Autoreiji (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, Ryo Kase

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Takeshi Kitano	...	Ôtomo (as Beat Takeshi)
Kippei Shîna	...	Mizuno
Ryo Kase	...	Ishihara (as Ryô Kase)
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

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai Visual Company, Office Kitano, Omnibus Japan

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Under the gun control, the props guns are all plastic toys. This toy is called "model gun" in Japan.

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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

Ikemoto: H-h-hold on a minute...
[panting]
Ikemoto: I'll reverse the banishment.
Ôtomo: Huh?
Ikemoto: I'll reverse the banishment.
Ôtomo: You banish me, then you reverse it?
[explodes]
Ôtomo: How many fucking tongues do you have?
Ikemoto: Huh?
Ôtomo: Are you deaf? How many do you have?
[...]

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Connections

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

User Reviews

Yakuza mayhem à la Takeshi Kitano

Viewed at the Festival du Film, Cannes 2010

Takeshi Kitano's return to his familiar stamping ground, the Yakuza, their intrigues, vendettas and highly inventive ways of inflicting extreme unpleasantness on one another, was given less than a stellar welcome by critics at the Festival. A common refrain was that there was nothing new on offer here, no new insights, just a retread of the familiar. Well, they are right, but is that really such a bad thing?

I say no, not when we get tough guys, sharp suits, black humour, extreme violence (you might never want to visit the dentist again), a convoluted plot that is hard to follow but has something to do with rivalry, inheriting the reins of power and inflicting extreme violence on the other team. Oh yes, there's also betrayal and extreme violence.

Outrage is old-school Takeshi Kitano, a (for me) welcome return to his glory days, not that he ever left them behind (I've time for all his films, if not his gameshows). If you like the man, as actor or director, then you won't be disappointed by this film, just as long as you are not expecting something new and different, that is.