Black Triad trilogy
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The Black Triad trilogy (aka Black Society Trilogy, Triad Society Trilogy) is a series of films directed by Takashi Miike
involving triads and yakuza
. The films are three separate entities without storyline crossovers. Tomorowo Taguchi
plays a prominent role in all three of the films, albeit as different characters.
Films:
Takashi Miike
is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions...
involving triads and yakuza
Yakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
. The films are three separate entities without storyline crossovers. Tomorowo Taguchi
Tomorowo Taguchi
is a Japanese actor.After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan in 1982...
plays a prominent role in all three of the films, albeit as different characters.
Films:
- Shinjuku Triad SocietyShinjuku Triad SocietyShinjuku Triad Society is a 1995 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. The film is one of the earliest examples of Miike's use of extreme violence and unusual characterization, two aspects he would become notorious for...
- Rainy DogRainy DogRainy Dog is a Japanese movie directed by Takashi Miike. Although the movie contains a fair amount of controversial material, the overall theme of the movie is place on the unlikely relationships formed between a hitman and his girlfriend / hooker and son.This movie is the second part of the Black...
- Ley LinesLey Lines (1999 film)Ley Lines is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike, and is the third film in his 'Triad Society' trilogy , following 1995's Shinjuku Triad Society and 1997's Rainy Dog...