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The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode

The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode

1974
Drama, Crime
1h 40m
n this violent and morally ambiguous crime drama from master genre filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku, Takeda (Akira Kobayashi), a longtime leader of one of Hiroshima's Yakuza families (the Japanese Mafia), attempts to resolve the longtime war between various mob factions by reshaping his organization into a political organization that would be both powerful and legal. (All Movie Guide)
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The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode

1974
Drama, Crime
1h 40m
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Rated 18 Sep 2012
75
74th
Unsurprisingly, Fukasaku's mobster epic closes on a down beat as a new generation of yakuza take the reins and the cyclical nature of violence takes over, despite Hirono's best efforts. The restructuring of the mob as a political entity had some interesting potential that was left frustratingly unexplored, but the expected scheming, murders and wild scraps are all there. One final note: all the music in this series is excellent.
Rated 17 Apr 2010
6
70th
These have gotten better as it progressed so I can't help but be disappointed. As this, so clearly states, is the final episode, you'd expect it'd be a lot more exciting and satisfying than it's predecessors. Instead it just kind of fizzles out. So I'll openly admit that my expectations had a serious influence on my experience. That electric cinematography is still there though and as great as ever. Oh and Tsushima's score is brilliant in all 5 as well.
Rated 15 Oct 2017
90
87th
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Rated 10 Dec 2011
5
80th
I can't imagine it ending any other way.
Rated 01 Dec 2011
70
55th
This wonderful series doesn't really conclude in a satisfying way. A major problem of this 5th movie is that there is never a 'wow' moment that you'll remember once it's over and the fate of most characters won't be clear at all. It still has the ingredients that made the other movies so cool, but we're getting used to them by now. I did like the idea that the Yakuza are trying to become a political coalition, shame it wasn't developed further.
Rated 19 May 2017
70
75th
A fitting end to the first five films in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series. Jô Shishido is in this one which was a nice surprise. They made an additional 4 films after this one so the final episode moniker is a bit of a false statement.
Rated 19 Nov 2018
75
60th
The yakuza have gone semi-legal in a big alliance that's fronting as a political organisation. But of course it's not before long till there again fractions forming and incrowd fighting. So it's all back to business as usual. Which is exactly the point; men will scheme and fight to on top and people will die from all the violence stemming from it, which begets more violence. And with this cynical view on the never ending cycle of violence, that the series comes to a satisfying conclusion

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