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Completed - JAPANESE - Action/Adventure - 105 minutes

Log Line

The toughest yakuza in history! I am YAKUZA WEAPON!

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2011 (Debut)
  • FILMART 2011 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2011 (Screening)
  • AFM 2011 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Tak SAKAGUCHI, Yudai YAMAGUCHI
Cast : Tak SAKAGUCHI, Shingo TSURUMI, Jun MURAKAMI

Synopsis

"I'm a Government certified yakuza, the toughest in history!"
With an M61 Vulcan on his right arm and a rocket launcher embedded in his left leg; he's part man, part machine, all yakuza. A Japanese cyborg like never been seen before is out rampaging to avenge his father, and he's thirsty for blood!
Shozo's father is the Big Boss of the Iwaki Family, the ruling yakuza group in Japan's West. But he is killed by Kurawaki, who is used to be follower of Shozo’s father. Shozo's father's death has caused the collapse of the Iwaki Family. Kurawaki started his own faction with the backing of the Death Drop Mafia, an international crime syndicate, and is about to take over Japan's entire yakuza underworld. To avenge his father, Shozo takes on Kurawaki with kejime, the vindictive payback for violators of the
Yakuza’s strick honor system.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

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