Kikoku

Yakuza films is a tradition in the japanese crime film history, you can't deal without it. This one directed by Miike Takashi is surprisingly less weird, less crazy than the other movies from this director. I could prefer the old Kinji Fukasaku - or simply the seventies films - because the tone, style, acting, is quite different. However the result is above average. Good, strong performances...Excellent ending. I have always liked this film, bleak, gritty, a good paced action crime yarn. Don't look for something too surprising in terms of story telling, it remains rather predictable. Some poignant scenes, however.