Movie: Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War Of The Underworld
Romaji: Gokudo Daisenso
Japanese: 極道大戦争
Director: Takashi Miike
Writer: Yoshitaka Yamaguchi
Producer: Yoshinori Chiba, Shinichiro Masuda, Shinjiro Nishimura, Misako Saka
Cinematographer: Hajime Kanda
Release Date: June 20, 2015
Runtime: 125 min.
Genre: Action / Gangster / Comedy
Distributor: Nikkatsu
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Akira (Hayato Ichihara) admires Genyo Kamiura who is the most powerful yakuza. Genyo Kamiura has been targeted numerous times, but has never died. He is called the invincible person.
Because of Genyo Kamiura, Akira enters the world of the yakuza. His yakuza colleagues treats him like an idiot, Akira can't even get tattoos because of his sensitive skin. Akira becomes disappointed in the yakuza world, because it's not like what he say in the movies. Especially, in terms of loyalty and charity depicted of the yakuza. An assassin is then sent to take out Genyo Kamiura. The killers know that Genyo Kamiura is a vampire.
Notes
Veteran actress Reiko Takashima plays a male character for the first time in her acting career.
Cast
Hayato Ichihara as Akira Kageyama
Riko Narumi as Kyoko
Lily Franky as Genyo Kamiura
Reiko Takashima as Sosuke Zenba
Sho Aoyagi as yakuza
Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Mad Dog
Yayan Ruhian as vampire
Mio Yuki as high school student
Pierre Taki as yakuza
Denden as yakuza
Additional Cast Members:
Yuki Sakurai - Nurse Mikiko