Takashi Miike's Rainy Dog

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Despite being the middle part of "Black Society Trilogy", Rainy Dog stands apart from the other two parts for two reasons. The first one is that it was shot on location in Taiwan with a Taiwanese crew, and the second that the psychopathic gangsters are nowhere to be found in here. Yuuji is a Yakuza who gets fired from his organization and leaves for Taipei, since he thinks that someone maybe after him to kill him. In there, he starts working for a Chinese gang boss, who acts like he has an affection for him, without, though tricking anybody. A little later, a woman who had previously sex with Yuuji, drops a boy in his house, telling him to take care of him. Furthermore, the boy seems to be mute. Yuuji barely pays attention to the boy, but he continues following him, watching him kill his targets and indulge in the pleasures offered by a brothel. While there, Yuuji meets Lily, a prostitute who wants to escape her life. As soon as he realizes that his new gang turns against him, using Lily to find him, Yuuji takes the boy and her and escape, while traitors and killers seem to follow them everywhere. …show more content…

This refrain from the psychopaths usually associated with Miike's films works quite well, particularly because the script looks more realistic, and the drama is presented in more adequate fashion, not swamped under layers of violence. Violence and action in general could not be missing from a Yakuza film, but they are not as graphically depicted as usual in Miike films. The final sequences are the film's highlight, as Miike elaborately combines sentiment and

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