Yakuza Apocalypse trailer previews Takashi Miike’s latest
Yakuza Apocalypse, the upcoming madness from director Takashi Miike, released a red band trailer recently. It’s everything you could want and more from the mind and eye behind films like Ichi the Killer, Audition, and 13 Assassins (a personal favorite), even if early reviews are mixed. Miike has a habit of going overboard with his violence, getting under your skin and leaving you scratching, so a balls-to-the-wall Yakuza gang fight horror sci-fi movie means nothing’s off limits. Expect some blood to flow and some people to scream.
Watch the red band trailer, read a plot synopsis, and check out a poster for Yakuza Apocalypse after the jump.
Talk about wild. Vampires, that weird frog thing, hints of gang violence and science fiction weirdness. Looks like a good time! Regardless of what you think about Miike as a director, the man is a master of his craft and continues to explore strange territory with his filmmaking. This one looks like he’s coloring outside the lines, which could be a lot of fun.
In case the trailer wasn’t enough, here’s a plot synopsis for Yakuza Apocalypse to fill in the cracks:
Kamiura is not your typical yakuza boss: he’s a kindly man who dotes on the locals in his ‘hood and extends life-saving loans to small businesses in order to keep the big corporations out. But when a Django-esque gunslinger in seventeenth-century Spanish garb comes to town, Kamiura is exposed for what he truly is: a vampire! Soon, Kamiura’s young protegé Kagayama is invested with his mentor’s powers, and takes to the streets with a new gang made up of regular citizens who have sprouted fangs and are ready to fight for their turf.
Yakuza Apocalypse stars Yoshiyuki Morishita, Riri Furanki, Hayato Ichihara, Pierre Taki, and Yoshiyuki Morishita. The movie opens on October 9, 2015.
