If you see only one "Beat" Takeshi Kitano movie in your lifetime, perhaps this shouldn't be it. Originally released in Japan in 1990, this second entry in the Japanese director's quartet of Yakuza films lacks the rich characterizations and deep melancholy that make the later films
so distinctive. That said, it is filled with the stand-up-comic-turned-auteur's lunatic brand of humor and the inventive use of wild violence that first brought him widespread acclaim. Masaki (Masahiko Ono) is a slow-witted gas station attendant and amateur ballplayer who makes the big mistake of
striking back after he's slapped by a local mobster for giving his Mercedes a less than perfe...
Released:
1990
Rated:
NR
Length:
98 mins