Yakuza Wolf: Perform Murder (1972)

Sonny Chiba turns up in town to avenge his father's murder and find his sister, and woe betide any yakuza scumbags who get in his way.

Yakuza Wolf is as stylish and sleazy as you'd expect from an early 70's Toei film, but Chiba's antihero is a bit too taciturn and seems to sort of drift through the carnage without much interest, which then transfers to the viewer.

It's hard to say a film with this much blood and boob is boring, but it's less engaging than contemporaries like Karate Kiba and Yakuza Deka. Chiba's restraint also extends to the action, which primarily involves shootouts and doesn't give Chiba many opportunities to show his martial arts skills.

It's all fine, perfectly watchable, but there isn't much there to make the film stand out.