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      Violent Streets

      Released Dec 16, 2022 1h 36m Action Crime Drama List
      Reviews 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. Read More Read Less

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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