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This is tangentially related but fascinating. A terrific movie called Minbo came out in Japan thirty or so years ago. It's about the Yakuza and not very flatter
by xrd 3y ago
This is tangentially related but fascinating. A terrific movie called Minbo came out in Japan thirty or so years ago. It's about the Yakuza and not very flattering. The director was stabbed at the premier. Then, later, died of suicide in very suspicious circumstances.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minbo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minbo
All his movies were terrific.
- instagib 3y agoA former member of the Goto-gumi recounted the murder as follows: "We set it up to stage his murder as a suicide. We dragged him up to the rooftop and put a gun in his face. We gave him a choice: jump and you might live or stay and we'll blow your face off. He jumped. He didn't live." Looks like it’s available on justwatch which I’ve never heard of . 20-30+ year old movies are hard to find. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/minbo-the-gentle-art-of-japanese-extortion https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/minbo-the-gentle-art-of-j...
- xrd 3y agoIt's really good. Good find.
- PyWoody 3y agoThe Criterion Channel is a treasure trove for old and obscure movies. It's the only streaming service I'll never cancel.
- pandemic_region 3y agoAs a European, I weep everytime Criterion channel is mentioned :-(
- dbspin 3y agoUse a VPN to set up an account. Then you can use EU wide without a VPN. Doesn't require US credit card. You're welcome :)
- pandemic_region 3y agoThat actually works? They don't detect and counter common VPN providers? What about the bandwidth, can you stream hd over it?
- spondyl 3y agoJustWatch isn't a streaming service to be clear. It's a directory of where you can stream any given movie/series in your region, if available at all.
- neurostimulant 3y agoSomeone uploaded it to archive.org: https://archive.org/search?query=minbo&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22 https://archive.org/search?query=minbo&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3...
- realityloop 3y agoIt’s available on Archive.org https://archive.org/details/MinboOrTheGentleArtOfJapaneseExtortion https://archive.org/details/MinboOrTheGentleArtOfJapaneseExt...
- PyWoody 3y agoWow, he directed Tampopo. That's hard to mentally reconcile for me. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the suggestion!
- heyoni 3y agoI know. That movie is kinda wholesome in comparison.
- saiya-jin 3y ago> It satirizes the yakuza, who retaliated for their portrayal in the film by killing the director. They did kill him, and even admitted that later.