This could have been fun and I wanted to like it. The basic idea definitely had potential for comedy. But it was wasted. There are some semi-humorous scenes in this movie but ultimately it's just lukewarm throughout and the plot is very incoherent, so I quickly lost interest.
6.4Plot summary
Ryuzo was in charge of a group of thugs, but they have split up and gone to do their own thing. They have become civilians one could say. However, Ryuzo is hit with fraud and becomes a victim. It goes without saying that he is not going to take it lying down. He reunites his gang to set things right.
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Top cast
Takeshi Kitano as Murakami
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720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 937.97 MB
1280*534
Japanese 2.0
NR
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Just boring
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This movie was full of dark humors!
It shows lives of gangs who had retired. The theme was serious. It looks hard for conventional gangs to live in the current society because their rule isn't gonna fly anymore. The more clear the society becomes, the more unnecessary the dirty force and the connections are. It reminded me the beginning of 'God father.' If scams try to target seniors of retired gangs, they must be beat up by gangs in return! It showed us funnily that an eye for an eye. But, on the other hand I found the lost things like the duties and humanity. A clean society that there're no gray area created many evil spilits don't have their own philosophies and reasons.
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a fun yakuza comedy
Honestly, it feels like 2/3rd of the other reviews did not even see the movie. Nudity? There was none besides the old men baring their chests. Smoking hot girl? There's barely any women in the film. You got the fat wife of the main characters son for 10 minutes total, a couple hostesses in 2 scenes and another old hostess friend of the main character who gets the undress the male main character, but stays fully dressed herself. Violence towards normal people? They barely even attack anyone, being elderly versions of the old honorable yakuza cliché. The only fights are against cartoonishly evil crooks that steal from the elderly. Its not even an action movie. There's a few action scenes, but they mostly exists to poke fun at the old guys or are flashbacks that serve as references to older yakuza flicks. Its just a fun getting the gang back together film like the Korean film 'Sunny' or the American 'Stand Up Guys' but not bad like Stand Up Guys was. It won't change anyone's world but it was consistently funny and would satisfy any lover of yakuza films. For anyone who cares, there's no real gore, it sticks mostly to comedic violence.