Kuro no tenshi Vol. 1

Black Angel is a 90's Japanese action thriller about a girl who gets revenge on the Yakuza. That's the gist of it but the movie is also really stylishly filmed and has a lot of emotional depth too. It's directed by Takashi Ishii who also made the classic Yakuza movie "Gonin" as well as it's sequel and if you've seen one of his movies then you'll know what to expect - Violence, gun fights and buckets of blood, a dark and brooding atmosphere, offbeat characters and harsh violence towards female characters who don't really deserve it. It isn't exactly a laugh a minute but i love this kind of movie.

Definitely not for everyone, i can see some people with more "woke" sensibilities disliking it (and his other movies!) but if you like dark and violent Yakuza movies from the 80's and 90's which don't pull their punches then it's a must see. The sequel is very good too but is unrelated to this movie.