Genyo Kamura is a benevolent Yakuza boss who is secretly a vampire. Because of this, he can withstand almost every injury, but he must also periodically drink blood from other people. One day, a gunslinging priest and a martial artist named Mad-Dog arrive in Kamura's town, where they decapitate Kamura and wound his second-in-command Akira Kageyama. In his last moments, Kamura's dying head bites Kageyama, thus turning him into a vampire too.
Dazed and confused, Kageyama wanders the streets and bites a passerby, who also becomes a vampire, which initiates a vampire epidemic. Eventually, the entire town population becomes vampires, except for the local Yakuza, since vampires dislike Yakuza blood.
Meanwhile, it is revealed that the Yakuza Captain has been secretly working for the priest and Mad-Dog, who talk about a "modern monster" that is supposed to arrive in town with delay. Furthermore, the Captain starts exhibiting strange behaviour and her brain starts to melt and sporadically flow out of her ear canal. The "modern monster" is revealed to be a man in a frog inflatable costume who is a superb acrobatic martial artists and can hypnotize people.
In the film's climax, two Yakuza brothers manage to kill the priest and attempt to kill the monster, but get killed. Meanwhile, an axe-wielding vampire boy kills the rambling Captain. After that, Kageyama and the frog-monster have a duel in which the monster's costume gets destroyed except for his face-mask, and Kageyama seemingly kills the monster by taking off 2 band-aids which covered the monster's navel.
Weakened Kageyama kisses his love interest Kyoko, and after that, he and Mad-Dog have a drawn-out test of strength during which Mad-Dog dies. The film ends with Kageyama growing bat-wings and flying off, while Kyoko rings a gong and a gigantic version of the frog-costumed monster starts destroying the landscape.
Production on the film began on 17 April 2014. The film features Indonesian actor and stunt choreographer Yayan Ruhian, who had previously co-starred in The Raid and The Raid 2. It marks his first foray into acting outside of his native Indonesia.
Receptionedit
The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 63% rating, based on 40 reviews.[4]Metacritic reports a 62 out of 100 rating, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]
yakuza, apocalypse, 極道大戦争, gokudō, daisensō, 2015, japanese, action, fantasy, yakuza, vampire, film, directed, takashi, miike, starring, hayato, ichihara, yayan, ruhian, riko, narumi, written, yoshitaka, yamaguchi, premiered, cannes, film, festival, 2015, befo. Yakuza Apocalypse 極道大戦争 Gokudō Daisensō is a 2015 Japanese action fantasy yakuza vampire film directed by Takashi Miike and starring Hayato Ichihara Yayan Ruhian and Riko Narumi 2 3 It was written by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21 2015 before being released theatrically on June 20 throughout Japan Yakuza ApocalypseTheatrical release posterDirected byTakashi MiikeWritten byYoshitaka YamaguchiProduced byYoshinori Chiba Shin ichiro Masuda Shinjiro Nishimura Misako SakaStarringHayato Ichihara Yayan Ruhian Riko NarumiCinematographyHajime KandaEdited byKenji YamashitaMusic byKoji EndoProductioncompaniesDjango Film Gambit Happinet OLM Inc Distributed byNikkatsuRelease dates21 May 2015 2015 05 21 Cannes 20 June 2015 2015 06 20 Japan Running time115 minutes 1 CountryJapanLanguagesJapanese English Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPlot editGenyo Kamura is a benevolent Yakuza boss who is secretly a vampire Because of this he can withstand almost every injury but he must also periodically drink blood from other people One day a gunslinging priest and a martial artist named Mad Dog arrive in Kamura s town where they decapitate Kamura and wound his second in command Akira Kageyama In his last moments Kamura s dying head bites Kageyama thus turning him into a vampire too Dazed and confused Kageyama wanders the streets and bites a passerby who also becomes a vampire which initiates a vampire epidemic Eventually the entire town population becomes vampires except for the local Yakuza since vampires dislike Yakuza blood Meanwhile it is revealed that the Yakuza Captain has been secretly working for the priest and Mad Dog who talk about a modern monster that is supposed to arrive in town with delay Furthermore the Captain starts exhibiting strange behaviour and her brain starts to melt and sporadically flow out of her ear canal The modern monster is revealed to be a man in a frog inflatable costume who is a superb acrobatic martial artists and can hypnotize people In the film s climax two Yakuza brothers manage to kill the priest and attempt to kill the monster but get killed Meanwhile an axe wielding vampire boy kills the rambling Captain After that Kageyama and the frog monster have a duel in which the monster s costume gets destroyed except for his face mask and Kageyama seemingly kills the monster by taking off 2 band aids which covered the monster s navel Weakened Kageyama kisses his love interest Kyoko and after that he and Mad Dog have a drawn out test of strength during which Mad Dog dies The film ends with Kageyama growing bat wings and flying off while Kyoko rings a gong and a gigantic version of the frog costumed monster starts destroying the landscape Cast editHayato Ichihara as Akira Kageyama Yayan Ruhian as Kyoken 狂犬 Mad Dog Riko Narumi as Kyōko Anan Lily Franky as Genyō Kamiura Reiko TakashimaProduction editProduction on the film began on 17 April 2014 The film features Indonesian actor and stunt choreographer Yayan Ruhian who had previously co starred in The Raid and The Raid 2 It marks his first foray into acting outside of his native Indonesia Reception editThe film received mixed to positive reviews from critics On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 63 rating based on 40 reviews 4 Metacritic reports a 62 out of 100 rating based on 14 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 5 See also editKappa folklore References edit YAKUZA APOCALYPSE 18 British Board of Film Classification 11 December 2015 Retrieved 11 December 2015 Kevin Ma 18 April 2014 Miike to battle yakuza vampires Film Business Asia Retrieved 29 April 2014 映画 極道大戦争 allcinema in Japanese Stingray Retrieved 20 June 2015 Yakuza Apocalypse 2015 Rotten Tomatoes Flixster Retrieved 11 December 2015 Yakuza Apocalypse reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Retrieved 11 December 2015 External links editOfficial website in Japanese Yakuza Apocalypse at IMDb nbsp Yakuza Apocalypse at Box Office Mojo Yakuza Apocalypse at Rotten Tomatoes Yakuza Apocalypse at Metacritic nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yakuza Apocalypse amp oldid 1111827727, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
