Takashi Miike took the homonymous, overly violent manga series by Hideo Yamamoto and created one of the most controversial films of all time, which shocked the censorship committees to a point where they allowed only extensively censored versions of it, while Norway still forbids showing, distributing and even owning it.
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The leader of a Yakuza family disappears without leaving a trace and the rest of the gang members believe that he has been murdered. Kakihara, his second in command and a schizophrenic, sadomasochistic misanthrope who is additionally in love with his boss, sets on a trip to exact revenge, which entails torturing other gangs’ members, an act he enjoys to the fullest. However, the killer is not a Yakuza, but a disturbed individual, whose underlying, extreme violent nature is exploited by a mysterious persona, who eventually orders him to eradicate Kakihara’s gang.
Takashi Miike has largely...
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The leader of a Yakuza family disappears without leaving a trace and the rest of the gang members believe that he has been murdered. Kakihara, his second in command and a schizophrenic, sadomasochistic misanthrope who is additionally in love with his boss, sets on a trip to exact revenge, which entails torturing other gangs’ members, an act he enjoys to the fullest. However, the killer is not a Yakuza, but a disturbed individual, whose underlying, extreme violent nature is exploited by a mysterious persona, who eventually orders him to eradicate Kakihara’s gang.
Takashi Miike has largely...
- 3/1/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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