A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. But the chase turns into a personal vendetta where the ex-cop plans to wipe out the entire gang.
Acting
Yoshio Harada's nervous breakdown in real-time.
Direction
Watanabe's handheld chaos during chase sequences.
Practical Effects
No CGI, all squibs and shattered glass.
Director
Yūsuke Watanabe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 1970s 'jitsuroku' yakuza boom that replaced romanticized gangsters with grimy, documentary-style brutality.
Director Watanabe was primarily a screenwriter; this was one of his rare directing credits, shot in just 15 days.
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