Huber Syndrome - Yakuza Films Before Yakuza 0

Would love to play it, but no PC version, no play :(

Making you wait for that Beat Takeshi goodness! Sonantine is my favorite of his yakuza films. Yakuza 3 has some if the same elements, mainly laying low at Okinawa for a while. Seijun Suzuki passed away very recently. He directed some of the 60's/70's classics of the genre like Youth of the Beast and Branded to Kill.

Thank you for the Outrage recommendation Huber! It was my first Yakuza movie and I loved it. I'm stoked to check out some other Yakuza movies now :D

Braulio Valdez

You opened this up to other Asian gangster movies, so I thought I'd post one of my fav. non Yakuza specific ones: Monga - set in the 1980's in Taiwan. <a href="https://youtu.be/ztSLNCNCmM0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ztSLNCNCmM0</a>

Tokyo Slim

Bought Yakuza 0 on your recommendation, loving it so far! The story is amazing and the quirkiness is hysterical at times :) Keep up the good work by the way, been following you guys for about 8 years now, from the GT days and you guys keep getting better! (Please keep doing Tabletop and Retrospective :) )

I don´t like that kind of movies but some is actualy pretty good...

Kamos

Here's a good taste of two of the classic Jo Shishido films. This heavily features the ending of A Colt is My Passport tho - so if you don't want spoilers - I'd not watch this. <a href="https://youtu.be/AMn8og1bU6w" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/AMn8og1bU6w</a>

Tokyo Slim

Outrage is great, Yakuza films, the old Nikkatsu films in particular - have some of the best translated English titles. You don't see movies named with this kind of swagger and confidence anymore. I really enjoy many of the films starring the enhanced cheeks of chipmunk faced badboy Jo Shishido: Check out "A Colt is My Passport" The opening and closing sequences are among my favorites in Yakuza cinema. It's editing and scoring influenced films like Bonnie and Clyde, Resevoir Dogs, and The Punisher. Youth of the Beast is also a classic.

Tokyo Slim

Cool

Kravenar Games

Great episode Huber, have you seen Brother (2000) by Takeshi (Beat) Kitano? <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222851/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222851/</a> Not his best film, or even his most well known Yakuza film (that probably goes to his more recent Outrage trilogy). But I think you'll really like it! :) Yakuza vs Mafia in LA!

Huber I love you so much man!

havik

Thank you for this episode Huber! Because of your hype, last year I went on a spree of playing all the U.S released Yakuzas, (including Dead Souls) in the order they were released. It took me 6 months, and it became one of my favorite franchises in gaming. I have you to thank for introducing me to this stellar series. Sega doesn't need a hedgehog, they have A DRAGON!

Chip Damage Mike