Yakuza Boy

Yakuza Boy (Japanese: ブラスナックル, Hepburn: Burasunakkuru) is a 1984 Japanese action crime film written and directed by Moshi Kawara and produced by Toei Animation. Based on the 1978 crime novel Brass Knuckles, it tells the story of Daichi Hondo, the son of a Yakuza boss who after spending time in a juvinile detention center decides to get revenge on his father and gang all while trying to find an alternative from a life of crime.

Relesed in Japan on March 16, 1984, like most of Kawara's films, New Line Cinema aquired the American distribution rights and released later that year it on October 24. Despite (or due to) controversy over it's depiction of violence, the film made a healthy profit for the distributor before being outgrossed by A Nightmare on Elm Street which came out a month later. Despite it's success, Kawara ended his deal with Toei soon after and moved to freelance directing.

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US Home Media

 * 1985 RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video VHS/Betamax (under license from New Line Cinema)
 * 1990 Image Entertainment Laserdisc (under license from New Line Cinema)
 * 1995 New Line Home Video VHS (distributed by Turner Home Entertainment)
 * 2004 New Line Home Entertainment DVD
 * 2022 Warner Archive Blu-ray