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Ryo Amamiya | ||
Narimi Arimori | ... | Chieko Kikuta | |
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Yoshiyuki Daichi | ... | Yoshiyuki Ooshita |
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Hirotarô Honda | ... | Correctional officer |
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Harumi Inoue | ... | Yôko Imamura |
Renji Ishibashi | ... | Denji Yukawa | |
Gorô Kishitani | ... | Rikuo Ishimatsu | |
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Shigeo Kobayashi | ||
Takashi Miike | ... | Restaurant gunman | |
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Ryôsuke Miki | ... | Kôzô Imamura |
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Yasukaze Motomiya | ... | Kanemoto |
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Mikio Ohsawa | ... | Masato Yoshikawa (as Mikio Oosawa) |
Daisuke Ryû | ... | Tadaaki Kuze (as Daisuke Ryuu) | |
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Harumi Sone | ... | Ryuuzô Fukui |
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Yûta Sone |
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Or better Miike Style. Although this one is different from his other movies. Not in terms of violence (he likes his violence and blood, so be aware of that, no faint hearted should watch this), but more film-making wise!
He changes Genres as he likes (from Horror to Action to Thriller), but his movies all feel kind of the same. Maybe this one is different, because it is a remake of another Japanese movie or maybe he went out and thought, let's try something different this time. Whatever the reasons, the result is indeed one of his better offerings (in my view) of all his output. This will not be the movie he will be remembered by, his cult status was achieved by movies like "Ichi The Killer", "Dead or Alive" series or "Audition", but it's one you should watch!