Full trailer for the live-action adaptation of Shohei Manabe’s Smuggler manga by The Taste of Tea and Funky Forest director Katsuhito Ishii.

Synopsis:

A failed actor named Ryosuke (Satoshi Tsumabuki) takes a part-time job at a pachinko parlor. After racking up a huge debt, he’s forced to take a smuggling job from a yakuza company chief (Yasuko Matsuyuki) who offers him 50,000 yen per successful delivery.
Unfortunately for Ryosuke, the reason for this big payout is that his new job actually entails disposing of corpses in the middle an escalating gang war, and making even the slightest mistake could prove deadly.

[via ANN & Official Website]

1 Comment

The Taste of Tea und Funky Forest director Katsuhito Ishii takes on Shohei Manabe’s 2000 manga SMUGGLER:

Synopsis:

A failed actor named Ryosuke (Satoshi Tsumabuki) takes a part-time job at a pachinko parlor. After racking up a huge debt, he’s forced to take a smuggling job from a yakuza company chief (Yasuko Matsuyuki) who offers him 50,000 yen per successful delivery.
Unfortunately for Ryosuke, the reason for this big payout is that his new job actually entails disposing of corpses in the middle an escalating gang war, and making even the slightest mistake could prove deadly.

[via Nippon Cinema & Twitch]

Comment

Yeah, ice skating in hell! Looks like at least one Japanese distributor has finally understood how to increase international sales for their domestic home video releases and has decided to release a new Japanese film with English subtitles!
The subject for this revolutionary approach will be Takeshi Kitano’s latest film Outrage (アウトレイジ). The yakuza drama will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc (both with the mentioned English subtitles) from Bandai’s sublabel Honneamise on December 3rd. There will also be a Blu-ray Disc limited edition with two bonus DVDs.
Outrage DVD: CD Japan – Amazon.co.jp
Outrage Blu-ray Disc: CD Japan – Amazon.co.jp
Outrage Blu-ray Disc LE: CD Japan – Amazon.co.jp

3 Comments

A few days before the premiere in Cannes, three clips for Outrage, Takeshi Kitano’s return to the world of the Yakuza have been published on the festival’s official website.

Another clip after the jump…

3 Comments

Now with 84% less screaming…

Synopsis via ryuganji:

The story begins with Sekiuchi (Kitamura Soichiro), boss of the Sannokai, a huge organised crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato (Miura Tomokazu) and right-hand man Ikemoto (Kunimura Jun), head of the Ikemoto-gumi. Kato orders Ikemoto to bring the unassociated Murase-gumi gang in line, and he immediately passes the task on to his subordinate Otomo (Beat Takeshi), who runs his own crew. The tricky jobs that no-one wants to do always end up in Otomo’s lap…

[via wildgrounds]

4 Comments

Here’s the first short, but very powerful teaser trailer for Outrage, Takashi Kitano’s return to his beloved yakuza eiga genre. Outrage will open in Japanese theaters on June 12, 2010.

Synopsis via ryuganji:

The story begins with Sekiuchi (Kitamura Soichiro), boss of the Sannokai, a huge organised crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato (Miura Tomokazu) and right-hand man Ikemoto (Kunimura Jun), head of the Ikemoto-gumi. Kato orders Ikemoto to bring the unassociated Murase-gumi gang in line, and he immediately passes the task on to his subordinate Otomo (Beat Takeshi), who runs his own crew. The tricky jobs that no-one wants to do always end up in Otomo’s lap…

[via Wildgrounds]

6 Comments

Tokyograph has posted some first details for director/writer/actor Takeshi Kitano next project. According to the report, Kitano will finally return to “his” violent Yakuza eiga genre with this yet unnamed project after several years.
Filming has already started in August with Kitano starring next to Tomokazu Miura, Kippei Shiina, Ryo Kase, Soichiro Kitamura, Renji Ishibashi, Jun Kunimura and Fumiyo Kohinata. Distributed by Warner Bros. Japan, the film is supposed to open in Japan in 2010.
[via @wildgrounds]

4 Comments