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Gokudô kuroshakai

Gokudô kuroshakai

1997Movie⏱️ 1h 35mNot Rated
CrimeDrama
7
IMDB Rating
3,079 votes

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.

Director
Takashi Miike
Writers
N/A
Stars
Shô Aikawa, Li-Wei Chang, Shih Chang
Release Date
June 28, 1997
Language
Japanese, Mandarin, Min Nan
Country
Japan
🏆 1
Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 32
Reviews
📋 4.6K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Shô Aikawa
Shô Aikawa
as Yuuji
Li-Wei Chang
Li-Wei Chang
👤
Shih Chang
👤
Xianmei Chen
as Lili
Billy Sau Yat Ching
Billy Sau Yat Ching
👤
Jianqin He
as Chen
👤
Ming-chun Kao
as Lichun Lee
Blackie Shou-Liang Ko
Blackie Shou-Liang Ko
as Whorehouse Proprietor
Li-Chun Lee
Li-Chun Lee
Doze Niu
Doze Niu

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Taiwan
Production
Daiei, Excellent Film

🏷️ Keywords

part of trilogysecond parttaipei taiwansecond in trilogywoman

🎯 Categories

JapaneseCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Was it the Everly Brothers who were crying in the rain?
by Nyagtha2004-06-02
9/10

"Rainy Dog, part of Miike's Triad Society is a truly beautiful film. A lot of people are going to notice, and quite rightly, that it does not conform to the traditional Miike template. Instead it moves at a slow pace with long lingering shots of the rainy streets of Taipei. The action is restrained to only a few brief gun "battles" and a stabbing, but the film is not about violence. It is about the aftermath of violence. As one character says towards the end, it is about life, death and hate. There are no opportunities to glorify the violence and every murder carries with it inte..."

📖 Synopsis

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.