This wrathful, rebellious road movie proved Harada Masato an auteur to watch. Employing a hybrid of cinematic devices and genre tropes, he unleashes a surprisingly humanistic diatribe against the sexism, racism, xenophobia and corruption endemic of society. When low-level yakuza Tatsuo’s girlfriend is killed for the sake of a sadistic politician, he goes on a rampage for revenge, incurring the gang’s indomitable wrath. While on the run Tatsuo teams up with a marginalized taxi driver (Yakusho Koji) whose taciturn character belies his world weary resolve. Together they turn all forces of evil on their heads.