After a couple of bad movies done in the past years, Miike is back with one of his best movies in a long time.
This was very reminescent of some his previous Yakuza stuff, easily explained by the fact that the script comes from the writer of "Dead or Alive 2", "The Bird People in China" and the "Young Thugs" movies, which also stand as some of my favourites from Miike.
I believe this is a director that, at this point, just enjoying making every movie he gets offered to get his paycheck. However, stuff like "First Love" still remind me of what made me fall in love with him in the first place.
Loved how it took place mostly at night. It reminded me a lot of the Yakuza videogames with all the punching, kicking, street neons and intrigue between rival yakuza gangs. A lot of "who are you?" and "what is happening?" moments added a lot of enjoyment to this very fun script.
I loved the young couple. This is Miike's most romantic movie since "For Love's Sake" and would love to see the continuation of this story in a sequel.
Shota Sometani is good as always and Becky who plays Julie is a lot of fun, which I immediately recognized from watching her in the "Nodame Cantabile" series back in highschool. What a comeback for this actress!
There is a lot of violence, car chases and also a very interesting animated scene. Happy this was my 90th movie from Miike.
This was very reminescent of some his previous Yakuza stuff, easily explained by the fact that the script comes from the writer of "Dead or Alive 2", "The Bird People in China" and the "Young Thugs" movies, which also stand as some of my favourites from Miike.
I believe this is a director that, at this point, just enjoying making every movie he gets offered to get his paycheck. However, stuff like "First Love" still remind me of what made me fall in love with him in the first place.
Loved how it took place mostly at night. It reminded me a lot of the Yakuza videogames with all the punching, kicking, street neons and intrigue between rival yakuza gangs. A lot of "who are you?" and "what is happening?" moments added a lot of enjoyment to this very fun script.
I loved the young couple. This is Miike's most romantic movie since "For Love's Sake" and would love to see the continuation of this story in a sequel.
Shota Sometani is good as always and Becky who plays Julie is a lot of fun, which I immediately recognized from watching her in the "Nodame Cantabile" series back in highschool. What a comeback for this actress!
There is a lot of violence, car chases and also a very interesting animated scene. Happy this was my 90th movie from Miike.