Shinjuku Triad Society
1995 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 6.3 · 65% critics
A hard-edged crime thriller set in the underworld of Shinjuku follows a morally compromised police officer as he pursues a powerful triad figure from Tokyo to Taiwan. As gang tensions rise, family loyalties and questions of belonging make the chase even messier.
Also known as Shinjuku Underworld: Chinese Mafia War · China Mafia War
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Details
- Original title
- 新宿黒社会 チャイナマフィア戦争
- Years
- 1995
- Release date
- 1995-08-26
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (67 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a bleak, transgressive gangster story with messy antiheroes and the raw energy of Dead or Alive; Not for you if you dislike extreme violence, sexual assault content, or morally bleak crime dramas.
Pros: gritty atmosphere; intense violence; dark humor | Cons: confusing plot; flat characters; disturbing sexual content
Themes
- yakuza
- chinese mafia
- taiwan
- organized crime
- male homosexuality
- lawyer
- tokyo, japan
- shinjuku
- criminal underworld
- police detective
- criminal gang
- brutal cop
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Kippei Shiina
as Ryujin Kiriya
Takeshi Caesar
as Karino
SABU
as Shusuke Shimada
- KM
Kazuhiro Mashiko
as Jun
Eri Yu
as Ritsuko
Ren Osugi
as Yakuza Boss
Sei Hiraizumi
as Matsuzaki
- MS
Masahiro Sudo
as Keigo Izhisaka
Tomorowo Taguchi
as Wang
- SI
Shinsuke Izutsu
Directed by Takashi Miike