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Deliriously anarchic crime drama moreCast
(Credited cast)| Sonny Chiba | ... | Katsutoshi Otomo | |
| Seizo Fukumoto | ... | Yamanaka | |
| Meiko Kaji | ... | Yasuko | |
| Toshie Kimura | ... | Mrs. Yamamori | |
| Kinya Kitaoji | ... | Shoji Yamanaka | |
| Asao Koike | |||
| Mikio Narita | |||
| Hiroshi Nawa | ... | Muraoka | |
| Bunta Sugawara | ... | Shozo Hirono | |
| Nobuo Yana | ... | Takuya Asano |
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deathmatch in HiroshimaDeadly Fight in Hiroshima (USA) (DVD title)
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 2: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (USA) (DVD box title)
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The focus of this highly engaging second installment is Kin'ya Kitaoji's "Shoji Yamanaka" character, a brooding, shy, impulsive man who places the highest premium on his love for his boss's niece, a humble, passionate woman who vows to wait for him when he is incarcerated for a series of brutal murders.
The political machinations of the yakuza world provide bloody, non-stop thrills in this deliriously anarchic crime drama that is never less than fascinating for its attention to personal details and vivid pictorial exploration of a criminal, country-wide hornet's nest.
Despite the impressive performance of Sonny Chiba as an ultra-psychotic "torpedo" and the weighty presence of Bunta Sagawara (who takes a back seat in this episode), the film does belong to Fukomoto. His turn as Yamanaka is extraordinary and he makes us empathize with the character. Fukasaku's handling of the romance is deft and touching without ever becoming cloying.
Once again, the action sequences are brutal and unforgiving and the camera-work by Sadaji Yoshida is, at times, mesmerizing. The film's final twenty minutes, where Yamanaka is hunted in the rainy laneways of Hiroshima, are quite beautiful.
A plaudit should also go to composer Toshiaki Tsushima who delivers a driving, organic, highly memorable score.
Another triumph.