Jitsuroku Andô Noboru kyôdô-den: Rekka (2002)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Takashi Miike

Writer:

Shigenori Takechi (writer)

Release Date:

21 September 2002 (Japan)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death...

Plot Keywords:

Yakuza | Killer | Killing | Death | Old Man

Cast

Riki Takeuchi	...	Kunisada
Ryôsuke Miki
Kenichi Endo
Mika Katsumura
Sonny Chiba
Yuya Uchida
Tetsuro Tamba
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Renji Ishibashi
Lily	...	Kunisada's Godmother
Miho Nomoto
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi	...	Tabata
Joe Yamanaka
Rikiya Yasuoka		(as Rikiya)

Also Known As:

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (International: English title)
Violent Fire (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15

Company:

Toei Video Company

Trivia:

'Takashi Miike (I)' cut this movie to the strains of the 1971 progressive rock album "Satori" by the Flower Traveling Band, which he learned of through costars Joe Yamanaka and Yuya Uchida, who were also the band's founding members. Miike found the album to be way ahead of its time and was delighted at how well and inconspicuously it cut into a movie made 30 years later.

Takashi Miike does it again!

Like many people I was first turned onto the works of the great director Takashi Miike in the movie "Ichi the killer". After viewing that film I was instantly hooked to his take no prisoners style. Takashi Miike is a man that truly stretches the boundaries of violence and audacity into an art form. Several months later I was surprised to see "Deadly Outlaw Rekka" sitting on the shelves of my local Best Buy. Due to the rarity of Takashi Miike's films I bought it without hesitation, and I'm glad I did. Japanese film star Riki Takuechi (or as i like to call him, cool hair guy from "Dead or Alive") plays the roll of Kunisada, a grizzly yakuza hell bent on revenge for the death of his boss. As the story unfolds the audience becomes ensnared in webs of love, betrayal, sorrow, and revenge. Though lacking in the unbridled violence that originally drew me in to these kind of movies the gritty and often times zany style of Takashi Miike remains ever present. Overall "Deadly Outlaw Rekka" is a fantastic film that is a must have for fans of Takashi Miike or just really great action films and worthy addition to any movie collection!