Battles Without Honor and Humanity
The Yakuza have been in media and culture in many different fashions. Creating its own genre of movies within Japan's film industry, the portrayal of the Yakuza mainly manifests in one of two archetypes; they are portrayed as either honorable and respectable men or as criminals who use fear and violence as their means of operation. Movies like "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" and "Dead or Alive" portray some of the members as violent criminals, with the focus being on the violence, while other movies focus more on the "business" side of the Yakuza.