Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
japan
yakuza
gang war
revenge
police corruption
criminal underworld
crime family
cynical
gang member
power struggle
jeju island
violence
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3.4 / 5
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Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Otomo
Toshiyuki Nishida
Nishino
Ken Mitsuishi
Gomi
Sansei Shiomi
Nakata
Yutaka Matsushige
Detective Shigeta
Ren Osugi
Nomura
Tokio Kaneda
Mr. Chang
Hakuryu
Lee
Kanji Tsuda
Choi
Nao Omori
Ichikawa
Taizo Harada
Maruyama
Pierre Taki
Hanada
Crew
Takeshi Kitano
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Screenplay
Keiichi Suzuki
Original Music Composer
Takeshi Kitano
Editor
Katsumi Yanagijima
Director of Photography
Masayuki Mori
Producer
Kazumi Kawashiro
Associate Producer
Popular Reviews
13 reviews
Patrick SD
7.7★ · 07/16/25
Kitano’s films work really well because of the tonal shifts exemplified in Sonatine (Cold/Reserved into Warm/Jovial then ends with a destitute and sullen tone)as well as his most recent film Broken Rage (Mixing Action with Absurdist comedy) but this one doesn’t really feature that. I still enjoyed my time though
Kitano’s films work really well because of the tonal shifts exemplified in Sonatine (Cold/Reserved into Warm/Jovial then ends with a destitute and sullen tone)as well as his most recent film Broken Rage (Mixing Action with Absurdist comedy) but this one doesn’t really feature that. I still enjoyed my time though
