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Battle Royale II - Requiem

(133 min)

2003 - Action, Drama, Science Fiction - Japan

Tokyo, a dirty orange-red late afternoon. Suddenly Shinjuku's skyscrapers all tremble and collapser. Japan has fallen victim to terrorism, and the perpetrators are WIld 7, a Japanese group lead by Shuya Nanahara, survivor of the Battle Royale program from the first movie. When Wild 7 subsequently claims credit for the bombing and declares a war against the government of Japan, the government responds the way it knows best: it launches a new Battle Royale program whereby a lucky class of junior high school graduates are sent on a do-or-die mission to kill Shuya Nanahara and Wild 7. The moment the junior high school students are herded into a giant cage and their teacher Riki Takeuchi strolls to the front of the room, it is clear that BR2 is going to be different from Battle Royale. Addressing his hysterical students, Takeuchi explains that the white line bisecting the room divides those on the 'winning team' from those on the 'losing team'; those on one side will fight for the gov

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Director : Kinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukusaku

Cast : Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Riki Takeuchi, Shugo Oshinari, Ayana Sakai, Natsuki Kato

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Dead or Alive

(95 min)

1999 - Drama, Action, Yakuza - Japan

A street war that spans across two countries has erupted. A local Japanese yakuza key player and a Chinese triad member has been slaughtered in a highly coordinated assassination. These events ruffle the feathers of a relationship between the Yakuza and Taiwanese Triad, both of which are close to sealing a deal that could benefit both sides. The ones responsible for the chaos is Riki and his gang. Torn between their own confused roots, these first offspring of Chinese immigrants has no clear ethnicity to identify with. They work for themselves and improve for themselves. The police lieutenant Jojima ruthlessly tries to stop the gang's grand plan while also trying to solve a family crisis. Love, betrayal, happiness, and destruction rivets through the lives of these characters while total chaos consumes them. In the end, the outcome lies in the blistering duel between Jojima and Riki.

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Director : Miike Takashi

Cast : Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shingo Tsurumi, Kaoru Sugita

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Fudoh: The New Generation

(100 min)

1996 - Action, Yakuza - Japan

Ever since Riki Fudoh witnessed his father viciously murder his older brother in order to prevent a gang war from breaking out, his sole goal has been the destruction of the old yakuza generation and replacing it with his. Only his father soon realizes that Riki is behind the past hits and plans to put and end to Riki.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Shosuke Tanihara, Kenji Takano, Marie Jinno, Tamaki Kenmochi, Tôru Minegishi, Miho Nomoto

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