The Outrage (2010)

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 Shîna, Ryô Kase

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Takeshi Kitano	...	Ôtomo (as Beat Takeshi)
Kippei Shîna	...	Mizuno
Ryô Kase	...	Ishihara
Fumiyo Kohinata	...	Kataoka
Sôichirô Kitamura	...	Kan'nai
Tadashi Sakata	...	Okazaki
Kenji Morinaga	...	Abe
Masaki Miura	...	Sannokai thug
Tokio Emoto	...	Emoto
Jun'ichi Nitta	...	Sannokai thug
Toshiyuki Watarai
Masashi Iwadera
Yûjirô Komura
Kenji Ohara	...	Sannokai thug
Toshimichi Tasaki

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 | japan | japanese | false evidence | betrayal | 

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Taglines:

one wrong move and it's all out war

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

Murase's limo is a Nissan Fuga, the company's flagship model in the Japanese domestic market. Variants of the Fuga are sold as the Infiniti M line in other areas of the world.

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Goofs

At the bathhouse killing sequence, Ôtomo enters the steam room and sees four guys. However, the camera captures him killing three men and omits the fourth guy on the right corner, which never reappears in between shots during the shooting and also when the dead bodies appear in another sequence.

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Quotes

Ishihara: Hey! You know you're dealing with the yakuza, right?

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Connections

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

User Reviews

High potential lacks conviction

A very well-executed movie in terms of directing and acting, and it's a decent watch for anyone who enjoys a good mafia movie, or a yakuza movie as the case may be. However, there is nothing new on display. It blends in with the masses and masses of movies in its genre.

Throughout the entire movie, I kept feeling a sense of lack. This lack was a lack of sympathy you feel for these characters, and the lack of understanding for the system on display. You don't understand what's going on until about an hour into the movie, and by then it's a little too late to care. There's a little too much shooting first, and too few questions asked. I believe Kitano really tried to write a movie that could stand among classics like Scarface and the Godfather in terms of epics, but fell short.

However, I would say the movie is worth a watch, if only to see what the movie could've been.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

12 June 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Outrage

Filming Locations:

Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,518, 4 December 2011

Gross USA:

$44,745

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,457,741

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