Black Society Collection

Black Society Collection

3 Movies

After several years spent working almost exclusively in the direct-to-video world of V-cinema in Japan, Takashi Miike announced himself as a world-class filmmaking talent with this trio of thematically-connected, character-centric crime stories about violence, the underworld of Japanese society, families both real and surrogate, and the possibly hopeless task of finding one's place in the world. His first films made specifically for theatrical release, and his first for a major studio, the Black Society Trilogy was the beginning of Miike's mature career as a filmmaker and they remain among the prolific director's finest works.

ALL MOVIES IN ORDER

1. Shinjuku Triad Society
1995 · ★ 6.3
Tatsuhito, a cop, pursues Chinese warlord Wang through the underworld of Shinjuku and over to Taiwan…
2. Rainy Dog
1997 · ★ 6.8
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when…
3. Ley Lines
1999 · ★ 6.4
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringin…