The Return of the "Aesthetics of Violence"

Mabelle 2022-04-21 09:03:52

Just finished watching this film, I am very pleased that Takeshi Kitano has finally returned to his "violent aesthetics", but unfortunately, I don't like Kitano's acting skills very much, and the plot is a bit like a Hong Kong film in the 1980s - is it that Japanese underworld films are degenerating?
Perhaps this is because the screenwriter is the 63-year-old grandfather of Takeshi Kitano!

However, the highlight of this film is the powerful cast. It can be said that the main characters are not popular faces, especially the roles of Kase Ryo and Shiina Kihei!
And Kitano Takeshi's lover, that royal sister is also very beautiful.
This film can be regarded as a rare good film in recent Japanese movies.

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The Outrage quotes

  • Ikemoto: H-h-hold on a minute...

    [panting]

    Ikemoto: I'll reverse the banishment.

    Ôtomo: Huh?

    Ikemoto: I'll reverse the banishment.

    Ôtomo: You banish me, then you reverse it?

    [explodes]

    Ôtomo: How many fucking tongues do you have?

    Ikemoto: Huh?

    Ôtomo: Are you deaf? How many do you have?

    Ikemoto: I've only got one.

    Ôtomo: Only one? *Two* or *three* is more like it, you fucking prick!

    Ikemoto: I'm telling you I've only got one tongue!

    Ôtomo: [a little calmer] Open your mouth.

    [louder]

    Ôtomo: Stick out your tongue!

    Ikemoto: [beat] Huh?

    Ôtomo: [barking] Stick out your tongue!

    [Ikemoto reveals reluctantly a bit of his tongue]

    Ôtomo: MORE!

    [Ikemoto does]

    Ôtomo: STICK IT OUT, YOU MOTHERFUCKER!

    [Ikemoto sticks out his entire tongue, then Otomo slams his jaw so violently that Ikemoto chokes on his own tongue; Otomo eventually kills him]

  • Ôtomo: How the fuck can you come to play here just after you banished me ? I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU !

    Ikemoto: W-wait a second...

    [he pants]

    Ikemoto: OZAWA !

    Mizuno: He's gone already, you dipshit.