Yakuza Apocalypse

Yakuza Apocalypse

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Takashi Miike
Produced by
  • Yoshinori Chiba
  • Shin'ichirô Masuda
  • Shinjiro Nishimura
  • Misako Saka
Written by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi
Starring
Music by Kôji Endô
Cinematography Hajime Kanda
Edited by Kenji Yamashita
Production
companies
  • Django Film
  • Gambit
  • Happinet Corporation
  • OLM, Inc.
Distributed by Nikkatsu
Release dates
  • 21 May 2015 (2015-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 20 June 2015 (2015-06-20)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
Country Japan
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
Box office $12,756[2]

Yakuza Apocalypse (極道大戦争 Gokudō Daisensō) is a 2015 Japanese action fantasy yakuza vampire film directed by Takashi Miike[3][4] and written by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi. It was released on 20 June 2015.

Cast

Production

Production started on 17 April 2014.

Release

Yakuza Apocalypse premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2015 before being commercially released in Japan on 20 June 2015.

Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 58% rating, based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's consensus states: "Yakuza Apocalypse lives up to the oddball promise of its title with a cinematic whirlwind that represents director Takashi Miike at his most delightfully unhinged."[5] Metacritic reports a 62 out of 100 rating, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

See also

References

  1. "YAKUZA APOCALYPSE (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. "Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  3. Kevin Ma (18 April 2014). "Miike to battle yakuza vampires". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. 映画 極道大戦争. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  5. "Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  6. "Yakuza Apocalypse reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

External links

  1. REDIRECTTemplate:Metacritic film
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