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A daring exercise in ultra-violent extremes.
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Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
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Directed by: Takashi Miike, Hideo Yamamoto
Produced by: Mitsuru Kurosawa, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa, Toshiki Kimura
Composed by: Koji Endo
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