Rainy Dog

Starring:Rainy Dog
Studio: Arts Magic
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
The second film in Takashi Miike's `Black Society Trilogy' continues the theme of alienation, as an outcast yakuza Yuji, lives as a hit man on the fringes of the Taiwanese criminal world.

When Yuji is unexpectedly saddled with what may be his real son, a sense of responsibility is born in him as he uses his lethal skills to find some sort of haven for his newly found family.

In this lean and mean movie, full of twists, shocks and violent death, Miike finds a glimmer of hope in the need for all of us to care for something.

SPECIAL FEATURES;
Interview With Director
Interview With Editor
Full Length Commentary By Tom Mes, Acclaimed Writer On Japanese Cinema
Sleeve Artwork
Trailers
Biographies & Filmographies
Scene Selection

Description

The second film in Takashi Miike's `Black Society Trilogy' continues the theme of alienation, as an outcast yakuza Yuji, lives as a hit man on the fringes of the Taiwanese criminal world.

When Yuji is unexpectedly saddled with what may be his real son, a sense of responsibility is born in him as he uses his lethal skills to find some sort of haven for his newly found family.

In this lean and mean movie, full of twists, shocks and violent death, Miike finds a glimmer of hope in the need for all of us to care for something.

RUNNING TIME 95 MINS APPROX
ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN PRESENTATION
NTSC
DVD-9
REGION 1
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Customer Reviews:

Rainy Dog a fantastic movie.......2005-06-12

A fine articulate good movie about mobsters and horror you will ever see ever see The story is that Yuji carries out his business - shooting a mobster from a rival gang as he eats dinner with his family. After receiving his fee, he takes home a comely young hooker named Lily (Chen Xianmei). While they are getting to know one another, the boy sleeps on a piece of cardboard in the rain, snuggling up to a stray dog. Amused at the kid's tenacity, Yuji eventually throws the boy a towel. Later, Yuji stumbles upon a briefcase full of money while taking out a rival godfather. With the cash in hand, he plots to take Lily and the boy someplace better. In the meantime, the trio flees to an isolated beach in central Taiwan, hoping to escape the bloodthirsty gangster on their tail. Has sfantastic shot outs and one of the best horror movies I seen 5 stars exumondo ,fantastic a grand movie.

Not your usual Miike...but great.......2004-09-20

Atypical for Takashi Miike, this film, whose main character is a lone yakuza--and is thus a crime drama--eschews ferocious, nasty violence and instead focuses on the emotional elements of loss and abandonment. Exiled to Taiwan for a major screwup, Yuji finds almost ceaseless rain in Taipei where he works for a local crime boss as a hitman.

But even with his exile, his screwup is not forgiven. The Japanese boss has sent one of his thugs to Taipei to gun for Yuji; the thug lives on a rooftop and finds pleasure urinating from a great height. As well as the Japanese gunsel in his life, Yuji has a supposed son, a young boy of 7 or 8, foisted on him by a woman he barely remembers sleeping with, then finds a prostitute to accompany him in his aimless day-to-day existence.

Yuji is completely faithful to his Taipei boss, flawlessly in fact, and assassinates the brother of a lawyer whose vengeance knows no bounds. This sets in motion a tragic cycle of events that, while fraught with violence, still manages to convey, more than anything else, a deep sadness in a life wasted on taking other lives.

This is a great film, a unique one for Miike, and the DVD has a terrific special feature included--two separate interviews with Miike taped at different times. This gives the viewer some real insight into the mind of one of Japan's most interesting contemporary filmmakers.

Highly recommended.

Black Society Trilogy (Shinjuku Triad Society/ Rainy Dog/ Ley Lines)

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Black Society Trilogy (Shinjuku Triad Society/ Rainy Dog/ Ley Lines)
Starring: Ming-Jun Gao , Tomorowo Taguchi , Lianmei Chen , Sho Aikawa , and Jianqin He
Director: Takashi Miike
Manufacturer: ArtsmagicDVD
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000CCD23S
Release Date: 2006-01-31

Description

From the maniac mind of Japanese sensation, Takashi Miike, the director of â€~FULL METAL YAKUZAâ€™ and â€~YOUNG THUGSâ€™ comes his gangster opus, THE BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY.

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RAINY DOG

An outcast yakuza Yuji, lives as a hitman on the fringes of the Taiwanese criminal world. But when heâ€™s unexpectedly saddled with what may be his real son, his lethal skills are deployed to win a haven for his new family.

LEY LINES

Three boys of mixed race seek to escape from Japan, but their search brings them up against dangerous gang boss Wong, who holds the key to their departure.

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