When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.
Direction
Miike's funeral-march pacing makes violence feel inevitable, not exciting.
Acting
Kato's Kunihiko simmers with repressed rage for two hours.
Cinematography
Nightclub scenes glow like wounded neon animals.
Director
Takashi Miike
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
JP
