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Agitator

Original title: Araburu tamashii-tachi

“Thank you and fuck you brother”

2001 · 2 h 30 min
Directed by Takashi Miike · Japan · Horror and the Uncanny
CrimeDramaAction

Cast

Taisaku Akino Toshikazu Atsushiba Naoyuki Chiba Mickey Curtis Yoshiyuki Daichi Ken'ichi Endō

Credits

Written by: Shigenori Takechi

Plot

When a young yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.

Sinekatalog’s take

A gangland saga that escalates from a petty provocation to wholesale bloodshed. The style is blunt and bruising, with the director's typical excess. For viewers who like hard-boiled yakuza stories and can stomach the carnage.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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Ratings

IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (1,344 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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