Fantastic Fest 2011

Star/co-director Tak Sakaguchi and co-director Yudai Yamaguchi live in person!

MACHINE GIRL (2008) featured a machine gun attached to a schoolgirl’s arm. Wanna top that? Just slap a machine gun onto the arm of a vicious Yakuza thug, then give him a rocket launcher for a leg!!

After four years of Rambo-esque jungle antics, Shozo Iwaki (co-director/star Sakaguchi) returns to Tokyo, only to discover his father murdered, his family headquarters turned into a shady loan shop, and a powerful gang leader attempting to overthrow the entire criminal underworld! With rival gangs jacked up on “hyperdrug,” Shozo must become a one-man army – and things only get wilder when his limbs are replaced with more firepower than the Japanese military.

Equal parts action, splatter, and slapstick – YAKUZA WEAPON is based on an adult comic co-created by Ken Ishikawa (of Cutie Honey fame). See Shozo’s scorned girlfriend welcome him back to Tokyo by throwing a BOAT at him. Laughing too hard? Then watch for the film’s breathtaking four-minute fight scene – shot in a single take. Need both at the same time? How about a naked fembot (FF 2010 guest Cay Izumi) who fires rockets from her crotch and whose head pops off to reveal a gatling gun?

Rest assured, this ain’t your granddad’s action-comedy. This is high-octane insanity, with the madmen at Sushi Typhoon at the controls. Co-director Yudai Yamaguchi (BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL, CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL) pays tribute to the choicest cuts from his previous efforts, delivering a smoldering hand-cannon of a film that was born in Japan – but kicks ass worldwide. (NYAFF)

Japanese films at Fantastic Fest 2011 are presented by WELL GO USA ENTERTAINMENT