While The Godfather romanticized the American Mafia in the early 1970s, Kinji Fukasaku's five-film series known as The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor & Humanity revolutionized the Japanese yakuza film with unprecedented intensity.
The The Yakuza Papers collection gathers 5 films released across 1973–1974. Below is every entry in release order, each linking through to its cast, crew and full details in LDB — the Loaded Database.