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Imhyeop (任侠) is a genre of Yakuza movies that were popular in Japan in the past. Imhyeop is a term used to refer to a thief , and is also a title that the Yakuza use to glorify themselves. Because it was a once famous genre, it is also used as a general term for all creative works dealing with the Yakuza. But the Yakuza story[1] There are many other genres that deal with the Yakuza. The difference from the Yakuza historical records is that in many cases, the Yakuza are glorified as cool as thugs .

Broadly speaking, it is a type of hard-boiled film along with Western and Hong Kong noir and Korean gangster American cargo . If translated into Korean, it can be said to be ‘hypocrisy.’

Among Japan's forestry yakuza films, the ones produced by Toei are the most famous. Due to Toei's success, other film companies also produced forestry yakuza films, but they did not achieve as great success as Toei. Yakuza films produced by Toei can be largely classified into forest yakuza films and real yakuza films. Forest forest films are mostly set in the period from the 1870s to the 1940s, express yakuza as knights, and extremely beautify yakuza. Movies and real yakuza films are set in modern times from the 1940s onwards, and are films that express the yakuza as they are without beautifying them. Most of these films are based on true stories or real people. However, if the material is based on a true story or a real person, a little beautification of the person is included. The Showazan Engagement series, the Red Peony series, the Nippon Kyushuden, and the Nihon Gyakuza series are representative works of forestry yakuza movies, and the works that are representative of the real yakuza movies include the War without Loyalty series, the Grave of Loyalty, the Yakuza's Grave, and the Hokuriku Deputy . There are movies like war. At the time, Imhyeop's film received enthusiastic support from the fighters for military service and the riders of the New Left Movement, because the image of the main character rushing into the enemy camp alone against the power of evil overlapped with their feelings of fighting against the power and engaging in the dissident movement. At the late-night theater that screened Imhyeop films at the time, the students of the martial arts group gathered to watch the movie, and at the climax, when the main character finally drew his sword, "I've been waiting for you, brother." It is said that it was a common sight to see them shouting joy.

The reason why the genre of commercial drama emerged in Japan and glorifies the Yakuza is because the Japanese entertainment industry itself is often involved with the Yakuza. If you look at Japanese comics, even though they appear as villains, they are at least loyal and there are a lot of positive things about them. If you openly criticize the Yakuza, severe punishment awaits you. When Japanese film director Juzo Itami made the film Minbo's Woman , which was a full-scale expose of the yakuza, the yakuza, who were offended by the content, sent a group of five people with tools and beat them just enough not to kill them . Even after being faced with such hardships, Zhou Zhou said, ‘I will not break. He showed a wonderful attitude by declaring, ‘I will traverse freedom through movies.’ However, when the media later spread suspicions about his affair, he committed suicide by jumping to his death , saying, 'I will prove my innocence by dying.' It is said that the Yakuza took the lead in spreading the suspicions. His best friend and brother-in-law , Kenzaburo Oe, translated the shock into a full-length novel, which also tells the story of how he was lynched by the Yakuza. However, if it is a work that utilizes reality well, Yakuza will receive favorable reviews even if it is negative. A representative example is the annals of Yakuza movies, War Without Loyalty , and among recent media, Takeshi Kitano 's Outrage is a good example of the yakuza's ecology, mixing betrayal with betrayal, adding betrayal, and ending with betrayal (...). Ushijima, a loan shark , also appears frequently as a Yakuza, but like other characters in the story, he is not sane, and his violent, mean, and despicable appearance stands out.

In the case of games, the Dragon Like series is a representative example. This game series itself is a work influenced by Lim Hyeop-mul. Because of this, there are many fans, such as celebrities, who often claim to be fans, but there are also many antis who criticize it for being a Yakuza glorification game, making it one of the series that is a representative hot potato in the Japanese game industry.