‘Youth of the Beast’ – Yakuza cinema out of control on Criterion Channel !Featured, Crime, Criterion, Criterion Channel, DVD, gangsters, International Classics, SVOD, thriller 06/20/202306/20/2023 Sean Axmaker Seijun Suzuki’s delirious take on pulp gangster films blows the lid off the Yakuza genre with mad energy and stylistic excess.
‘Branded to Kill’ – Assassins gone wild on Criterion Channel !Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, gangsters, International Classics, neo-noir, satire, SVOD, thriller 05/17/202305/16/2023 Sean Axmaker Seijun Suzuki directs this absolutely mad yakuza movie that turns downright surreal when rival assassins engage in a sadistic game of cat and mouse.
‘Tokyo Drifter’ – A lonely hitman on a wild odyssey on Criterion Channel !Featured, Blu-ray, Crime, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, gangsters, International Classics, SVOD, thriller 05/08/202309/08/2023 Sean Axmaker Weird, wild, and nearly incomprehensible, Seijun Suzuki’s gangster movie masterpiece recreates the Yakuza genre as a pop-art James Bond cartoon
