Directed by:
Takeshi KitanoScreenplay:
Takeshi KitanoCinematography:
Katsumi YanagijimaComposer:
Keiichi SuzukiCast:
Takeshi Kitano, Ryō Kase, Hirofumi Arai, Ken Mitsuishi, Shun Sugata, 尾野真千子, Katsunori Takahashi, 桐谷健太, 西田敏行, 田中哲司, Yutaka Matsushige, 小日向文世, Hideo Nakano (more)Plots(1)
The Sanno crime family has grown into a massive organization dominated by young executives whose new approach to running the family is causing frustration and pent-up resentment with the old-guard members. This vulnerability in the Sanno hierarchy is exactly what anti-gang detective Kataoka has been looking for, as the police force prepares a full-scale crackdown. Kataoka wants start a war between Sanno and the neighboring Hanabishi crime family in the hopes that they destroy each other. His trump card is Otomo – the rumored-dead boss of a defunct family that was destroyed by the Sanno, who has just been released from prison. Otomo wants to retire from a life of crime, but finds himself drawn back in through Kataoka's manipulations as the Sanno and Hanabishi clans teeter on the brink of an all-out war. (official distributor synopsis)
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