| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Koichi Sato |
Bandai
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| Jinpachi Nezu |
Hizu
|
| Naoto Takenaka |
Ogiwara
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| Masahiro Motoki |
Mitsuya
|
| Kippei Shiina |
Jimmy
|
| Takeshi Kitano |
Kyoya (as Beat Takeshi)
|
| Kazuya Kimura |
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| Daisuke Iijima |
|
| Eiko Nagashima |
|
| Toshiyuki Nagashima |
Ogoshi
|
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Drama; Crime |
| Director |
Takashi Ishii |
| Writer |
Takashi Ishii |
|
| Language |
Japanese |
| Audience Rating |
Unrated |
| Running Time |
1 hr 49 mins |
| Country |
Japan |
| Color |
Color |
|
| Plot |
| Get Carter meets Heidegger in this slick, two-fisted gangster epic brimming with furtive sex and shocking violence. The film centers on five poster-boys of Japan's post-bubble economic malaise: Bandai ( Koichi Sato ), the owner of a once popular nightclub who's up to his fashionable lapels in debt to the yakuza; the gay extortionist ( Masahiro Motoki ) who loves him; Ogiwara ( Naoto Takenaka of Shall We Dance fame), a downsized salaryman on the brink of mental collapse; an drug addict ex-police detective just out of stir ( Jimpachi Nezu ); and failed prize-fighter turned spastic pimp ( Kippei Shiina ). Each has a beef with the yakuza, most particularly Bandai, who is daily taunted and threatened by the unruly thugs. He organizes the motley crew and raids a yakuza office, and not only manages to make off with almost a hundred million yen but humiliates the thugs in front of their syndicate boss. In retaliation, the mob hires a hitman ( Takeshi Kitano ) who sports an eyepatch and works with ruthless efficiency, killing the five — and those closest to them — one by one without pity or remorse. — Jonathan Crow |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
393 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/4/2003 |
| Tape Label |
139 |
|
| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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