Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+6)
Critics 83Audiences 77GoodWatch 80
Tomatometer93%
Metascore73
Audience score89%
Letterboxd · 74 K ratings4.1/5
IMDb7.4
User score6.2
Running time
1 h 34 min
Shorter than most action movies, −14 min on the typical 108
typical 10894Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
Released
1993
September 10, 1993
33 years ago
Genres
ActionCrimeThrillerLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 11 more24 people
- 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- KMKota MizumoriKanamoto
- YNYuuki NatsusakaMurakawa Gang Member
Kanji TsudaTsuda- KYKanta YamazakiWaiter
Yoshiyuki MorishitaMaeda- HAHiroshi AndoIto
- TFTakeshi FukazawaSakai
- KKKoichi KitamuraHirose
- KKKoji KoikeOkinawa Boss
- YNYôichi NagaiOno
- YTYutaka TomiOkumura
Daigaku SekineNakamatsu Gang Member- KIKikuo ItôNakamatsu Gang Member (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Takeshi Kitano Director, Screenplay, Editor
- Toshihiro Tenma Assistant Director
Production · 5
- Kazuyoshi Okuyama Executive Producer
- Masayuki Mori Producer
- Takio Yoshida Producer
- Hisao Nabeshima Producer
- Ritta Saito Producer
Camera · 1
- Katsumi Yanagijima Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yoshinori Ota Assistant Editor
Sound · 1
- Joe Hisaishi Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Osamu Sasaki Art Direction
- Hirohide Shibata Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Junichi Goto Costume Design
- Alen Mikudo Costume Design
- Tomoo Haraguchi Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Kyoko Toyokawa Makeup Artist
- Takashi Oda Makeup Artist
Lighting · 1
- Hitoshi Takaya Gaffer
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