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While in the middle of a job with his brother, Yakuza gangster
Kinichi falls for a student who is working in a café. He's
not really all that sure how to win her affections and ends
up pretending to be a stranger in Tokyo. They go out together
for a meal, during which Kinichi spikes Yoko's drink so that
she will sleep with him. However, she isn't that wasted that
she doesn't know a Yakuza tattoo when she sees one. Kinichi
tries to convince her that he is a nice guy. but then promptly
kidnaps her and takes her back to his home town. Here things
are not going well for Kinichi's old boss who is dying of
cancer. Another gang are moving in on his turf and want to
turn all of his men, or kill them.
Director
Rokuro Mochizuki follows up his 1995 Shin Kanashiki Hitman
(Another
Lonely Hitman) and the 1996 Onibi
- The Fire Within with the 1997 movie Koi
Gokudo (A Yakuza in Love). Yet again, Mochizuki
adapts a novel by ex-Yakuza lawyer Yukio Yamanouchi.
The
viewer is never entirely sure whether to pity Kinichi or not.
In some situations he is a monster, but in others a total
gent. His treatment of women is appalling, he practically
rapes Yoko the first time they have sex, while his devotion
to his old boss is extremely loyal.
Yoko
is a rather naïve student who doesn't really know what she
wants and seems to be tagging on to Kinichi, worshipping the
ground he walks on no matter what he does. This seems a little
unbelievable - that someone would let another do that to them
after such a short period of time.
Thankfully, this movie isn't all bleak. There are plenty of
light-hearted moments that keep you from slitting your wrists.
Shocking,
visually stimulating and painfully realistic A Yakuza in
Love is yet another visual feast for Rokuro Mochizuki
fans.
Pete
Boomer
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