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Kenichi Endo,
Riki Takeuchi,
Ryosuke Miki
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Takashi Miike,
Takashi Miike
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: Tokyo Shock
: Action, Foreign, Japan, Gangsters, Yakuza, Quest, Revenge
: 96 min.
: Japanese
: English
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For his fifth or so release of 2002, phenomenally prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike directs this gangster epic. The film opens with the godfather (Yuya Uchida) of the Sanada-gumi being targeted for a hit. The hired gun, however, finds the old goat less than willing to die. Of course, the murder infuriates the clans second-in-command Kunisada (Riki Takeuchi) who viewed the slain crime boss as in own flesh and blood. He, along with his henchman Shimatani (Kenichi Endo), discover that the guy who ordered the hit was Otaki (Renji Ishibashi), the head of a rival gang. Kunisadas bloody act of revenge precipitates a bloody gang war that turns downtown Shinjuku into a veritable war zone. Kuzuya Nakayama and Sonny Chiba also appear. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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by crow
February 22, 2005 - 12:43 PM PST
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1 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| Somone on the Ruthless Reviews Forum called this a werewolf movie. As far as i can tell, it isn't. Like other Miike Takashi films i've seen, scenes of graphic violence are interspersed with drawn-out introspection and plot exposition. If you can't put up with the violence, Miike is not your man. This is not for everyone. For me, the slower scenes take some getting use to. But without them, his films would lose their depth and become only gory music videos. Rocking music, mesmerizing ultra-violence - hmmm, that may not be such a bad thing... |
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