A Study Of Japanese Gangster Films From The Perspective Of Genre Films

Film history is a history composed by film practitioners and fans.As an individual in the history of film,his personal experience and creative thinking are inseparable from the whole history of film.This is especially true of the development history of genre films.It seems to have a spiritual main line,including all works branded with this type,but it does not hinder each film from creating its own theme and style.The history of Japanese gangster films in the past hundred years not only shaped the domestic film style,but also influenced the growth of other directors.To study the theme style of Japanese gangster films is to study the creation method of genre films.How to shoot the unique works in the production of model films.This seemingly paradoxical proposition exists in many directors.Just as the filmmakers discovered Hitchcock,we will also explore how directors in the history of Japanese gangster films infuse their own aesthetic characteristics into genre films.In the systematic review of the history of Japanese gangster films,we will find out the mature industrial system and development process of Japanese gangster films,which will be introduced with the main line of release time sequence,but the focus will be on the similarities and differences analysis of gangster film routes formulated by several Japanese film studios.Because the shooting theme and style of Japanese gangster films in their heyday have a great deal to do with the route decided by the brand,the analysis of the specific works of each director in the studio system will help us to clearly grasp the stage and commonality in the development process of Japanese gangster films.Type element is the foundation of making type slice a pattern.Japanese gangster films are built on the gangster culture represented by Yakuza,a cultural symbol with Japanese characteristics.Through the comparison and consideration of a large number of Japanese gangster films,a series of recurring type characteristics are summed up,so as to find the local characteristics of Japanese gangster films.The main part of the paper will focus on the discussion of theme and style.First of all,from the perspective of the theme of the film,combined with a number of Japanese directors’ gangster films to carry out specific analysis,compare thesimilarities and differences of these directors in the setting of the theme of the story,and find out their inheritance and subversion in the theme.For example,Kinji Fukasaku’s "war of no benevolence and justice" is based on the actual Mafia conflagration,while Kitano Takeshi ’s films are tragic and contain fatalism and suicide plots,while the new type of Mafia films made by Takashi Miike are mostly about the social psychology of identity and national estrangement,and the new directors Kazuya Shiraishi have both taken the Mafia world into consideration The works that are put together with social problems to think about also have excellent works that return to pay homage to the theme of the old gang movies.There are many other directors who don’t take gangster films as their main shooting works.Combined with their own concerns,they have produced various alternative works with distinct themes.In this variety of juxtaposition comparison,summed up the evolution of the theme of Japanese gangster films.Finally,the style of Japanese gangster films will be discussed from the perspective of director technique.Whether it’s Kinji Fukasaku’s real recording style of deep and crude recording,the fusion type gangster film of the cult film style of Takashi Miike,or the cruel and violent scene suddenly appeared after the cold shot of Kitano Takeshi,it’s the embodiment of the strong author’s style.This style is also related to the overall trend of the film industry at that time.By combing this style,we can clearly comb out the changes of Japanese gangster films in style,and also dig out the significance of specific style for the theme of the works.