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| FULL METAL GOKUDO. Starring - Tsuyoshi Ujiki - Tomorowo Taguchi - Shoko Nakahara - Ren Osugi. Director - Takashi Miike. 1997. Hagane Kensuke has one simple dream, and that is to become Gokudo of the local crime family ‘Misaturigo’. Tousa the brother of the chief recognises a passion in Hagane and gives him his chance to become Yakuza. Tousa however is given a seven-year sentence for murder and Hagane simply fails to bloom without him. It soon becomes apparent that Hagane is more than a liability as a gangster and eventually, upon Tousas’ release the pair are gunned down. As Hagane regains consciousness he realises something is amiss and discovers that at the hands of a crazy scientist he has been transformed into an all singing all dancing full metal Gokudo. A crazy combination of metal and body parts taken from his hero, Hakane has one thing on his mind. Revenge! Takeshi has done it again, a madcap combination of brutality, bondage, comedy and tongue torture, if you are a fan of Takeshi Miike films then this will be right up your street. The bastard offspring of Robocop and Ichi our hero Hagane takes to the streets shuffling like a constipated goose in search of the men who betrayed himself and his hero. Is it just me or are there more than a few homosexual undertones running through the majority of Miikes movies? Throughout Gokudo including the bizarre ending we are witness to horsecocks your wife would leave you for in a second. But they are there more for Miikes own pleasures than anything to do with the actual movie. As is with Ichi a lot is left unexplained in this movie and really leave me under the impression that we will get a sequel, I say bring it. I loved this film with its manga-esque style and over the top situations. Nowhere else in cinema will you see a man eating a bowl of nuts and bolts with lashings of nice fresh milk, or a hardened one armed Yakuza trying to play golf. Its scenes like this that stick in your mind long after the movie has finished and these are the scenes you relate to your mates. This is one of those movies that is easier seen than explained, but the bottom line is, for all its camp brutality ‘Full metal Gokudo’ is great fun. 8********stars. |
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