Underplayed Gems

新極道の妻たち (1991)

新極道の妻たち poster
Directed by
Sadao Nakajima
Genre
yakuza film
Country
Japan
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A yakuza mother and her son clash over succession of their crime family in Osaka. The son falls for a law-abiding woman while rivals plot a takeover, and the 1991 anti-yakuza law looms in the background.

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What happens

『新極道の妻たち』（しんごくどうのおんなたち）は、1991年公開の日本映画。監督は、中島貞夫。主演は、岩下志麻。通称『極妻（ごくつま）』シリーズの第5作目。岩下版としては3作目。本作では、関西を舞台にヤクザ組織の跡目争いに名乗りを上げた息子とその母の愛憎、彼と堅気の女性との恋、その隙をついて組を乗っ取ろうとする敵組織の策略が描かれている。 また本作では、1991年に制定された暴対法(施行は1992年)が取り上げられている。シリーズで唯一女性の那須真知子が脚本を担当。 キャッチコピーは、「母子の縁は、これまでや！」。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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