Like a Dragon (2007)
- Original title
- 龍が如く 劇場版
- Directed by
- Takashi Miike
- Genre
- drama film, action film, crime film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 71 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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.
How it feels
The film takes place over one hot summer night in Kamurocho, a fictional district based on a real Tokyo neighborhood. It follows multiple storylines that converge around a former yakuza named Kazuma Kiryu and other characters from the criminal underworld.
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What happens
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Japanese: 龍が如く 劇場版, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku: Gekijōban; lit. "Like a Dragon: The Movie") is a 2007 crime film directed by Takashi Miike, based on the video game series published by Sega. It features an ensemble cast led by Kazuki Kitamura as protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, along with Gorô Kishitani, Show Aikawa, Shun Shioya, Saeko, Saki Takaoka, Gong Yoo, Yutaka Matsushige, Claude Maki, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kenichi Endō and Tomorowo Taguchi. Series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi (billed as 'Mister N') appears in a supporting role. Like a Dragon broadly adapts the plot of the first game in the series, following several different storylines that unfolds in a hot summer night in Kamurocho, the franchise's fictionalized version of Tokyo Shinjuku's Kabukichō. The film was released in Japan by Toei Company on March 3, 2007, to mixed reviews. The English-subtitled version premiered on June 23, 2008, at New York Asian Film Festival, and was released on DVD in North America on February 23, 2010, by an affiliate of Media Blasters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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