Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! (1963)

Original title

探偵事務所２３ くたばれ悪党ども

Directed by

Seijun Suzuki

Genre

action film, yakuza film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective named Hideo Tajima runs a small agency. He takes on yakuza criminals and gets into violent confrontations with them.

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What happens

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! (探偵事務所２３ くたばれ悪党ども, Tantei Jimusho 23: Kutabare Akutōdomo; aka Detective Bureau 23: Down with the Wicked) is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki in the vein of the Nikkatsu Studio's "borderless action cinema." It starred Joe Shishido as Hideo Tajima. This was the first part of a series which ended after the second installment. That second film, Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women, with Shishido returning as Hideo Tajima, was directed by Nozomu Yanase and released later the same year (1963). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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