Gokudō Explained
is a Japanese word whose contemporary main usage may be translated as lowlife.[1] [2]
In film
In film the word is often associated with yakuza films[3] and the use of sex and violence. Various films, including films by Takashi Miike,[4] include the word in their titles[5] but it is difficult to assert it is a genre or subgenre.[6]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Kent . Eddy . Negative Cosmopolitanism: Cultures and Politics of World Citizenship after Globalization . Tomsky . Terri . 2017-11-10 . McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP . 978-0-7735-5205-0 . en.
- Book: Whiting, Robert . Tokyo Underworld: The fast times and hard life of an American Gangster in Japan . 2012-06-21 . Little, Brown Book Group . 978-1-78033-517-9 . en.
- Book: Jacob, Frank . The Yakuza in Popular Media: Honorable Criminals or Violent Gangsters? . 2021-10-15 . Büchner-Verlag . 978-3-96317-805-4 . en.
- Book: Sharp, Jasper . Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema . 2011-10-13 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-7541-8 . en.
- Book: Standish, Isolde . A New History of Japanese Cinema . 2006-05-08 . Bloomsbury Publishing USA . 978-1-4411-6154-3 . en.
- Book: Schilling, Mark . Contemporary Japanese Film . 1999-11-01 . Shambhala Publications . 978-0-8348-0415-9 . en.