Credited cast: | |||
Takeshi Kitano | ... | Otomo (as Beat Takeshi) | |
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Toshiyuki Nishida | ||
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Tatsuo Nadaka | ||
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Ken Mitsuishi | ||
Hakuryû | |||
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Ikuji Nakamura | ||
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Sansei Shiomi | ||
Yutaka Matsushige | |||
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Kanji Tsuda | ... | Choi |
Ren Osugi | ... | Nomura (as Ren Ôsugi) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Kentarô Furuyama | ||
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Taizô Harada | ||
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Kimihiko Hasegawa | ||
Hiro Honda | ... | Chang's Business Assistant | |
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi |
Five years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo now works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a renowned fixer whose influence extends into Japan. A relatively minor incident causes tensions to rise between Chang Enterprises and the faraway powerful Hanabishi. The growing conflict gets out of hand and ignites a ferocious power struggle among the top echelons of the Hanabishi. When eventually Chang's life is endangered, devoted yakuza Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.
I reckon if you haven't seen the previous two entries some of the things may not really work for you. As a reviewer stated he thought many things were generic. I highly disagree, especially with the change of location. Now is it as good as the first Outrage? No it isn't, but does it conclude the whole thing in a very satisfying way? You bet it does.
There is a lot of violence but that is to be expected. There is also a lot of crazy connections and intriguing going on. People betraying others, but also some trying to do the honorable thing. Power corrupts ... absolute power corrupts absolutely. Or something along those lines. Also some things seem inevitable, like what goes around comes around. Karma is catching up most of the time - even when it feels not deservedly.