In Yakuza's case, the major ingredients seem derived from TV melodrama, action movie machismo and surrealist comedy, but there's also gameshow elements, 1990s action cartoons, and now… musicals.

Yakuza once operated from well-marked offices ... They were often portrayed in films and cartoons as noble outlaws with a code of honor. Their typical rackets were extortion, gambling ...

Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut is currently only announced for the Nintendo Switch 2, but it sounds like it’ll be a timed exclusive judging by language used by the Mario maker. In a press release ...