Synopsis
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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Cast
- Riki TakeuchiRyuuichi
- Show AikawaDet. Jojima
- Renji IshibashiAoki
- Hitoshi OzawaSatake
- Shingo TsurumiChen
- Kaoru SugitaMrs. Jojima
- DankanTanaka
- Michisuke KashiwayaToji
- Ren OsugiYan
- Tokitoshi ShiotaSakurai
Recommendations
- 88
New York Post
I've seen three or four other movies by Miike, and I can tell you that he's one of the most exciting, versatile directors working today. - 75
New York Daily News
Takashi is a master of the jagged quick cut and the shocker finish, and his head-spinning story is pumped up with almost more bravado than a single screen can handle. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Everything about Takashi Miike's brilliant and blood-soaked crime thriller comes as a shock. - 63
Chicago Tribune
Ultimately a disappointment because it refuses to take any aspect of itself seriously. - 60
Chicago Reader
It's marvelous or unwatchable. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
This is no-holds-barred filmmaking. Some viewers will find it disgusting. Others will call the director's bluff. - 40
L.A. Weekly
Not for the squeamish (a guy rips out his own arm, for goodness' sake), the film is nevertheless more than just a gonzo gross-out. But not by much. - 30
New Times (L.A.)
While the whole is diverting, the ending's utter repudiation of reality seems like pissing on the audience; -- we feel like we've been suckers for bothering to care about the characters at all.
