Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

So we have Yakuza protecting a small town, when the gang is betrayed to a rival Vampire/monster gang. I was only slightly amused until I see ANIME CHARACTER(tm) who speaks English and carries a gun name Jesus Christ. His gang consists of a martial artist, a Stinky Kappa, and later a Man in a Frog Character Costume. Like you would see at Disney. The man in the frog suit has a super power akin to the carebear stare that paralyzes people.

Heres a side note Ichihara Hayato does not even list this on his official page among his works(http://official.stardust.co.jp/hayato/biography/). Which i think is pretty telling in and of itself.

I liked it but i like cheesy action movies that border on absurd. I love showing them to people and watching their reactions.

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First off took me forever to stop laughing at the term Yakuza Apocalypse LOL I mean the word Yakuza is used any time one would normally use 'Vampire' XD throughout the film it's hilarious. And really that's the basic theme, how yakuza type organizations and syndicates run on the blood of civilians. But they also show how there's a cruel system of hierarchy for even the people like evil syndicates which makes might is right the ruling directive. And anyone with lower strength is easily tread upon. This one is more like Lessons Of the Evil where it's super dark and then there will be plenty of eccentricity and dark humor but make no mistake it's bloody and gory, even more than Lessons. But not on Itchi or Visitor Q level and is watchable by the masses for the most part if you don't mind the symbolic surrealism of Takashi Miike's work which is rather heavy in Yakuza Apocalypse and always my favorite part.

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