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July 20, 2015
The first part of Kurosawa's Revenge duo. Don't get your hopes up too much, this is genre filler of the simplest kind, with only Sho Aikawa's lead performance and some very minor signature Kurosawa touches to set it apart from a slew of other films. It's not a bad film, it just feels more like a genre exercise than a core Kurosawa project.
As a young boy, Anjo saw how his parents were killed. It awakens a sense of justice inside of him and he becomes a police officer. On the job, he runs into the criminals who murdered his family all those years ago. Anjo wants to bring them in, but he'll have to break the rules to do so.
It's a simple story, so don't expect too many major twists. Once the setup is clear things do get a bit more interesting and Aikawa's natural flair makes it a relatively easy watch, but there's not going to be much here you haven't seen before. Still, basic Kurosawa filler is still a lot better than many other films, as long as you get your expectations in check.