Underplayed Gems

Vengeance for Sale (2002)

Vengeance for Sale poster
Original title
助太刀屋助六
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Genre
Jidaigeki
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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 named Sukeroku works as a hired sword, helping other people carry out their revenge plots. This is a jidaigeki set in historical Japan and based on a manga from the 1960s.

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What happens

Vengeance for Sale (Japanese: 助太刀屋助六, Hepburn: Sukedachiya Sukeroku) is a 2002 Japanese jidaigeki film written and directed by Kihachi Okamoto. Vengeance for Sale is a remake of the TV movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto in 1969, based on the manga written by Okamoto under the pen name "Daisuke Ikuta". It was the final film Okamoto directed. Vengeance for Sale was adapted into a kabuki in 2012. Hiroyuki Sanada stars as Sukeroku, a yakuza who makes a living by aiding someone else's revenge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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