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Violent Streets

Play trailer Poster for Violent Streets Released Dec 16, 2022 1h 36m Action Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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After making his name in the samurai genre, master filmmaker Hideo Gosha (THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI, SAMURAI WOLF) turned his camera to the world of the yakuza, and the violent streets they control. Legendary gangster-turned-actor Noboru Ando plays Egawa, a retired yakuza underboss, now nightclub owner, who gets pulled back into the life when his old comrades demand control of his club. Meanwhile, a gang war quietly roiling behind the scenes erupts into open violence in response to a high-profile kidnapping, lending unimaginably high stakes to Egawa's reemergence onto the yakuza scene. The result is a kinetic and stylish explosion of deception, mayhem, and death that leaves no one safe - and a masterpiece of 1970's yakuza cinema.

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography Violent City is a nihilistic and violent yakuza classic. Dec 16, 2023 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk While not one of Gosha’s best works, it is nevertheless an intriguing example of the shift in the yakuza (gangster) genre Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 19, 2023 Full Review Jacob Walker Starburst Violent Streets could be described as unpleasant and exploitative but never not entertaining. Rated: 4/5 Jun 15, 2023 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Occasionally feels overstuffed yet remains consistently engaging. Rated: 3/4 May 24, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After making his name in the samurai genre, master filmmaker Hideo Gosha (THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI, SAMURAI WOLF) turned his camera to the world of the yakuza, and the violent streets they control. Legendary gangster-turned-actor Noboru Ando plays Egawa, a retired yakuza underboss, now nightclub owner, who gets pulled back into the life when his old comrades demand control of his club. Meanwhile, a gang war quietly roiling behind the scenes erupts into open violence in response to a high-profile kidnapping, lending unimaginably high stakes to Egawa's reemergence onto the yakuza scene. The result is a kinetic and stylish explosion of deception, mayhem, and death that leaves no one safe - and a masterpiece of 1970's yakuza cinema.
Director
Hideo Gosha
Screenwriter
Masahiro Kakefuda, Nobuaki Nakajima
Distributor
Film Movement
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 16, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 36m