22 December 2011

Tokyo Fist (Japan, 1995)

A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Tajuki, on the subway. Tajuki is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Tajuki might be having an affair with his fiance Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training rigorously himself, leading to an extremely bloody, violent confrontation.

Here, Shinya Tsukamoto once again plays the lead role in his own film. Crazy camerawork put together with lightning fast cuts and bone-crushing violence. Over-the-top fights where every punch creates av huge, bloody lump of meat in the opponents face.  An insane (a word which describes most of Tsukamoto's films actually), psychotic ride through dirty boxing rings where the fists punches through air so fast it sounds like jet engines. 


Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller

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