Tatsumi

Directed by Hiroshi Shoji
Omnibus Entertainment
2023
108 Minutes
Japan
Japanese
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Asian Studies
Not Rated
DVD $150.00
Blu-ray $150.00
PPR $350.00
DRL $499.00
PPR+DRL $599.00

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Tatsumi, an unassuming fisherman, makes his real livelihood by cleaning up dead bodies for local yakuza gangs. When criminal intrigue leads to the vicious murder of his ex-girlfriend by one of the gangsters, it thrusts her hot-headed teenage sister Aoi (a tour de force by ingénue Kokoro Morita) onto an unbridled path of vengeance. With his own personal motives in tow, Tatsumi vows to mentor and protect Aoi to the bitter end of her blood-soaked crusade. Gritty, mean and intense from the get-go, Tatsumi recalls the explosive “true document” yakuza films of celebrated director Kinji Fukasaku while adding a fresh perspective to its violent proceedings. Director Hiroshi Shoji flexes his auteur chops with stylish panache that never belies the genre’s misanthropic DNA. His naturalistic direction and the cast’s breathtaking performances render Tatsumi a “tense, brutally realistic and an overall great film” (Asian Movie Pulse).

Cast

  • Yuya Endo
  • Kokoro Morita
  • Goro Sato
  • Highest Rating
    "Shoji paints a picture of a tense, tragic world from which there’s seemingly no escape, and the emotional toll it takes on those lost in it."
    Clint Worthington, RogerEbert.com
  • Highest Rating
    "“Tatsumi” is gritty, tense, brutally realistic and an overall great film."
    Panos Kotzathanasis, Asian Movie Pulse
  • Highest Rating
    "Tatsumi is a diamond in the rough, in many ways a masculine classic with a pumping heart...."
    Kurt Halfyard, Screen Anarchy
  • Highest Rating
    "Making good use of slow dissolves, Shoji revels in a retro aesthetic in a tale of moral compromise and redemption...."
    Hayley Scanlon, Windows on Worlds

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Awards & Recognition

Nominated
Asian Future Best Film Award
Tokyo Int'l. Film Festival
Nominated
Bucheon Choice Award
Bucheon Int'l. Fantastic Film Festival
Official Selection
Fantasia Film Festival

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