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Stunts
Actual stunt performers playing stunt performers playing actors.
Direction
Fukasaku's kinetic framing mocks and celebrates cinema simultaneously.
Acting
Hirata's puppy-dog suffering vs Kazama's preening narcissism.

Director
Kinji Fukasaku
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