A security guard trades his badge for a cutlass in this delirious 1961 yakuza-pirate fever dream.
A marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.
Acting
Joe Shishido's surgically-altered cheekbones steal every frame.
Direction
Saitō pivots from crime thriller to swashbuckling absurdism without blinking.
Cinematography
High-contrast ship interiors that feel like floating prison bars.
Director
Buichi Saitō
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