Gokujo ~ Gokudō Maniac Girl Mizuno

October 27, 2009 in Funny, Nyan Koi
Tags: Giri-ninjo, Gokudou, Gokujo, Kaede Mizuno, Nyan Koi, Rekijo, Takeshi Kitano, Yakuza

Mizuno really loves anything with manly spirit ~ Nyan Koi E01

極道 (ごくどう, Gokudō, organized crime)

The Yakuza films, such as the films of Fukasaku Kinji, early on dealt with highly stylized samurai-era gangs, the precursor of the modern Yakuza gangs today. These films that enjoyed theur greatest popularity during 1963-1973 embodied the concept of “giri-ninjo” or the “sacrifice of individuality for the sake of the group” and virtues such as “loyalty, dedication and subservience”. The traditional older Yakuza films featured heroes more concerned with honor than personal gain. As a new Japanese audience started to seek more sophisticated fare, new modern Yakuza films began to rise in popularity, as epitomized in the films of modern Japanese Renaissance man and writer/director/actor “Beat” Takeshi Kitano who revolutionized the modern Yakuza film into a vibrant genre in which cool killers ruthlessly deal with rival gangs in films such as Hana-Bi (1997) and Sonatine (1993).

Film and Television Portrayals of organized Crime, Brian Cogan, 2007, p28