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Presents
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Gokudô heiki
AKA
Yakuza Weapon
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Movie Information
Release year.........: 2011
Genre................: Action/Sci-Fi
IMDb rating..........: 7.0/10
IMDB Link............: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1669604/
Language.............: Japanese
Subtitles............: English softcoded
Duration.............: 1h 44mn
Source...............: DVD5 rental
Format...............: MPEG-4
Format/Info..........: Base Media
File size............: 527 MB
Overall bit rate.....: 702 Kbps
Writing application..: HandBrake 0.9.5
Video/Audio Attributes
Format................: AVC
Format profile........: [email protected]
Codec ID..............: avc1
Bit rate..............: 630 Kbps
Width.................: 720 pixels
Height................: 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio..: 16:9
Frame rate............: 24.000 fps
Color space...........: YUV
Chroma subsampling....: 4:2:0
Bit depth.............: 8 bits
Scan type.............: Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)....: 0.076
Writing library.......: x264 core 112
Format................: AAC
Format/Info...........: Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile........: LC
Codec ID..............: 40
Bit rate mode.........: Variable
Bit rate..............: 64.1 Kbps
Channel(s)............: 2 channels
Channel positions.....: Front: L R
Sampling rate.........: 48.0 KHz
Compression mode......: Lossy
Stream size...........: 48.1 MB (9%)
Plot summary
MADE IN JAPAN, KICKING ASS WORLDWIDE
The team who brought you VERSUS have returned with another hard-edged battle royale featuring tough gangsters, deadly women and cybernetic penis implants! Working as a hard-to-kill mercenary in South America, ex-yakuza Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) is informed of the death of his gang boss father, Kenzo (Akaji Maro). Returning home after four years, Shozo discovers that his father’s number-one man, Kurawaki (Shingo Tsurumi), has double-crossed and assassinated Kenzo, leaving Shozo not only in charge of what little remains of the Iwaki Family, but also burning with the desire for vengeance. After a titanic battle in which an entire building is leveled, both Shozo and Kurawaki are left barely alive, Shozo missing an arm and a leg.
Despite his debilitating wounds, the nearly superhuman Shozo clings to life, and wakes up in a mysterious medical facility with an M61 Vulcan cannon in place of his right arm, and a rocket launcher where his left leg used to be! Although confused by his new body and tormented by the pain it brings him, Shozo quickly learns to love his weaponized frame, and makes himself ready for a rematch with Kurawaki, who also has some mechanical improvements of his own.
But before that, Shozo must also deal with Tetsuo (Jun Murakami), his former best friend who’s fallen into drugs and hard times, and has been coerced by the Kurawaki gang to find and kill Shozo! Nearly a match for Shozo’s strength and fighting ability, Tetsuo also has a mechanical secret: his younger sister Sumire (Cay Izumi), who’s been transformed into a naked weapon, using the same technology that gave Shozo his arm and leg! But can Shozo bring himself to destroy his own best friend, the only thing standing between him and final vengeance?
Co-directed by Yudai Yamaguchi and Tak Sakaguchi, who between them have created crazy, action-filled comedies like BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL, CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL and BE A MAN! SAMURAI SCHOOL, and featuring action direction by Yuji Shimomura (DEATH TRANCE, VERSUS, SHINOBI), special makeup effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura (TOKYO GORE POLICE, HELLDRIVER) and based on an adult comic by Ken Ishikawa, who co-created CUTIE HONEY, GETTER ROBOT and many other famous series, YAKUZA WEAPON is a wild combination of hard-boiled gangster action, manga-style comedy and splatterific special effects. Tough as nails, armed to the teeth, pissed-off and looking for a fight, Shozo the YAKUZA WEAPON is coming soon to kick your ass!
Production
Studio Stairway
Distributed by Nikkatsu
Release date February 27, 2011 (Yūbari International Fantastic Film Festival)
July 23, 2011 (Japan)
Yudai Yamaguchi.......: Director
Tak Sakaguchi.........: Director
Yūdai Yamaguchi.......: Screenwriter
Tak Sakaguchi.........: Screenwriter
Ken Ishikawa..........: Based on Gokudō Heiki by
Yoshinori Chiba.......: Producer
Toshiki Kimura........: Producer
Masakazu Morita.......: Planner
Takashi Nakanishi.....: Executive producer
Masanori Sakai........: Line producer
Akifumi Sugihara......: Executive producer
Shûichi Takashino.....: Producer
Nobuhiko Morino ......: Original Music
Zensuke Hori..........: Film Editor
Nori Fukuda...........: Production Design
Tomo Hyakutake........: Special makeup effects artist
Yoshihiro Nishimura...: Special makeup effects supervisor
Kôichirô Takahashi....: Production manager
Satoshi Yoshida.......: Assistant director
Makio Ika.............: Sound
Tomo Hyakutake........: Moldmaker
Yoshihiro Nishimura...: Special effects supervisor
Tsuyoshi Kazuno.......: Visual effects supervisor
Norito Matsumoto......: Gaffer
Yûji Shimomura........: Action director
Yoshiki Takahashi.....: Poster designer
Marc Walkow...........: Overseas promotion
Cast
Dennis Gunn
Cay Izumi
Shinji Kasahara
Mei Kurokawa
Akaji Maro
Jun Murakami
Yui Murata............: Cheerleader
Yoshihiro Nishimura
Takashi Nishina
Hiroshi Ohmori(as Hiroshi Ômori)
Jyonmyon Pe(as Jonmyon Pe)
Akihiko Sai
Tak Sakaguchi
Kentarô Shimazu
Shingo Tsurumi
Marc Walkow...........: Nazi
Ayano Washizu
Arata Yamanaka
Post Information
Posted by..........: XxXx BIG A LITTLE A xXxX
Date of post.......: 10.01.2012
