Episode #47 – Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007)
龍が如く 劇場版 [Ryû ga Gotoku: Gekijôban]
Japan On Film is back with a new season! Perry is joined by new guest Dan to discuss Takashi Miike’s adaptation of the Yakuza video game.
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Directed by Takashi Miike
Written by Seiji Togawa
Based on the Sega video game series
Former Yakuza underling Kiryu Kazuma, who has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration, and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his Yakuza past. Unfortunately Kiryu’s problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball bat-wielding psycho Majima Goro who has a grudge to settle with Kiryu.
Cast
Kazuki Kitamura – Kazuma Kiryu
Gorô Kishitani – Goro Majima
Show Aikawa – Noguchi
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa – Gun Seller
Kenichi Endo – Imanishi
Haruhiko Katô – Kazuki
Claude Maki – Akira Nishikiyama
Yutaka Matsushige – Makoto Date
Natsuo – Haruka
Saeko – Yui
Sansei Shiomi – Shintaro Kazama
Saki Takaoka – Yumi Sawamura
Gong Yoo – Park
Tsuyoshi Muro – Nakanishi
Yakuza: Like a Dragon – Japan On Film
