After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts not to get drawn back into crime, and to find his missing sister.
Acting
Shishido's chipmunk-cheeked menace redefined yakuza cool forever.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched Yokohama streets that breathe postwar desperation.
Direction
Noguchi's tight 84 minutes wastes zero celluloid on comfort.
Director
Haruyasu Noguchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joe Shishido's surgically-altered cheeks were his own idea after a fan said his face was too boring—studio executives initially refused to cast him.
This belongs to the ninkyo-eiga subgenre that romanticized yakuza honor codes just as the Japanese studio system began collapsing under television competition.
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