After a policeman dies a new Yakuza arrives in town and gets to cracking the skulls of anyone who gets in his way. Two of the local gangs start paying attention to him and he soon starts on a plan to play one off against the other. Is it a take-over bid or a ploy to earn money, or is there more to it?
The story is your basic Yojimbo/Fist Full of Dollars deal but with a nice little revenge twist to keep us going, add to that a handful of crazy Yakuza types and an outstanding, punchy jazz soundtrack and this film is a lot of fun. Director Seijun Suzuki's use of music, car chases, sex and torture gives it a very modern feel while the costumes throw you back to 50s America. He also uses a trick of going from black and white in the opening scene to colour for the rest of the film, something he'll do again in the better known Tokyo Drifter.
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