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Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
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Wikipedia article
, also known as 'Ryuzo 7', is a 2015 Japanese action comedy film directed by Takeshi Kitano. It was released on April 25, 2015.
Plot
Ryuzo (Tatsuya Fuji) is a retired yakuza gangster who lives a quiet unassuming life with his salaryman son, Ryuhei (Masanobu Katsumura). Still in contact with his former lieutenant, Masa (Masaomi Kond), Ryuzo maintains his short temper with their regular get-togethers. One day, the old gangster receives a call from an impostor pretending to be his son asking for 5 million. Ryz sees through the trick and learns from police detective Murakami (Beat Takeshi) that a member from the Keihin Rengo gang is responsible. Re-uniting his seven former henchmen to strike back, Ryz learns that they have all grown weak with their old age. The elderly yakuza members soon learn that they must overcome their weaknesses if they are to prove to be a match against the younger Keihin Rengo.
Cast
*Tatsuya Fuji as Ryuzo
*Masaomi Kond as Masa
*Akira Nakao as Mokichi
*Tru Shinagawa as Mac
*Ben Hiura as Ichiz
*Kjun It as Hide
*Ken Yoshizawa as Taka
*Akira Onodera as Yasu
*Masanobu Katsumura as Ryuhei
*Hisako Manda as Hostess
*Beat Takeshi as Murakami
*Ken Yasuda as Nishi
Reception
The film earned on its opening weekend in Japan. By May 17, the film had grossed over . In a review for 'The Japan Times', Mark Schilling applauded Tatsuya Fuji for his performance of Ryuzo, stating, "Though looking every one of his 74 real-life years, Fuji brings a volatile energy to proceedings that would otherwise be merely absurd... when he starts raging against the dying of the light, look out for flying debris and prepare to laugh."
References
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