Her world collapses when her firm forces her to take first chair defense in a murder case involving a smug yakuza who's obviously guilty. |
You know how the yakuza works better than anybody, Tsu-kun, you know how your parents work. |
The result is a complete break from the yakuza films and actioners for which Kitano is known. |
Namie introduced her to the seedy underworld, but not the yakuza one, that being a rich teenager in Tokyo had to offer. |
Japanese yakuza kingpin Akatora wants him because he thinks Dinosaur took his merchandise. |
Films about yakuza, or Japanese gangsters, are deeply imbued with a code of honor and feature subtle moral questions. |