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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 73/100. Scores higher than 97% of the 1,032 1990s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic73/100
705 audience votes
Key crew
- Takeshi KitanoDirector
- Takeshi KitanoScreenplay
- Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Takeshi KitanoAniki Murakawa
- Aya KokumaiMiyuki
- Tetsu WatanabeUechi
- Masanobu KatsumuraRyoji
- Susumu TerajimaKen
- Ren OsugiKatagiri
- Tonbo ZushiKitajima
- Kenichi YajimaTakahashi
- Eiji MinakataThe Hit Man
- Houka KinoshitaKitajima Gang Member
- Rome KandaRapist
- Kota MizumoriKanamoto
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Themes
japanbeachyakuzaknifeokinawarussian roulettebullet woundgun violenceplayfulnessfatalismyakuza eiga
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