Blood of Revenge

In early-20th-century Osaka, Yakuza lieutenant Asahiro Kikuchi (Koji Tsuruta) was trying to abide by his boss's ambition to see the operation go into legitimate construction. When a rival clan embarked on a campaign of sabotage-including the old man's assassination-the elevated Kikuchi saw no other path forward than violent retribution. Tai Kato's intriguing period gangster opus co-stars Masahiko Tsugawa, Minoru Oki, Tetsuro Tanba, Sumiko Fuji. 90 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles; English; bonus short "Lice Are Scary" (1945); featurette. In Japanese with English subtitles. 90 min.