In the 1960s, director Kinji Fukasaku created what would be the ultimate yakuza-sage for years to come with his “Battles Without Honor and Humanity”-series. While the various features of the series can be regarded as great entertainment on the one hand, they gain much more value when considered as a reflection on human greed, power and manipulation. Over the course of his career, director Takeshi Kitano has made quite a number of features, such as “Sonatine” or “Brother”, which would blend these themes with a certain poetic or philosophical approach, depending on your point of view. However, with the “Outrage”-series, he attempted to create his own version of Fukasaku's epic, albeit with a much more cynical undertone.
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The second entry into the “Outrage”-series, “Beyond Outrage”, takes place five years after the incidents of “Outrage”, with the...
- 1/5/2024
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
To western eyes, there is a dichotomy in Japanese cuisine of the finest, natural, raw ingredients cooked to a slow process weighed against the overly colourful, artificial world of processed and convenience food, although all are usually delicious. And this dichotomy is worked into the story of Shogo Kusano’s manga adaptation “Bitter Sweet”.
Bitter Sweet is Screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Maki (Haruna Kawaguchi) is an advertising exec with a vegetable phobia. Unlucky in love and work, she binges on supplements and alcohol to get her through the day. After another drunken night in a bar, she has a chance encounter with Nagisa (Kento Hayashi), a mild-mannered high school art teacher, vegetarian and homosexual. With Maki passed out, he offers to take her home and cook a delicious, healthy breakfast. Somewhat confused as to how she has awoken, Maki takes a shine to Nagisa, and with her lease about to expire,...
Bitter Sweet is Screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Maki (Haruna Kawaguchi) is an advertising exec with a vegetable phobia. Unlucky in love and work, she binges on supplements and alcohol to get her through the day. After another drunken night in a bar, she has a chance encounter with Nagisa (Kento Hayashi), a mild-mannered high school art teacher, vegetarian and homosexual. With Maki passed out, he offers to take her home and cook a delicious, healthy breakfast. Somewhat confused as to how she has awoken, Maki takes a shine to Nagisa, and with her lease about to expire,...
- 12/6/2020
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese director Sion Sono is one of the most prolific filmmakers working today, having released five films last year, including “Shinjuku Swan,” a live action adaptation of the popular manga series by the same name. The film followed Tatsuhiko (Gou Ayano), an adult entertainment talent scout working in the red light district of Tokyo. It has yet to receive a release in the United States, but Sono has already followed it up with a sequel, which follows Tatsuhiko as he clashes CEO Masaki Taki (Tadanobu Asano). The sequel stars Alice Hirose, Kippei Shiina, Yusuke Iseya, Motoki Fukami, Nobuaki Kaneko, Yu Yamada, Yusuke Kamiji, Maryjun Takahashi, Jun kaname, Hideo Nakano and Takashi Sasano. Watch a trailer for the film below. (Note: There are no English subtitles.)
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Sono garnered recent acclaim for directing “Why Don’t You Play In Hell?”, about a renegade...
Read More: Fantasia Review: Sion Sono’s ‘Shinjuku Swan’
Sono garnered recent acclaim for directing “Why Don’t You Play In Hell?”, about a renegade...
- 11/9/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Time to meet the Shinjuku Swan. A full Japanese trailer has debuted for Sion Sono's latest film, Shinjuku Swan II, a sequel to his first adaptation of a manga about an adult entertainment scout named Tatsuhiko Shiratori. Sion Sono is one of Japan's best directors working today, behind films like Love Exposure, Why Don't You Play in Hell? and Tokyo Tribe, though this film series hasn't picked up any Us distribution yet. Shinjuku Swan II stars Gou Ayano, Alice Hirose, Kippei Shiina, Yusuke Iseya, Motoki Fukami, Nobuaki Kaneko, Yu Yamada, Hideo Nakano, as well as Tadanobu Asano as the rival scout CEO that Tatsuhiko goes up against. This looks like some of Sono's most commercial work, but might still be fun. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Sion Sono's Shinjuku Swan II, from YouTube (via Tfs): And for reference, here's a trailer for the first Shinjuku...
- 11/9/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
If there’s one thing that can unite us as a country and bring some potential healing, it’s the gleeful insanity of Sion Sono. After the results of last night, it may feel like we are living in the world of one of his films, but sadly, this is reality. However, the prolific director does have a new feature coming out the weekend of the inauguration (at least in Japan) and the first trailer has arrived.
To get a sense of just how fast the helmer works, his next film is a sequel to 2015’s Shinjuku Swan — a film which has yet to get a U.S. release — based on Wakui Ken‘s manga. Shinjuku Swan II follows Tatsuhiko Shiratori (Gou Ayano) who works as a scout, recruiting girls to work in the adult entertainment business, but conflict arises when he clashes with CEO Masaki Taki (Tadanobu Asano). Unfortunately,...
To get a sense of just how fast the helmer works, his next film is a sequel to 2015’s Shinjuku Swan — a film which has yet to get a U.S. release — based on Wakui Ken‘s manga. Shinjuku Swan II follows Tatsuhiko Shiratori (Gou Ayano) who works as a scout, recruiting girls to work in the adult entertainment business, but conflict arises when he clashes with CEO Masaki Taki (Tadanobu Asano). Unfortunately,...
- 11/9/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The police have a reputation to protect.
Picking up where Outrage (2010) left off, Beyond Outrage (2012) goes a bit further. With Otomo (Takeshi Kitano) in prison and the Sanno yakuza family in ascension, the police (particularly Det. Kataoka (Fumiyo Kohinata)) stir the pot by pitting one set of gangsters against another. When Kataoka tries and fails to use the ambitious Tomita (Akira Nakao) to lure the Hanabishi into a war with the Sanno, he goes back to Otomo--a badass killer of the old school--to team up with Kimura (Hideo Nakano)--who, incidentally, stabbed Otomo in jail for killing his (Kimura's) former boss and permanently, hideously scarring his face--to use their mutual grudge against Kato (Tomokazu Miura), the current Chairman of the Sanno (who, incidentally, got to that position by murdering his former boss in the last movie) and bring the Hanabishi into war with the Sanno. It seems a bit complicated,...
Picking up where Outrage (2010) left off, Beyond Outrage (2012) goes a bit further. With Otomo (Takeshi Kitano) in prison and the Sanno yakuza family in ascension, the police (particularly Det. Kataoka (Fumiyo Kohinata)) stir the pot by pitting one set of gangsters against another. When Kataoka tries and fails to use the ambitious Tomita (Akira Nakao) to lure the Hanabishi into a war with the Sanno, he goes back to Otomo--a badass killer of the old school--to team up with Kimura (Hideo Nakano)--who, incidentally, stabbed Otomo in jail for killing his (Kimura's) former boss and permanently, hideously scarring his face--to use their mutual grudge against Kato (Tomokazu Miura), the current Chairman of the Sanno (who, incidentally, got to that position by murdering his former boss in the last movie) and bring the Hanabishi into war with the Sanno. It seems a bit complicated,...
- 3/30/2014
- by Jason Ratigan
- JustPressPlay.net
Takeshi Kitano is back!! Watch the Red Band Trailer of Outrage Beyond the long waited sequel of Outrage (2010).
The great Japanese director Takeshi Kitano returns to the big screen with the genre that gave him international recognition and made him one of the best Asian filmmakers.
Outrage Beyond
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Screenwriter: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano), Toshiyuki Nishida, Tomokazu Miura, Ryo Kase, Hideo Nakano, Yutaka Matsushige, Fumiyo Kohinata
Music: Keiichi Suzuki
Photography: Katsumi Yanagijma
Production: Japan | 2012
Original Title: Autoreiji Biyondo
Duration: 110 minutes
Rated: R
Ôtomo (Beat Takeshi) now a free man seek to live his life away from the yakuza world but during his imprisonment, things have changed. The Sanno family – who destroyed Ôtomo´s family – has become too powerful and the old-guard members felt that the young leaders are risking the whole business because of their extreme greed. Knowing this situation, Kataoka -an anti-gang detective decides...
The great Japanese director Takeshi Kitano returns to the big screen with the genre that gave him international recognition and made him one of the best Asian filmmakers.
Outrage Beyond
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Screenwriter: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano), Toshiyuki Nishida, Tomokazu Miura, Ryo Kase, Hideo Nakano, Yutaka Matsushige, Fumiyo Kohinata
Music: Keiichi Suzuki
Photography: Katsumi Yanagijma
Production: Japan | 2012
Original Title: Autoreiji Biyondo
Duration: 110 minutes
Rated: R
Ôtomo (Beat Takeshi) now a free man seek to live his life away from the yakuza world but during his imprisonment, things have changed. The Sanno family – who destroyed Ôtomo´s family – has become too powerful and the old-guard members felt that the young leaders are risking the whole business because of their extreme greed. Knowing this situation, Kataoka -an anti-gang detective decides...
- 11/6/2013
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Starring:
Takeshi Kitano
Tomokazu Miura
Ryo Kase
Fumiyo Kohinata
Toshiyuki Nishida
Director:Takeshi Kitano
Distributed by: Warner Bros
Outrage Beyond is a 2012 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takeshi Kitano and sequel of Kitano’s 2010 Outrage. It was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival
Plot
The Sanno crime family has grown into a huge organization, expanding its power into politics and legitimate big business. The Sanno’s upper ranks are now dominated by young executives, and the old-guard members are penting up resentment while being pushed to the sidelines. This vulnerable spot in the Sanno hierachy is exactly what anti-gang detective Kataoka has been looking for, as the police force prepares a full-scale crackdown. With secret plots and dirty tricks, the ambitious Kataoka instigates conflict between the Sanno and their long-time ally, the Hanabishi, in the hopes that they ultimately destroy each other. But...
Takeshi Kitano
Tomokazu Miura
Ryo Kase
Fumiyo Kohinata
Toshiyuki Nishida
Director:Takeshi Kitano
Distributed by: Warner Bros
Outrage Beyond is a 2012 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takeshi Kitano and sequel of Kitano’s 2010 Outrage. It was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival
Plot
The Sanno crime family has grown into a huge organization, expanding its power into politics and legitimate big business. The Sanno’s upper ranks are now dominated by young executives, and the old-guard members are penting up resentment while being pushed to the sidelines. This vulnerable spot in the Sanno hierachy is exactly what anti-gang detective Kataoka has been looking for, as the police force prepares a full-scale crackdown. With secret plots and dirty tricks, the ambitious Kataoka instigates conflict between the Sanno and their long-time ally, the Hanabishi, in the hopes that they ultimately destroy each other. But...
- 10/10/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Renowned Japanese writer-director-actor Takeshi Kitano (Dolls, Zatoichi) returned to the big screen back in 2010 with his yakuza film, Outrage.
Debuting to great reviews at Cannes two years ago, Kitano is heading to Venice and Toronto next month with the sequel, Outrage Beyond, and now the first full-length trailer has been released – it’s in the original Japanese, with no subtitles, but it still looks awesome regardless of whether or not you understand exactly what is going on.
“As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.”
Kitano is directing from his own script, and stars (as Beat Takeshi) alongside Ryo Kase, Tomokazu Miura, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hideo Nakano, Yutaka Matsushige, and Fumiyo Kohinata.
Outrage Beyond will...
Debuting to great reviews at Cannes two years ago, Kitano is heading to Venice and Toronto next month with the sequel, Outrage Beyond, and now the first full-length trailer has been released – it’s in the original Japanese, with no subtitles, but it still looks awesome regardless of whether or not you understand exactly what is going on.
“As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.”
Kitano is directing from his own script, and stars (as Beat Takeshi) alongside Ryo Kase, Tomokazu Miura, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hideo Nakano, Yutaka Matsushige, and Fumiyo Kohinata.
Outrage Beyond will...
- 8/13/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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