tightly wound, perfectly balanced yakuza story
immediately need to watch every movie from kitano
you will feel stupid for not having seen this movie sooner — especially considering the year it was released it’s absolutely insane how many modern references we still see from it in 2025
hollywood has given sean baker 15 years to prove how disconnected yet obsessed he is with sex, strippers, escorts, pornstars and poor people…YOU ARE ALMOST SIXTY YEARS OLD WRAP UP THE IVY LEAGUE FILM BRO PASTICHE AND MAKE LITERALLY ANYTHING NEW
half a star for ivy wolk getting some neon money (whatever she got they should’ve paid more)
it’s super cool when a 49 year old man is kind enough to fund / produce a tumblr girl rape revenge movie after being blacklisted from most of hollywood for being a rape apologist and scientologist creep