Graveyard of Honor

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Graveyard of Honor ★★½ Shin Jingi No Hakaba 2002

Miike's remake of the 1975 classic follows Rikuo Ishimatsu, a lowly disherwasher, to the height of gang power, after he unknowingly saves the life of a gang leader. Well-executed script delves more deeply into the relationship Rikuo has with his heroin-addicted girlfriend and brings a comedic flair to gangster leader Ishimatsu's character. Japanese with subtitles. 131m/C DVD . JP Goro Kishitani, Shingo Yamashiro, Narumi Arimori, Ryosuke Miki; D: Takashi Miike; W: Shigenori Takechi; C: Hideo Yamamoto; M: Koji Endo.

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