Yakuza Demon

Rating:
Summary: Tame for Miike...
Review: For one of my favorite directors, Takashi Miike, this is a more sane offering. It's a Yakuza brotherhood, betrayal and revenge flick basically. Like many Miike offerings it has sporatic bursts of violence mixed with scenes of serious dialogue and lots of eating here. I appreciated the scenes of the Japanese countryside, nice break from many of his films being shot in and around the Shinjuku district of Tokyo (though I love that too). For fans of his all action, bizarre extravaganzas, this might be a bit slow though I found enough redeeming qualities to enjoy. The last line of the movie is what I'll close with, "You're way cool man."