Autoreiji

20102010
RR
1h 49m

6.8/10

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.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.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.

6.8/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Takeshi Kitano and Kippei Shîna in Autoreiji (2010)

Takeshi Kitano, Jun Kunimura, and Tetta Sugimoto in Autoreiji (2010)

Hideo Nakano and Takashi Tsukamoto in Autoreiji (2010)

Takeshi Kitano and Ryô Kase in Autoreiji (2010)

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. —Palm Springs Internation Film Festival

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Taglines
- one wrong move and it's all out war
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, language, a scene of sexuality and some nudity
Parents guide

Trivia
Following a string of unconventional, commercially unappealing films, Takeshi Kitano engineered this film specifically as commercially appealing, going back to the genre which brought him the most success, and going as far as imagining the death scenes first and writing a story around them later.

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.

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?
Ikemoto: I've only got one.
Ôtomo: Only one? *Two* or *three* is more like it, you fucking prick!
Ikemoto: I'm telling you I've only got one tongue!
Ôtomo: [a little calmer] Open your mouth.
[louder]
Ôtomo: Stick out your tongue!
Ikemoto: [beat] Huh?
Ôtomo: [barking] Stick out your tongue!
[Ikemoto reveals reluctantly a bit of his tongue]
Ôtomo: MORE!
[Ikemoto does]
Ôtomo: STICK IT OUT, YOU MOTHERFUCKER!
[Ikemoto sticks out his entire tongue, then Otomo slams his jaw so violently that Ikemoto chokes on his own tongue; Otomo eventually kills him]

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

Top review

Masterpiece yakuza

First of all if you're gonna complain about too much violence in a gangster movie. Go watch something like " Sesame street ". This movie has top class acting from almost everybody. Story is excellent and really shows how the big yakuza bosses play mind games all along. My favourite scene of the movie is in that noodle shop where a random customer will find something floating in his bowl of noodles =). If u wanna see a really cool and awesome yakuza movie, this should be it. I can not wait for the second part of this movie. It's suppose to come out anytime in 2012. I am a huge huge fan of the movie " Brother " and another epic Japanese yakuza movie called " Agitator ". If you liked those movies, you will simply love this movie too. give it a shot. 2 thumbs up

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