Summary
Jiro, a freelancer working at a delivery pizza shop, witnesses the brilliant killing techniques of professional assassin Nejime at a gangster's office where he makes deliveries. Jiro rescues the wounded Nejime and volunteers to become his apprentice. From that day on, Jiro learns the art of killing in a dog eats dog world.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 66GoodWatch 68
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −22 min on the typical 106
typical 10684Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1990
February 20, 1990
36 years ago
Genres
CrimeActionLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 7
- Masato Harada Director, Screenplay
- Hiroyuki Tsuji Second Assistant Director
- Kazunori Okada Second Assistant Director
- Junichiro Yagi Second Assistant Director
- Kenji Tominaga First Assistant Director
- Sei Ishikawa Second Assistant Director
Production · 3
- Yamamoto Hideyuki Production Assistant
- Masahiro Hirose Production Manager
- Kazuo Ohashi Production Manager
Camera · 5
- Toru Mori Assistant Camera
- Takashi Endo Assistant Camera
- Takahisa Notomi Camera Supervisor
- Kazutoshi Sasada Still Photographer
- Yoshihisa Fujii Assistant Camera
Editing · 4
- Hirohide Abe Editor
- Ryuji Miyajima Assistant Editor
- Yoshiko Tsujii Negative Cutter
- Juichi Obata Assistant Editor
Sound · 4
- Kenji Shibasaki Sound Effects
- Jun Nakamura Sound Recordist
- Tsutomu Tsutsui Sound Assistant
- Tsuyoshi Masumori Sound Assistant
Art · 7
- Hiroshi Maruyama Art Direction
- Yuichi Soeda Assistant Decorator
- Takashi Ando Assistant Decorator
- Akira Kanda Decorator
- Kunihiro Yoshimi Assistant Art Director
- Hideki Denpoya Assistant Decorator
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Tomoo Haraguchi Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Tomoko Tomita Makeup Artist
- Shunsuke Someya Makeup Artist
- Suzuo Kawakami Costume Designer
Lighting · 4
- Hiroshi Tanabe Assistant Gaffer
- Takahiro Sekino Assistant Gaffer
- Kazuyoshi Hayashi Assistant Gaffer
- Fumihiko Tamura Assistant Gaffer
Other crew · 4
- Yuichi Karasawa Special Effects
- Akio Iki Special Effects
- Kenichi Imaseki Special Effects
- Masanobu Amemiya Stunt Driver
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