Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball-bat-wielding psycho Gorō Majima, who has a grudge to settle with Kiryū.
Direction
Miike's maximalist excess—he's not holding back for anyone.
Acting
Goro Kishitani's Majima: unhinged, operatic, unforgettable.
Practical Effects
That baseball bat fight—practical chaos with zero CGI cleanup.
Director
Takashi Miike
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Miike was adapting a game he never finished, which explains the gleeful disregard for lore fidelity—he captured the spirit by ignoring the manual.
The convenience store dance scene was improvised after Kitamura kept cracking up; Miike kept rolling.
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