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The murder of a volatile young Yakuza sparks a vicious gang war between two rival crime families in director Takashi Miike's violent and stylish crime thriller. Shortly after causing a ruckus in a nightclub owned by a rival crime family, a temperamental Yakuza is killed in cold blood. Retaliation comes quickly with the assassination of a high profile crime boss, prompting the respected leader's most loyal underling to embark on a bloody revenge spree that quickly escalates to epic proportions, setting the entire Tokyo underworld ablaze.