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Gu (Shota Matsuda) is a hard-nosed Korean-Japanese hoodlum living in Shimonoseki, Japan. When friends "accidentally" kill the grandmother of a ruthless North Korean-Japanese thug, a whirlwind of violence and revenge is set to explode. In the process, Gu, having no fear, pisses off a string of other criminal gang members and Korean-Japanese thugs who all want him dead. There's also Detective Fujita (Atsuro Watabe) lingering in the shadows looking for Gu, but where is Gu?
Meanwhile, Gu lucks his way into a managerial job for a hostess club, run by a suave man named Takagi (Shido Nakamura). Instincts tells Gu that Takagi is more than he seems. In fact, Takagi works for a rival gang and may be involved with drugs. When Gu returns to Shimonoseki all hell is about to break loose. "
Not a bad film but not a great one either. It felt all over the place and even felt uncompleted towards the end. This film had great potential but failed to live up to it. It looked very cheaply made and the acting wasn't that great either. There's a lot of comedy or life situations that make the film seem extremely corny. Gu didn't seem like a kickass but at times he looked cool but he failed as a character to be truly cool. There's not a whole of emotion except for the failed romance in the film which ends with teenage prostitution. Which is a major problem in Japan! Anyway there is a lot of realism in this film but it's truly not worth watching again. I suggest this to real Japanese film fans and people that like corny films.
1/5
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