Oh yeah, considering sympathetic/romanticized noble-outlaw yakuza flicks were a HUGE thing in the 60s? And all the books and plays and songs and folktales about heroic Robin Hood-type gangsters, dating back centuries? Nothing new under the sun...that feedback loop's been around for ages.

(I must admit, though, that I'm cracking up at the mental image of the two guys in slick suits and the third one in sweats and a Doraemon t-shirt. EVEN GANGSTERS LOVE DORAEMON!)