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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
39 audience votes
Key crew
- Kazuya ShiraishiDirector
- Junya IkegamiScreenplay
- Goro YasukawaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Koji YakushoShogo Ogami
- Tori MatsuzakaShuichi Hioka
- Yoko MakiRikako Takagi
- Kenichi TakitohDaisuke Saga
- Takuma OtooShigeru Yoshida
- Joey IwanagaDaiki Zenda
- Junko AbeMomoko Okada
- Yosuke EguchiMoritaka Ichinose
- Gorō IbukiKenji Otani
- Hajime InoueTsuneo Iwamoto
- Renji IshibashiShohei Ikago
- KatsuyaHiroyuki Nawashiro
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2011
Shares: Mob / Mafia · Mafia & Mob · Crime
Themes
japancorruptionpoliceyakuzamoral ambiguityhiroshima, japanorganized crimepolice corruptionconflictcriminal underworldjusticepride