Rainy Dog (1997)

Recommended

Japan

Feature Film

Original Title: 極道黒社会

Director: Miike Takashi

Writer: Inoue Seigo

Cinematographer: Li Sixu

Cast: Aikawa Shō, Chen Lianmei, Gao Ming-Jun, He Jianqin, Ko Sau Leung, Taguchi Tomorowo

A ruthless Japanese hitman, based in a rain-sodden Taipei, finds his humanity slowly begin to reappear when his mute, illegitimate son shows-up on his doorstep, and he meets a pretty, young brothel worker; but repercussions of his brutal past are unlikely to allow him to find any sort of peace, in Miike’s violent, mournful, and thoughtfully made yakuza film. Iain.Stott