Editing Yakuza (section)

=== Film ===
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[[File:Yoidore tenshi poster.jpg|thumb|upright|Poster for the 1948 [[Akira Kurosawa]] film ''[[Drunken Angel]]'', a ''[[yakuza eiga]]''-genre film]]

The yakuza have been in media and culture in many different fashions. Creating its own [[yakuza film|genre]] of movies within Japan's film industry, the portrayal of the yakuza mainly manifests in one of two archetypes; they are portrayed as either honorable and respectable men or as criminals who use fear and violence as their means of operation.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/yakuza-kind-hearted-criminals-or-monsters-in-suits | work=Japan Today | title=Yakuza: Kind-hearted criminals or monsters in suits? | date=10 October 2012 | access-date=18 January 2019 }}</ref> Movies like ''[[Battles Without Honor and Humanity (film)|Battles Without Honor and Humanity]]'' and ''[[Dead or Alive (1999 film)|Dead or Alive]]'' portray some of the members as violent criminals, with the focus being on the violence, while other movies focus more on the "business" side of the yakuza.

The 1992 film ''[[Minbo]]'', a satirical view of yakuza activities, resulted in retaliation against the director, as real-life yakuza gangsters attacked the director [[Juzo Itami]] shortly after the release of the film.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Reposted: The high price of writing about anti-social forces – and those who pay. 猪狩先生を弔う日々 : Japan Subculture Research Center|url = http://www.japansubculture.com/the-high-price-of-writing-about-the-yakuza-and-those-who-pay/|website = japansubculture.com |date = 9 January 2015| access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref>

Yakuza films have also been popular in the Western market with films such as the 1975 film ''[[The Yakuza]]'', the 1989 films ''[[Black Rain (1989 American film)|Black Rain]]'' and ''[[The Punisher (1989 film)|The Punisher]]'', the 1995 film ''[[Johnny Mnemonic (film)|Johnny Mnemonic]]'', the 2005 film ''[[Into the Sun (2005 film)|Into the Sun]]'', 2013's ''[[The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine]]'', 2018 film ''[[The Outsider (2018 film)|The Outsider]]'', and ''[[Snake Eyes (2021 film)|Snake Eyes]]'' in 2021.