Yakuza Apocalypse

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Yakuza Apocalypse

R

2015

1h 55m

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Crime

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When Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.

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Critics Consensus

Yakuza Apocalypse lives up to the oddball promise of its title with a cinematic whirlwind that represents director Takashi Miike at his most delightfully unhinged.

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Jan 6, 2016

2/5

Slow down, Takashi.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Dec 31, 2015

3/5

It is extremely mad, long and often tiresome. Yet it is acted with eerie and absolute conviction, and has an interestingly surreal quality; Miike has a claim to be one of cinema's genuine surrealists.

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Oct 9, 2015

3/4

A very good film, but only if you're willing to inevitably submit to its anarchic sensibility.

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Katie Smith-Wong

Flick Feast

Nov 18, 2019

2/5

In short, Yakuza Apocalypse is too bizarre and too much of a mess to deem watchable. Simply disappointing.

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Andrew Todd

Birth.Movies.Death.

Sep 1, 2019

Yakuza Apocalypse's third act goes into full-blown action territory, replete with hand-to-hand combat, bodily fluids, and surreal supernatural business

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Nick Evan-Cook

One Room With A View

Apr 18, 2019

3/5

Treading that very fine line between the sublime and the ridiculous, Yakuza Apocalypse draws deeply from both pools. It's utter madness.

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Logan D

@Greynomad38 Jun 30, 2026

Before his head passes away, a crime boss infects his second-in-command with vampirism. On paper this film seems right up my alley. Absurdity (a man sprouting humans from his ears), bloody action, and over the top humor. But I think the tonal shifts and the complete lack of discipline from Miike's direction cause it to fall flat. It's too long for what it is and gets exhaustive. It's chaos without cohesion. Manga logic. I did love the frog.

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ashley s

@Aly13G Jun 2, 2021

This movie is a waste of time and talent. It can't even decide whether it will be horror, action, fantasy, or comedy. It's like a compilation of everything but a master of none.

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Feb 13, 2019

A bizarre mix of manga, martial arts, vampires and folklore. When the main bad guy is a person in a frog mascot suit, you know you're in for some weird shit...

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Nov 15, 2017

Extremely non-sense, but well-made nonetheless.

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Feb 12, 2017

starts off well but fades badly. a mobster becomes a vampire and has to face an old enemy

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Jan 18, 2017

Complete and utter carnage and absolutely mental. So, so bizarre. Yakuza Vampires, Kung Fu frogs and sadistic Goblins.

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Hayato Ichihara

Akira Kagayama

Riko Narumi

Kyoko Anan

Rirî Furankî

Genyo Kamiura

Reiko Takashima

Sosuke Zemba

Sho Aoyagi

Shoji Angasu

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Synopsis

When Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.

Director: Takashi Miike
Producer: Yoshinori Chiba, Shin'ichirô Masuda, Shinjiro Nishimura, Misako Saka
Screenwriter: Yoshitaka Yamaguchi
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: OLM, Inc.
Rating: R (Strong Bloody Violence|Language|A Rape)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Comedy
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 9, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 9, 2015
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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