I think that violence in Asian (gangster) movies differs from, in particular American, western violence so to speak. In Asian movies there are a lot of man to man fist fights or knives involved, whereas the (all-American) answer seems to be a gun. That's generalizing it, of course, and there are always exceptions to the rule. Plus it depends on the genre of the film.
I also have the impression that, generally, women mostly are only unimportant parts in Asian films, unless they are the heroine and then they are equal to men, or even better, when fighting, for example. And, yes, western films tend to have more man to man or girl to girl fights.
With regard to the level of violence, I think both parts have their equal share, maybe with a slight difference in depicting the violence.
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