JP | 2010 | colour | 109 min
reż|dir Takeshi Kitano  pro|pro Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida Executive sce|sc Takeshi Kitano zdj|ph Katsumi Yanagiijima muz|mus Keiichi Suzuki mon|ed Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota ob|cast Beat Takeshi, Kippei Shiina, Ryo Kase, Tomokazu Miura, Jun Kinimura, Tetta Sugimoto dys|dis Epelpol Entertainment

In a ruthless battle for power, several yakuza clans vie for the favor of their head family in the Japanese underworld. The rival bosses seek to rise through the ranks by scheming and making allegiances sworn over sake. Theirs is a never-ending struggle to end up on top, or at least survive, in a corrupt world where there are no heroes but constant betrayal and vengeance.

AWARDS
2010 Cannes FF – Palme d’Or nomination

DIRECTOR | Takeshi Kitano (1947)
Writer, editor, director. Kitano launched his directorial career with 1989’s Violent Cop (Sono Otoko Kyobo ni Tsuki), in which he also starred as an actor. He continued to make one directorial film after another over the following years; 1997’s Hana-bi won Venice’s Golden Lion, 1999’s Kikujiro (Kikujiro no Natsu) was screened in the Cannes competition and Zatoichi (2003), which won him Venice’s Silver Lion, are only a few films which gained Kitano’s international acclaim.