A daring exercise in ultra-violent extremes.
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
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- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Riki TakeuchiRyuuichi
- Show AikawaDet. Jojima
- Renji IshibashiAoki
- Shingo TsurumiChen
- Ren OsugiYan
- Kaoru SugitaMrs. Jojima
- DankanTanaka
- Yoshiyuki YamaguchiHoshiyama
- Hitoshi OzawaSeiji Satake
- Mizuho KogaMariko
Crew
- Takashi MiikeDirector
- Toshiki KimuraScreenplay
- Hideo YamamotoDirector of Photography
- Koji EndoOriginal Music Composer
- Yasushi ShimamuraEditor
- Mitsuru KurosawaProducer
- Tsutomu TsuchikawaProducer
- Katsumi OnoProducer
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