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Karakkaze yaro - One of the great films of the Japanese New Wave with novelist Yukio Mishima starring as the hired gun for a down at the heel yakuza clan in this hard hitting depiction of the yakuza underworld.

Takeo, a young yakuza, reluctantly leaves prison to re-enter a dizzying world of kidnappings, attempted assassinations, attacks and retaliations. Torn by family duty, self-preservation, and his desire for his new-found love Yoshie, Takeo blasts and bluffs his way through this treacherous maze until he finds he can no longer outrun destiny.

Japanese New Wave master Yasuzo Masumura propels this delirious, fast paced yakuza satire with a jazzy score, eye-popping visuals, and a trademark sense of the absurd.

Director: Yasuzo Masumura

Stars: Yukio Mishima, Ayako Wakao and Takashi Shimura

1960 – JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES – COLOR – 16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN - 94 MINUTES