任にん侠きょう映えい画が

noun

yakuza film; yakuza movie

Refers to a genre of Japanese cinema focusing on chivalrous yakuza, often emphasizing honor and duty. The term 任侠 itself denotes chivalry or a code of honor among gangsters.

See also: 任侠団体

• 高たか倉くら健けんは任にん侠きょう映えい画がで有ゆう名めいになった。

  Ken Takakura became famous through yakuza films.

• 任にん侠きょう映えい画がは1960年ねん代だいに全ぜん盛せい期きを迎むかえた。

  Yakuza films reached their peak in the 1960s.