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  1. 06-21-2018, 10:30 PM #5
    Chris Knipp
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    THE BLOOD OF WOLVES (Shirashi Kazuya 2018)

    Another messy cop and a disapproving rookie sidekick, but from Japan. The cop is dealing with two rival yakuza gangs, and the rookie is undercover for Internal Affairs looking for crimes from his boss and hoping to find his notebook full of secrets. This is a return to the yakuza genre, with lots of violence and sadistic punishments, gross-out methods of murder. At over two hours this is too long, and it's doubtful there is anything new in it. Its inclusion in a film festival is, initially at least, unclear. But at times it's pretty great, nonetheless. There's considerable sophistication, and two juicy main roles the well-cast actors do full justice to.

    Showed Mon., July 2.

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