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Seeing Ozaki as a security risk, the head of the Azamawari yakuza clan (Ishibashi) [4] orders fellow underling Minami (Sone) to kill him [5] and dispose of his body in a company depot. Minami, reluctant to murder Ozaki, unwittingly kills him when he pushes him to the ground in an attempt to stop him from killing an innocent woman who he mistook ...
Versus (ヴァーサス, Vāsasu) is a 2000 Japanese zombie action horror film directed and co-written by Ryuhei Kitamura.The film was an independent co–production between Kitamura's company Napalm Films and Wevco Production in association with KSS and Suplex. [3]
Junk (Japanese: JUNK 死霊狩り, Hepburn: Junk Shiryōgari, lit."Junk Zombie Hunter") is a 2000 Japanese horror film written and directed by Atsushi Muroga.A blend of the yakuza and zombie film genres, Junk stars Kaori Shimamura as Saki, a member of a group of jewel thieves. [1]
A man named Ichi stands on a balcony, masturbating while spying on a pimp raping and assaulting a prostitute.When the pimp discovers him, he flees. Sadistic yakuza boss Anjo is murdered. A cleaning crew run by Jijii removes all traces of Anjo's death and credits Ichi for the murder. Later, Kakihara, Anjo's sadomasochistic high-ranking enforcer, visits
Yakuza film (Japanese: ヤクザ映画, Hepburn: Yakuza eiga) is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of yakuza, Japanese organized crime syndicates. In the silent film era, depictions of bakuto (precursors to modern yakuza) as sympathetic Robin Hood -like characters were common.
1. 'The Thing' (1982) John Carpenter's sci-fi horror film “The Thing” is about a shape-shifting alien wreaking havoc on an Antarctic research station.
His 2001 horror film Ichi the Killer, adapted from a manga of the same name and starring Tadanobu Asano as a sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer, was highly controversial; during its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2001, the audience received "barf bags" emblazoned with the film's logo as a promotional gimmick. [12]
Ishimatsu lives a yakuza lifestyle in an extreme manner. When he is ordered to murder another yakuza from another family in a public club, he accepts his orders. He knows that the public execution will lead to his arrest and prosecution for murder, which he knowingly accepts as part of his perceived understanding of the yakuza code of honor.