Shamo

2007

Shamo

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A Hong Kong adaptation of a Japanese manga, director Soi Cheang's follow-up to the dark 2006 thriller Dog Bit Dog stars Hong Kong teen idol Shawn Yue as a young sociopath sent to prison for the brutal murder of his parents, and determined to seek salvation by becoming a professional fighter. Upon being incarcerated for his unspeakable crime, Ryo is targeted for extreme abuse and humiliation by the more established inmates in the penitentiary. Under the approving eye of a warden who would sooner see Ryo dead than reformed, the timid teenager is humiliated, raped, beaten, and left for dead. But while no one expected that Ryo could possibly endure such abuse and live to see another day, it isn't long before he's back on his feet and mastering the martial arts under the tutelage of the prison karate instructor (Francis Ng). Ryo is determined to ensure that he will never be victimized again, and by the time he's released from prison he is a formidable fighter. Once paroled, Ryo sets out in search of his missing sister, whom he believes to be working as a prostitute on the streets of Hong Kong. But while Ryo's sister is nowhere to be found, his search leads him to a girl with the same name who just happens to know the main promoter of a prominent fighting league. Before long Ryo is in the ring and living his dream, but will he ever find out what became of his long lost sister? ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama
Directed By:

Cheang Pou-soi, Soi Cheang
Written By:

Izo Hashimoto, Szeto Kam Yuen
In Theaters:

May 17, 2007 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Feb 11, 2009
Runtime:

105 minutes

Cast

Shawn Yue
as Ryo Narushima

Francis Ng
as Kenji Kurokawa

Bruce Liang
as Kensuke Mochizuki

Ryo Ishibashi
as Principal Saeki

Dylan Kuo
as Ryuichi Yamazaki

Annie Liu

Terri Kwan
as Moemi Funato

Siu-Lung Leung
as Kensuke Mochizuki

Masato
as Sugawara Naoto

Weiying Pei
as Natsumi Narushima

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Audience Reviews for Shamo

Nov 08, 2011

Not a bad action film adapted by the popular manga with Shawn Yue and Francis Ng. There were some cool fight and slow-motion scenes as well as the artistic element in this film worked well for me. There were a lot of random violence, but the movie was about the pain the protagonist had to suffer through, and I thought it was a fine movie.

Dean M Super Reviewer
Oct 13, 2009

I don't know what hapened with this film. During the first 15 minutes, I was on the edge of my seat saying "oh man, this is gonna be good, it's goona be good." and then it kinda just ended soon later. I hated the way they put boxing in this and I know that this is a manga adaption but it starts to get boring with the boxing. All he does is train for his next boxing match, and it's so boring watching him do this shit. Some of the stuff is so unrealistic. I only liked the start where he was in jail, It was entertaining. But once he escaped and went to the real world to go boxing, man it just goes down. I guess you'll like some of the fight scenes, but they go on for too long. The acting was nothing special and the plot was decent to bad. The characters aren't very interesting, and I'd say that the only character I kinda felt for was the sister. So, I don't think this is good movie, but I think the start is good and some of the fight scenes are fun and filmed well.

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