Yakuza Weapon (2011)

Original title

極道兵器

Directed by

Yūdai Yamaguchi, Tak Sakaguchi

Genre

action film, science fiction film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mercenary returns to Japan after his father is killed. He goes after the yakuza who betrayed him, using weapons implanted in his own body.

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What happens

Yakuza Weapon (Japanese: 極道兵器, Hepburn: Gokudō Heiki) is a 2011 Japanese film directed and written by Tak Sakaguchi and Yūdai Yamaguchi. Based on the manga by Ken Ishikawa, the film is about Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) who works as a mercenary in South America. Iwaki is informed of the death of his gang boss dad and discovers his former Yakuza henchman is involved in a double-cross. Yakuza Weapon was premiered at the 2011 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival and opened theatrically in Japan on July 23, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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