Retaliation(縄張はもらった)
✭ ✭ ✭
Japan · 1968
1h 34m
Director Yasuharu Hasebe
Starring Akira Kobayashi, Jō Shishido, Tamio Kawachi, Tatsuya Fuji
Genre Action
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Two years before they collaborated on the immortal Stray Cat Rock series, director Yasuharu Hasebe and soon-to-be-superstar Meiko Kaji teamed up for this potent gangster flick that also stars the great Joe Shishido (Branded to Kill) and Akira Kobayashi, who would shortly thereafter star in Kinji Fukasaku's epic yakuza series Battles Without Honor and Humanity. Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa (Kobayashi) discovers that his gang has disintegrated while he was in the pen. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang (led by Shishido) who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds are made to be broken, and pledges of loyalty soon give way to competition, betrayal and — naturally — retaliation. Tough, cynical and violent, Retaliation cheerfully overturns romanticized notions of underworld honour, paving the way for Fukusaku's revisionist yakuza pictures of the 1970s.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
The Prestige
Are you watching closely?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2006
- Director Christopher Nolan
- Cast Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, David Bowie
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Wave
(Die Welle)
A high school teacher's unorthodox lesson on autocracy spirals out of control and causes students to turn against one another.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2008
- Director Dennis Gansel
- Cast Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M'Barek
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
(銀蝶渡り鳥)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1972
- Director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- Cast Meiko Kaji, Tsunehiko Watase, Akiko Koyama, Mieko Aoyagi, Meg Flower, Tomiko Ishii
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Stop dreaming and start living.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, United Kingdom • 2013
- Director Ben Stiller
- Cast Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man faces a crisis from across the multiverse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Iceland • 2021
- Director Jon Watts
- Cast Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jon Favreau, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand