Yakuza Weapon
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Film poster for Yakuza Weapon
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| Japanese | 極道兵器 |
| Hepburn | Gokudō Heiki |
| Directed by |
Tak Sakaguchi Yūdai Yamaguchi |
| Produced by | Yoshinori Chiba Shuichi Takashino Toshiki Kimura |
| Written by | Yūdai Yamaguchi Tak Sakaguchi |
| Based on |
Gokudō Heiki by Ken Ishikawa |
| Starring | Tak Sakaguchi Jun Murakami Mei Kurokawa Shingo Tsurumi |
| Music by | Nobuhiko Morino |
| Cinematography | Masakazu Oka |
| Edited by | Zensuke Hori |
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Stairway
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| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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Running time
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104 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Yakuza Weapon (極道兵器 Gokudō Heiki?) is a 2011 Japanese film directed and written by Tak Sakaguchi and Yūdai Yamaguchi. Based on the manga by Ken Ishikawa, the film is about Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) who works as a mercenary in South America. Iwaki is informed of the death of his gang boss dad and discovers his former Yakuza henchman is involved in a double-cross. Yakuza Weapon was premiered at the 2011 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival and opened theatrically in Japan on July 23, 2011.
Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) is a strong fighter with a strong disregard for his own safety during fights by shrugging off all wounds and damage. He has a falling out with his father, the Boss Yakuza Kenzo Iwaki (Akaji Maro) and spends years in the South American jungle fighting mercenaries. After a battle against opposing soldiers, Shozo is found by Red Tiger and his team, a Japanese special agent who informs him that his father was assassinated.
Shozo returns home to find his old hideout is now a sleazy loan shark operation run by a former junior lieutenant in the Yakuza, and a rival Yakuza boss, Kurawaki (Shingo Tsurumi) who is double crossing him and trying to unite the other clans under his control. Shozo is then ambushed by his old Yakuza flame, Sister Nayoko (Mei Kurokawa) under the perception that he abandoned her when he left for South America. Upset with this turn of events, Shozo destroys various Kurawaki holdings until he finds that Sister Nayoko is kidnapped by Kurawaki himself. Shozo attacks the Kurawaki high-rise headquarters by blowing it up and rescues Nayoko. Kurawaki escapes in a military helicopter and blows off Shozo's right arm and left leg. Shozo manages to retaliate by shooting down the helicopter with a grenade launcher. Kurawaki survives Shozo's, but is severely scarred and dependent on a life-support robotic machine. Kurawaki and his assistant plan to raise an army of mind controlled thugs, which includes Shozo's former sparring partner and blood brother Tetsu (Jun Murakami), who has been driven mad due to the rape and death of his sister at the hands of a rival crime lord.
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