Takeshi's violence is riddled with holes and implausibilities (of the type that, in today's Japan, would all but guarantee a blockbuster). Rather transparently, it draws on themes and issues that sparked the early years of the noir cycle: The dissatisfaction of returning mafias and post-war families' strife (and might the demagogue's name 'True' be an echo of Abe?).
But the topical references prove no more than gimmicks for a quick-and-dirty production that has little coherence or resonance.
My remark is that there are some very important scenes deleted in the story and presented in the DVD. At least one of them, which show what happens with the protagonist, his body and the three dead bodies in his way, should not be deleted as it was. My vote is none.
But the topical references prove no more than gimmicks for a quick-and-dirty production that has little coherence or resonance.
My remark is that there are some very important scenes deleted in the story and presented in the DVD. At least one of them, which show what happens with the protagonist, his body and the three dead bodies in his way, should not be deleted as it was. My vote is none.