Outrage

"One wrong move and it's all out war."

2010 1h 49m JA

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 473

ActionCrimeThrillerDrama

Synopsis

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When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.

“One wrong move and it's all out war.”

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Cast

Takeshi Kitano
Otomo
Kippei Shiina
Mizuno
Ryo Kase
Ishihara
Tomokazu Miura
Kato
Fumiyo Kohinata
Kataoka
Jun Kunimura
Ikemoto
Tetta Sugimoto
Ozawa
Renji Ishibashi
Murase

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writers: Takeshi Kitano
Languages: English, Japanese
Countries: Japan, France

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Japan, France.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Outrage Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takeshi Kitano, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshinori Ota shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Takeshi Kitano and Kippei Shiina and Ryo Kase carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "One wrong move and it's all out war.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takeshi Kitano directs. Katsumi Yanagijima behind the camera. Yoshinori Ota cuts. Produced in Japan, France. Dialogue in English, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 16 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
3International production across 2 countries: Japan, France.
4Part of the "Outrage Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Takeshi Kitano, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Yoshinori Ota shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Takeshi Kitano and Kippei Shiina and Ryo Kase carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "One wrong move and it's all out war.".
9IMDB entry: tt1462667 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 16 themes, including "japan", "tattoo", "yakuza", "restaurant".
11Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagijima
Editing: Yoshinori Ota
Costume design: Kazuko Kurosawa
Makeup / hair: Masako Hosokawa
Sound: Senji Horiuchi
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Status: Released
Box office: $8,428,636
Original language: JA
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Outrage (2010)

Part of

Outrage Collection

Gangster series from director Takeshi Kitano

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Takeshi Kitano

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clyde e collins2015-03-25
★ 8/10
Fundamentals, reception. 1. Japanese live action feature length film, 2010, rated R, 109 minutes, action. 2. IMDB: 6.8/10.0 from 6,811 audience ratings. Spoken word is in Japanese, sub-titles in English. 3. Rotten Tomatoes: 77% on the meter; 64% liked it from 3,288 audience ratings. 4. Netflix: 3.5/5.0 from 121,334 audience ratings. 5. Written and directed by: Takeshi Kitano. 6. Starring: Takeshi Kitano as Otomo, Kipei Shiina as Mizuno, Ryo Kase as Ishihara, Fumiyo Kohinata as Detective Kataoka, Soichiro Kitimura as Kan'nai (Mr. Chairman), Tadashi Sakata as Okazaki, Kenji Morinaga as Abe, Tokio Emoto as Emoto, Hideo Nakano as Kimura, Jun Kunimura as Ikemoto, Tetta Sugimoto as Ozawa, Tomokazu Miura as Kato, Yuka Itaya as Otomo's girlfriend, Renji Ishibashi as Murase. Setup and Plot 1. This film is about warring clans within a larger yakuza community. Mr. Chairman is the current overall leader; Ikemoto is one of his vassals. Ikemoto, however, has started an alliance with the Murase family, which deals drugs. Mr. Chairman is old school, and does not like trading in drugs. The protagonist, Otomo, is a vassal of Ikemoto, but is a sworn brother of Murase. Mr. Chairman charges Otomo with breaking this alliance by moving against Murase. Otomo is reminded rather strongly that his loyalty to Mr. Chairman should outweigh his brotherhood to Murase. 2. In the meantime, Detective Kataoka of the Organized Crime Unit keeps getting paid off by Otomo. Kataoka gives Otomo intelligence that keeps the police off Otomo's back. 3. Otomo sends an underling to let one of Murase's lieutenants cheat him out of 1 million yen. When the lieutenant arrives at Otomo offices, he sees that the Otomo group is vassal to the Ikemoto family, and begs to skip receiving the payment. Otomo's people insist. Word gets back to Murase, who phones Otomo immediately. Otomo accepts money and a finger and an apology from Murase's under boss, Kimura. The Ikemotos demand a finger from the under boss for the insult. 4. As one might imagine, there was a lot of hurt pride. That, coupled with mistakes by underlings, ignites an escalating set of reprisals. Alliances shift. Ikemoto wants to keep the skim of the drug money, for instance, despite all the thunder coming down from Mr. Chairman. 5. Otomo tries to keep his standing with Mr. Chairman sound, but it is not easy; nor is keeping his sworn brotherhood with Murase. Mr. Chairman makes it worse by demanding reprisals. 6. Who survives this bloodbath? Will anyone be left in place? Conclusions 1. One line summary: Harsh times during a clan versus clan yakuza war. 2. Four stars of five. Scores 1. Cinematography: 10/10 Beautifully shot using excellent equipment. 2. Sound: 7/10 Moot; I read the subtitles. The background music was good, and the actors seemed to be well miked. 3. Acting: 8/10 All the actors were rather good. Gladly, the ones with the most screen time were the best. 4. Screenplay: 7/10 As a move-forward all-the-time action film, this was great. However, I could have used a bit more exposition of motivation. The film made more sense the second time I watched it, but was still a little unclear.

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