Synopsis
In a ruthless battle for power, several yakuza clans vie for the favor of their head family in the Japanese underworld. The rival bosses seek to rise through the ranks by scheming and making allegiances sworn over sake. Long-time yakuza Otomo (Beat Takeshi) has seen his kind go from elaborate body tattoos and severed fingertips to becoming important players on the stock market. Theirs is a never-ending struggle to end up on top, or at least survive, in a corrupt world where there are no heroes but constant betrayal and vengeance…
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Press
"Blows up the standard gangster movie template."
Indiewire
"Nobody makes better movies about the YAKUZA then Takeshi Kitano."
Quiet Earth
"The violence is carefully and beautifully choreographed."
Variety
Festivals
& Awards
Cannes International Film Festival
Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest
Helsinki International Film Festival
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival
Philadelphia International Film Festival
São Paulo International Film Festival
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal
Mumbai Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
Jakarta International Film Festival
Dubai International Film Festival
Palm Springs Internation Film Festival
Belgrade Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
Cast & Crew
Takeshi Kitano | |
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Kippei Shiina | |
Ryo Kase | |
Tomokazu Miura | |
Jun Kinimura | |
Tetta Sugimoto | |
Takashi Tsukamoto | |
Hideo Nakano | |
Renji Ishibashi | |
Fumiyo Kohinata | |
Soichiro Kitamura |
Director | Takeshi Kitano |
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Scriptwriter | Takeshi Kitano |
Producers | Masayuki Mori |
Takio Yoshida | |
Associate Producers | Katsuji Umezawa, Tadao Hanashi, |
Yoshinori Takeda | |
Executive Producers | Shinji Komiya, Makoto Kakurai |
Director of photography | Katsumi Yanagiikima |
Sound | Senji Horiuchi |
Editors | Takeshi Kitano, |
Yoshinori Ota | |
Music | Keiichi Suzuki |