JAPAN · 1997

Full Metal Yakuza

Takashi Miike
Japanese New Wave revenge cybernetic enhancement yakuza crime resurrection mad science
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After being brutally murdered in a gangster-style execution, Kensuke Hagane finds himself brought back to life by a mad scientist and rebuilt as a robot-human hybrid with a serious thirst for vengeance and the tools to carry it out.

Year1997
CountryJapan
DirectorTakashi Miike
Full Metal Yakuza poster

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