Yakuza Weapon

Yakuza Weapon
Film poster for Yakuza Weapon
Japanese name
Kanji極道兵器
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGokudō Heiki
Directed byTak Sakaguchi
Yūdai Yamaguchi
Written byYūdai Yamaguchi
Tak Sakaguchi
Based onGokudō Heiki
by Ken Ishikawa
Produced byYoshinori Chiba
Shuichi Takashino
Toshiki Kimura
StarringTak Sakaguchi
Jun Murakami
Mei Kurokawa
Shingo Tsurumi
CinematographyMasakazu Oka
Edited byZensuke Hori
Music byNobuhiko Morino
Production
company
Stairway
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release dates
Running time
104 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Yakuza Weapon (極道兵器, Gokudō Heiki) is a 2011 Japanese film directed and written by Tak Sakaguchi and Yūdai Yamaguchi. Based on the manga by Ken Ishikawa, the film is about Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) who works as a mercenary in South America. Iwaki is informed of the death of his gang boss dad and discovers his former Yakuza henchman is involved in a double-cross. Yakuza Weapon was premiered at the 2011 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival and opened theatrically in Japan on July 23, 2011.