Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

Big atonements for big sins: is there really any sympathy for Lady Vengeance?
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Ong Bak

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Ong Bak

The tough guy from the countryside will break your bones.
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Battle Royale

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Battle Royale

Would you kill your best friend?
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Portland Street Blues

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Portland Street Blues

Out of all the gangster movies, Portland Street Blues is the one that often feels like it has real-life stories of poor and working class people at its core.
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The Mission Hong Kong

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: The Mission

Can you betray the bonds of brotherhood and still consider yourself a man?
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Young and Dangerous Hong Kong

Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Young and Dangerous

The Hong Kong movie that launched a thousand (and more) haircuts: Young and Dangerous
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Usagi Drop film

Usagi Drop

If this were an American film, it would wring maximum I am Sam pathos: there would be a huge custody battle between Daikichi and the kid’s ex-junkie mom who’s now married to a tech billionaire, Daikichi would have a criminal past or secretly be a stripper, Rin would develop cancer or fall out of an airplane...anyway, if you know American films, you get the idea.
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