Damn good. Was a bit unfocused first half of the movie, because of off-screen reasons, but I'm looking forward to re watch this in a more focused state, feeling the full punch. Because you feel this movie like a punch. 20 min in you know how it's going to end, does not matter. You still feel what the director intended.
The idea is typical for Japanese for yakuza movies, a melancholy hitman, bound by honor and duty, beautiful woman, tragic love, etc etc. All summed up in the title of another movie 'Another lonely hitman' (1995), which is basically a nostalgic attempt to make a classic yakuza movie like they did in the 60s and 70s. Like this one.
Allso, this movie contains a absolute epic scene of a bar fight in a western themed bar, that manage (somehow) to evoke the spirit of classic western movies as well as something very Japanese, this is a keypoint in the movie so I won't write more about it, but trust me, it is a good one! :)
The idea is typical for Japanese for yakuza movies, a melancholy hitman, bound by honor and duty, beautiful woman, tragic love, etc etc. All summed up in the title of another movie 'Another lonely hitman' (1995), which is basically a nostalgic attempt to make a classic yakuza movie like they did in the 60s and 70s. Like this one.
Allso, this movie contains a absolute epic scene of a bar fight in a western themed bar, that manage (somehow) to evoke the spirit of classic western movies as well as something very Japanese, this is a keypoint in the movie so I won't write more about it, but trust me, it is a good one! :)