Young Yakuza Poster
Young Yakuza by Jean-Pierre Limosin
Young Yakuza, directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin, will be theatrically released in France this Wednesday, 9th April.
Presented in Special Screenings at the 60th Festival de Cannes, the film plunges us into the world of the Japanese mafia in this rite-of-passage tale of an idle young man and a godfather suffering from an identity crisis.
Young Yakuza is Jean-Pierre Limosin's second film to be presented in the official Selection after Tokyo Eyes (Un Certain Regard, 1998).
Jean-Pierre Limosin concerning his meeting with the Yakuza boss, M. Kumagai: "He asked me if I would be interested in filming from inside a Yakuza clan. I answered that I thought it was impossible. I mentioned the two Japanese documentary filmmakers who had been stabbed while carrying out an investigation, as well as the director Juzo Itami who had got slashed in the face by a gang after the release of his fictional film which presented a caustic view of the mafia. He insisted, all the same, for me to come see what a Yakuza clan was really like."
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