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Yayan Ruhian (Actor), Mio Yûki (Actor), Takashi Miike (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Yayan Ruhian, Mio Yûki, Rirî Furankî, Kanata Hongou, Suzuko Mimori
  • Directors: Takashi Miike
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Japanese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Manga Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 2 May 2016
  • Run Time: 125 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B012WL7ADY
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 63,680 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Demented brilliance. 5 Stars - Robbie Collin, The Telegraph

From acclaimed cult director, Takashi Miike (13 Assassins, Ichi The Killer, Audition) and the producers of The Raid and Starring Yayan Ruhian ( Mad Dog The Raid) and Hayato Ichihara (All About Lilly Chou Chou).

In the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary than boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible, the truth is he is a vampire-a bloodsucking yakuza vampire boss! Among Kamiura's gang is Kageyama, his most loyal underling. However, the others in the gang view Kageyama with disdain and ridicule him for his inability to get tattooed due to sensitive skin. One day, assassins aware of boss Kamiura's secret arrive from abroad and deliver him an ultimatum: Return to the international syndicate he left years ago, or die. Kamiura refuses and, during a fierce battle with anime-otaku martial-arts expert Kyoken, is torn limb from limb. With his dying breath, Kamiura bites Kageyama, passing on his vampire powers to the unsuspecting yakuza. As he begins to awaken to his newfound abilities, Kageyama's desire to avenge the murder of boss Kamiura sets him on a course for a violent confrontation with Kaeru-kun, the foreign syndicate's mysterious and seemingly unstoppable leader!

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4.0 out of 5 starsPssst!....yeah, you....Looking for something a bit different?
By Chunky Monkey TOP 1000 REVIEWER on 20 Feb. 2016
Format: DVD
Anyone who has seen maybe; "13 Assassins", "Audition", "Ichi The Killer" or "One missed Call", will have heard of director Takashi Miike.
As a director, however, Miike, is also known for his more, ahem, "eclectic" film efforts, into which category "Yakuza Apocalypse" definitely fits.
Don't be misled by the title; this is not a film about a zombie apocalypse opposed by the yakuza, nor is it even an apocalypse of yakuza (is that a new collective noun?). No. Oh, dear, me, no.

-------spoilers-------

The "plot" starts off quite normally, with a young man Kageyama (Hayato Ishihara) joining the Yakuza gang of "Boss" Kamiura (Lily Franky), who is portrayed as sort of benevolent "Godfather" figure.It quickly turns out that the boss is a vampire.

A sort of odd albino Japanese "Django" figure (no, the original 1960s one) turns up, speaking English, for some reason, along with a nerdy henchman, played by Yayan Ruhian, and tells Kamimura to either rejoin "The Syndicate" or die. Kamiura chooses the latter and is zapped by some anti-vampire gun and gets his head twisted off by the bespectacled Ruhian. Young Kageyama then gets bitten by the decapitated head of his former boss, which turns him into a vampire. At this point, the film could still have been a sort of weird Yakuza revenge story.

It does not go that way.

The first sign we're not in "traditional narrative territory" here is when "Django" then goes to visit a group in a cellar who are knitting (they are being kept as "food" for the vampire boss), when down the stairs wanders a bloke dressed like a duck. No one blinks an eye.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsJust, beyond bonkers.......
By Corey Newcombe on 12 Jan. 2016
Format: Blu-ray
Fearsome yakuza boss Kamiura is also a bloodsucking vampire. One day, men arrive from a competing clan and deliver him an ultimatum: Play nice or die.

Kamiura refuses and, during a fierce battle, is torn limb from limb. With his dying breath, he passes on his vampire powers to his loyal lieutenant, Kageyama.

His first order of business is revenge, setting him on a collision course with the seemingly unstoppable foreign syndicate, while making his name..........

I don't know if I'm missing a trick or so etching here, Miike is a visionary director, making some of the most gut wrenching movies and bonkers set pieces in the last fifteen years, and here, he seems to have tried to up his game, and in doing so pushes it off the cliff whilst in a wheelchair.

It starts off as your typical generic exploitation gangster movie. Rival clans feud, as they do, but then some one who is not too dissimilar to Mortal Kombat's Raiden comes into shot, wearing a coffin on his back, whilst that bloke from The Raid is dresses as a geek, and turns into an assassin. Then someone inherits vampire powers.

This is the most sanest part of the film.

Then it goes from bonkers to you asking yourself 'is this some sort of experimental movie to rat out the snobby wannabe film critics who know nothing about the medium of film'. If it is,mother it's genius, because there will be someone out there who thinks that this is the best film ever made, because of its symbolism. When in fact,mother only symbolism I saw here was a big fat middle finger to pretentious geeks, and a big laugh emoji to those who just think its a load of old cobblers.

By the end of the second act, we have a frog that appears to have wandered in from Sesame Street.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsYOUR BATH IS HOT AND READY
By The Movie Guy TOP 500 REVIEWER on 7 Dec. 2015
Format: DVD
The Yakuza part is a lot easier to understand than the Apocalypse part. Kamiura (Lily Frankie) is the Yakuza for a small town, acting as a benevolent godfather. He used to be part of a larger syndicate. He is also a vampire. The syndicate comes after him with a Japanese version of Van Helsing and succeed in killing him, but he is able to pass on his vampire powers to Kagayama (Hayato Ichihara) a compassionate understudy. Kagayama doesn't know how to control himself and starts a chain reaction where everyone in the town gets bit. The people in the town decide they are all Yakuza and don't need to pay protection money to the real Yakuza. There is a theme that develops that the Yakuza are the real blood suckers who need to feed off of civilians to survive. There was a goblin in the film that used an ET finger touch while they played a riff from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Go Figure.

Now I was okay up with the film at this point and then we entered the head scratch phase where Japan's idea of a plague of frogs is different than the acceptable western thought. This was apparently the "apocalypse" aspect of the film which was silly. Now I would not have minded the silly ending if the film had started out that way.

Guide: F-bomb. Near male nudity. Brief rape scene.
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Amazon.com: HASH(0x897fabc4) out of 5 stars 194 reviews
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x895989cc) out of 5 stars Great Popcorn Movie 7 Nov. 2015
By Sammycat - Published on Amazon.com
First, this is from Takashi Miike, so if you like his films, you know what you're getting into. He's quite prolific, but his trademark quirks, humor and exceptional violence are present. I watched this specifically because it was a Miike film, which is probably why others have rated it lower, because they had other expectations. Inevitably, I would say this is a great film if you're looking for some campy Miike that includes; nontraditional, interestingly presented characters, good, but sporadic, choreographed action and solid B-movie story-line with campy humor.

Second, the plot... since there is basically none mentioned under Amazon's direct video and under DVD it's a bit confusing. The movie is basically good-guy Yakuza boss transfers his vampire powers to another good-guy Yakuza underling. He has a crush, so there's a random love interest side thing too if that bothers you. The Yakuza splinter, so there's the vampire Yakuza and human Yakuza, they're at odds with each other. Then, there's this whole underworld of random creatures and characters that sort of gang up on the vampire Yakuza as well. So, essentially it turns into a cluster of various groups seeking vengeance, world domination, whatever and they all fight. It's not deep, it's just random Miike fun if you're in the mood.

Finally, if you're looking for nonstop martial arts action, this probably isn't going to be your type of movie. It takes a bit of time to build and there are certainly pauses between the various fight scenes. Also, the film doesn't take itself seriously, so some of the action sequences are punctuated with campy antics and humor, which I assume might be offsetting for some. Basically, if you like your cinema campy with blood and violence and laughs and odd creatures, then you'll have a good time.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x8959c51c) out of 5 stars Kinda like his older films 20 Nov. 2015
By Mac McIlmoil - Published on Amazon.com
Format: DVD
Kinda like his older films. Miiki is one of those love or hate directors and most of the time I love him.

These days a vampire gangster not as Outlandish as it used to be, unless given to us by Miiki. Highly recommended fo anyone who to that has never seen one of his films.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x89bc62ac) out of 5 stars Great if you have the right expectations 24 Jan. 2016
By The Pining Poet - Published on Amazon.com
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I really enjoyed this film, but will recommend it with a warning. This isn't your, "Sit down for an amazing plot and riveting character development" type of film. It's cooky, crazy and is everything you'd come to expect from this director.

It is a great film to sit around with friends or even alone and watch for a good laugh. It has everything from hilarious wardrobe changes, to kung fu frogs. I personally spent the majority of the movie with a smile on my face from laughing so much. I feel like the average review is so low because people watch it expecting a high budget Michael Bay style movie with kung fu and explosions and while it has both the delivery is for a less serious and more comedic approach. Its not too cheesy that it makes you feel awkward for watching it, and it treads a fine line between action and relief comedy.

So that brings me to the main point of this review. If you are looking for a great cheesy movie to sit down with and have a good laugh with your friends, or just enjoy the format itself, you will definitely enjoy this movie. If you are here for a rather serious type movie where you hang on to every word, and expect larger than life heroes and heroines, i do not think this movie would be for you.

All said and done I will and have been recommending this movie to friends and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good laugh and enjoyable movie.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x89bc6414) out of 5 stars Writer eats shrooms and comes up with this movie! 5 Feb. 2016
By KimyJo DeFin - Published on Amazon.com
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Whaaaa.......? Wow. This movie was like. Hmmmm. It had a lot going on to say the least. It seemed to have an old western feel to some parts of it. I like the fact that it had like an asian mafia in it with a twist and the characters were all very unique, and comfortable with their roles. It took place in a small town called Yakuza. The town was a slum and not like the atypical movie, felt like the old western flicks as everything was just kind of worn and used looking without being a B movie. The actors were spot on with their lines and I liked the kick boxing martial arts rather than the over done anti-gravity martial arts that are so outlandish you love it anyway. But these martial artists were for real with no special effects. If you like movies with Asian Mafia in a small worn down town, a weird guy with an electric bolt shooting gun, a gecko that can do a beat down, a cast of characters that mostly turn into vampires, a big weird semi truck that has twin rotating machine guns and colored blinking lites, and a long asian movie with a western flavor, then this is your movie. I think my favorite character was the soup guy that knew the old boss. Entertaining if not a bit long. I don't care for serpentine vampires though. Ew.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x89598ee8) out of 5 stars and loads of fun. Everything from 11 Oct. 2015
By James T. Marsh - Published on Amazon.com
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One the strangest movies I have ever seen...and loads of fun. Everything from, as the title suggest, gangster Yakuza, to world destroying giant frogs and people farms. Highly recomended
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