A number of friendships between men in Michael Cimino's "Year of the Dragon"

“Year of the Dragon” synopsis

New York City Police Detective Stanley White begins cracking down on Chinatown, where crime is common, and continues to carry out aggressive raids. The mafia bosses strongly oppose Stanley's attempt to destroy the entire Chinese mafia, and even the upper echelons of the police are connected to the mafia. Meanwhile, Joey Tai, the boss of the new generation of Chinese Mafia, expands his power by ruthlessly purging the Italian Mafia, his old establishment relatives, and his former business partners. As tensions rise like never before, the showdown between the tough detective and his young boss is about to begin.

Index

• Produced as a lineage of mafia movies
• At the time of its release, it was critically criticized.
• The men's fight is on the other side of the screen
• Friendship between men in movies

Produced as a lineage of mafia movies

An exotic string instrument melody with an oriental mood and percussion sounds that sound like a heartbeat. The film opens with a melody by David Mansfield, who collaborated with director Michael Cimino on ``The Sicilian '' (1987) and `` The Fugitive '' (1990), that seems to evoke the feeling of ``battle.'' And indeed, ``Year of the Dragon'' (1985) is a movie that depicts the ``fight'' between men and men. Moreover, although the main character is a detective, the plot is similar to mafia movies or Japanese yakuza movies, where ``if you get hit, you get back at it.''

At the time of its release, the Japanese trailers featured ``The The Godfather '' in 1972, `` Baraki '' in 1973, `` Once Upon a Time in America '' in 1984 , and Yoharu in 1986. A huge violent drama is about to land! > (Note: The notation is the same as in the video), and the BGM was `` The Godfather Love Theme.'' Even the author, who was a movie boy, commented, ``Isn't the period from 1973 to 1984 a bit too fast?'' However, this was still the case, as the film industry at the time saw it as a new source of movies about the mafia. This shows that they were looking for a group with diverse backgrounds.

“Year of the Dragon” trailer

For example, ``The Godfather'' was about Italian Americans, and ``Once Upon a Time in America'' was about Jewish Americans.The history of immigrants and gangsters were depicted together. As is known, he went on to produce works such as `` The Untouchables '' (1987), ` `Black Rain '' (1989), `` Goodfellas '' (1990), and `` King of New York '' (1990). ``Year of the Dragon'' is a work that depicts the ``Chinese Mafia'' made up of Chinese Americans within this lineage.

At the time of its release, it was critically criticized.