JAPAN · 1998

Blues Harp

Takashi Miike
Japanese New Wave yakuza underworld unlikely friendship betrayal and loyalty gang rivalry ambition and power
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Ambitious Yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguards' growing jealousy of Chuji.

Year1998
CountryJapan
DirectorTakashi Miike
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