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Black Angel (1998)
Directed by Takashi Ishii
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Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He gained absolute power by executing the former boss and marrying his daughter, Chiaki. Only the mysterious Ikko, Chiaki’s half-sister threatens him. Inspired by a legendary hit-woman, Ikko calls herself the Black Angel and plans to wash away her father’s murderer with a deluge of blood.
Length 107 minutes
Actors
Riona Hazuki | Reiko Takashima | Miyuki Ono | Jinpachi Nezu | Kippei Shiina | Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi | Hideo Murota | Shingo Tsurumi | Daisuke Iijima | Noriko Hayami | Reiko Kataoka | Ren Osugi | Ito shozaburo | Shun Nakayama | Shigeo Kobayashi | Mio Mukaino | Erena Aoi | Miki Sakuraba | Satsuki Natsukawa | Kana Makaze | Sakiko Akiyoshi | Kurumi Saegusa | Emiko Yamazaki | Satoru Suzuki | Nasu Masashige | Yoshikatsu Fujiki | Mizuno Naotetsu | Kazuma Inoue | Masayuki Akinaga | Takashi Kimura | Kobori Yuichi | Kondo Makoto | Kazuhiko Shimizu | Hiromi Shinjo | Naoki Hayashida | Shigeru Asou | Mitsunori Masuda | Nakano Hirofumi | Kikuo Itô | Miki Sato | Yoshinobu Ishikura | Ikeda Masakazu
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/14/2023 | TV | DVD | Owned | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Yakuza Day! coming up for Junesploitation so I’m counting this one. Watched this way back whenever I bought this DVD set 20 years ago and recalled none of it. So it was a v good revisit.
This has some of the manic style of Miike plus Katsuhito Ishii but I suppose that does describe Takashi Ishii and most of his work that I’ve seen. Turns what would be the usual crime flick into this frenzied thriller. Looking forward to the sequel.
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