Outrage (2010)
"Autoreiji" (original title)

The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate.

Director:

Takeshi Kitano

Writer:

Takeshi Kitano (screenplay)

Stars:

Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shiina, Ryo Kase

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Takeshi Kitano	...	Ôtomo (as Beat Takeshi)
Kippei Shiina	...	Mizuno
Ryo Kase	...	Ishihara
Tomokazu Miura	...	Katô
Jun Kunimura	...	Ikemoto
Tetta Sugimoto	...	Ozawa
Takashi Tsukamoto	...	Iizuka
Yuka Itaya	...	Otomo's woman
Hideo Nakano	...	Kimura
Renji Ishibashi	...	Murase
Fumiyo Kohinata	...	Kataoka
Sôichirô Kitamura	...	Kan'nai
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenta Elizabeth III
Tokio Emoto	...	Emoto
Shin'yû Fujiwara

Storyline

The plot concerns a struggle for power amongst Tokyo's Yakuza clans, today just as likely to be playing the stock market as shaking down pachinko parlors, over which the Sanmo-kai clan holds sway in the face of constant betrayal and ever-changing allegiances. The Sanmo-kai chairman learns that his henchman Ikemoto has struck an alliance with the drug-dealing Murase family, and is not best pleased, to say the least. The ensuing retaliation triggers an orgy of killings, territorial invasions and score settling while law enforcement officers are too corrupt to intervene.

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Plot Keywords:

yakuza | organized crime | mob violence | hand grenade | cynicism | 

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Taglines:

one wrong move and it's all out war

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

12 June 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

The Outrage

Filming Locations:

Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai Visual Company, Office Kitano, Omnibus Japan

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Takeshi Kitano's first gangster film in ten years (after Brother).

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Quotes

Ôtomo: How the fuck can you come to play here just after you banished me ? I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU !
Ikemoto: W-wait a second...
[he pants]
Ikemoto: OZAWA !
Mizuno: He's gone already, you dipshit.

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Connections

Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #2.18 (2011)

User Reviews

Decent, but mostly feels like wasted potential

Two yakuza families that were once able to co-exist thanks to a pact made by their bosses while the two were in prison soon find themselves at each other's throats after there are a few hiccups in the drug trafficking side of the business. The Ikemoto family and the Murase family are in the middle of a war as the chairman the two crime syndicates answer to continues to pull the strings. Sekuichi (Kitamura Soichiro), the boss of the Sannokai, tells his right-hand man Ikemuto (Kunimura Jun) to put the Murase family in line. Since Ikemuto and Murase (Renji Ishibashi) are still under their pact at this point, Ikemuto passes the assignment onto his subordinate Otomo (Takeshi Kitano), who takes matters into his own hands with his own gang.

I probably have a fairly limited amount of knowledge when it comes to Takeshi Kitano's films since I've only seen a handful and have yet to see his most prestigious films. With that said, I've seen enough to know who the guy is, admire his work, and at least look forward to his upcoming projects. When it came to Outrage, it seemed like an undiscovered gem right from the start. Another yakuza film made and starring Beat Takeshi? It sounds like the type of movie you'd willingly pay whatever price for without blinking an eye. That isn't really the case though as Outrage fails to really leave a lasting impression.

Walking away from Outrage, you'll probably only be left with its bloody violence and not much else. Everybody was chopping off their fingers left and right to apologize. It was amazing so many of these guys still had any appendages left at all. But the violence gets pretty vicious at times; a box cutter to the face, countless people getting shot to death, chopsticks being used in a fairly unique way, and it even features one of the worst ways a dental appointment could go. Other than the brutality though, all of the events that transpired felt very underwhelming due to them being similar to most other gangster and yakuza films out there. Nothing was shocking or unpredictable; it all felt very safe. Most of my yakuza film watching experience falls under Takashi Miike's filmography. Miike is able to make a film about anything and take it in a direction you're not expecting while adding his own trademarks to it. While Outrage felt like a Takashi Kitano film, it didn't really seem like anything he hadn't already accomplished before. It almost felt recycled from both his films and other films similar to Outrage. The film also lacked any sort of supporting female character as most women in the film were used as props or were disposed of rather quickly. It's incredibly disappointing as well as Outrage had loads of potential, but was never really able to push anything past that mediocre barrier. Its use of perspective is intriguing at times, but doesn't make up for a film that comes off like it isn't willing to take any risks.

It's not so much that Outrage is a bad film because it isn't. It's actually a fairly solid crime film. Its biggest issue is that it fails to live up to expectations given the cast and Takeshi Kitano's reputation for being a part of films that are generally a lot better than this. Outrage tends to feel very familiar. If you've seen a gangster or yakuza film before, then you know what to expect with Outrage. With its explosive use of violence and rather eye-catching cinematography, Outrage isn't the type of film you should make a high priority to go out of your way to see but is generally pretty decent once you do finally get around to it.