Former Yakuza underling Kiryu Kazuma, who has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration, and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his Yakuza past. Along the way he encounters Haruka, a distressed young girl who is trying to find her lost mother (a former club hostess). Unfortunately Kiryu's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball bat-wielding psycho Majima Goro who has a grudge to settle with Kiryu.
Director Takashi Miike often makes movie adaptations of other work, for example manga or games. Like a Dragon is based on the video game-series Yakuza, and the film has just as much of slapstick action and Yakuza thug-wars as its counterpart. Fans of Miike will recognize his style of over-the-top fighting and quirky, Japanese humor. Nothing too serious, but a fun and intense Yakuza flick.
Genre: Action/Crime
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