"One wrong move and it's all out war."

2010

1h 49m

6.9(470 votes)

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Crime

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Overview

When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Takeshi Kitano

Otomo

Kippei Shiina

Mizuno

Ryo Kase

Ishihara

Tomokazu Miura

Kato

Fumiyo Kohinata

Kataoka

Jun Kunimura

Ikemoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Ozawa

Renji Ishibashi

Murase

Tokio Emoto

Emoto

Soichiro Kitamura

Mr. Chairman Kan'nai

Creative team

Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Written by: Takeshi Kitano
Produced by: Masayuki Mori
Takio Yoshida

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