Rent Crazy Thunder Road (1980)
3.2 of 5 from 57 ratings
1h 37min
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- Synopsis:
Hailed both as Japan's 'Mad Max', Sogo Ishii's high-octane, loud-and-proud breakthrough hit was one of that country's great success stories, a graduation project from a film school punk rocker bought by Toei Studios and released nationwide. The plot involves Ken (Kôji Nanjô), a gang leader dreaming of a quiet life with his girlfriend Noriko (Michiko Kitahara), and Jin (Tatsuo Yamada), Ken's maverick successor, who isn't about to let yakuza kingpins or right-wing nutjobs tell him what to do or whom to kill. Jin's violent individualism in a world where even outlaws follow the bosses' orders references the doomed anti-establishment heroes of Kinji Fukasaku, but 'Crazy Thunder Road' points toward a new style of genre filmmaking-fast-paced, quick-witted and brilliantly stylized. - Actors:
- Tatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Kôji Nanjô, Nenji Kobayashi, Genki Yoshimura, Hiroshi Kaiya, Masamitsu Daichi, Yōsuke Nakajima, Tadashi Kamiya, Akihiro Kimura, Hiroyuki Kiyosue, Katsunori Hirose, Masahiro Ōzeki, Masashi Kojima, Michiko Kitahara, Naoto Ōmori, Masahiro Yoshiwara, Akemi Morimura
- Directors:
- Gakuryu Ishii
- Producers:
- Hiroshi Kobayashi
- Writers:
- Gakuryu Ishii
- Aka:
- Kuruizaki sanda rodo
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/02/2022
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Interview with Gakuryu (Sogo) Ishii
- Audio Commentary by Tom Mes
- Video Essay by Jasper Sharp
