1996 · yakuza · crime · violence
Fudoh: The New Generation
Directed by Takashi Miike1h 39m1996
In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.
Our read: Fudoh: The New Generation (1996) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive yakuza · crime · violence entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, breathless, extreme yakuza / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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- inventive
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