Graveyard of Honor (1975)

This film certainly goes a long way to earn its reputation as a seminal work in the demystification of the yakuza legend. However, it also unfortunately slips into the portrait-of-a-rotten-bastard genre that I can never seem to get into. (See also: Chopper, Gangster No. 1.) Ambles along at an okay pace until the lead character gets into heroin, at which point it turns into an interminable bore. Not sure what else there is to say about this one; if you can think of something, let me know.

Grade: C