Waiter #2 for the rest of my life? Is…

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Japanese of my generation try to get through life without stepping on anyone's toes; in some ways that's unnatural and stressful. The…

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“Revenge requires taking oneself apart from the noise of men and of things, even from what resembles them; only the twisted soul…

Kaylin McFarren

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There aren't many American directors here trying to direct a Japanese yakuza film. When you combine that with the fact that I…

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“When I got home, I took a bat and examined my back in detail in the bathroom mirror. This tattoo would be…

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“Everyone looked up, as startled as if there had been an explosion—even the new guy who had been so clueless just an…

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