Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer.
Stunts
Chiba performed his own fights until the hospital made him stop.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI brutality: every blood squib earned, every bone snapped for real.
Direction
Ishii crams more sleaze and speed into 87 minutes than modern films manage in three hours.
Director
Teruo Ishii
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chiba broke his hand filming the opening fight and kept shooting. The cast could hear bones crack on set.
This kicked off Toei's 'Violent Action' boom, directly inspiring Takashi Miike's entire career and modern extreme Asian cinema.
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