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With BEYOND OUTRAGE, action cinema master Takeshi Kitano returns to the hard boiled characters, black comedy and unflinching violence of his yakuza saga, OUTRAGE. This time, a manipulative police crackdown on organized crime has ignited a tricky power struggle in the yakuza underworld.
The Sanno crime family has grown into a massive organization dominated by young executives whose new approach to running the family is causing frustration and pent-up resentment with the old-guard members. This vulnerability in the Sanno hierarchy is exactly what anti-gang detective Kataoka has been looking for, as the police force prepares a full-scale crackdown.
Kataoka wants start a war between Sanno and the neighboring Hanabishi crime family in the hopes that they destroy each other. His trump card is Otomo (Kitano) – the rumored-dead boss of a defunct family that was destroyed by the Sanno, who has just been released from prison. Otomo wants to retire from a life of crime, but finds himself drawn back in through Kataoka’s manipulations as the Sanno and Hanabishi clans teeter on the brink of an all-out war.
 
WRITTEN, EDITED & DIRECTED BY TAKESHI KITANO
MUSIC BY KEIICHI SUZUKI
CINEMATOGRAPHY KATSUMI YANAGIJIMA
LIGHTING DESIGN HITOSHI TAKAYA
PRODUCTION DESIGN NORIHIRO ISODA
SOUND DESIGN YOSHIFUMI KUREISHI
EDITOR YOSHINORI OTA
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIROFUMI INABA
COSTUME DESIGN KAZUKO KUROSAWA
COSTUME DESIGN YOHJI YAMAMOTO
SET DECORATOR HIROHIDE SHIBATA
MAKE-UP ARTIST MICHIYO MIYAUCHI
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR KUMIKO YOSHIDA
SUPERVISING SOUND EFFECTS EDITOR KENJI SHIBASAKI
CASTING TAKEFUMI YOSHIKAWA
PRODUCTION MANAGER YUYA SATOYOSHI
LINE PRODUCERS SHINJI KOMIYA, MAKOTO KAKURAI
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS KAZUMI KAWASHIRO, ATSUNOBU MATSUMOTO, RYOJI ONISHI
PRODUCERS MASAYUKI MORI, TAKIO YOSHIDA
BEAT TAKESHI Otomo
TOSHIYUKI NISHIDA Underboss Nishino
TOMOKAZU MIURA Chairman Kato
RYO KASE Underboss Ishihara
HIDEO NAKANO Kimura
YUTAKA MATSUSHIGE Detective Shigeta
FUMIYO KOHINATA Detective Kataoka
KATSUNORI TAKAHASHI Jo
KENTA KIRITANI Ono
HIROFUMI ARAI Shima
SANSEI SHIOMI Nakata
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“It takes the standard gangster movie template and blasts it out of the water.” – Gabe Toro, The Playlist on Indiewire
“YOU’LL LOVE IT. Nobody makes better movies about the Yakuza then Takeshi Kitano.” – Griffith Maloney, Quiet Earth
“Delivers lip-smacking pleasures.” – David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
“EPIC - A REMARKABLE FEAT. If you liked Outrage, it seems impossible you wouldn’t like Beyond Outrage.” – Evan Saathoff, Badass Digest
“Exerts a steadily tightening grip. The violence is carefully and beautifully choreographed.” – Justin Chang, Variety
“Excellent Japanese action. Every bit a worthy successor to Outrage.” Ryland Aldrich, Twitch
“An entertaining mesh of inventive violence and black humor.” – Lee Marshall, Screen
“Twistedly satisfying. Inventive and beautiful, It carved a grisly gash into our brains as we squirmed and squealed with delight.” – Brian Salisbury, Film School Rejects
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