Outrage (2010 film)
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| Directed by | Takeshi Kitano |
| Written by | Takeshi Kitano |
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| Starring | Takeshi Kitano |
| Cinematography | Katsumi Yanagijima |
| Edited by | Takeshi Kitano |
| Music by | Keiichi Suzuki |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film Japan |
| Languages | Japanese English |
| Box office | 634 million yen |
Outrage (Japanese: アウトレイジ, [Autoreiji] Error: {{Transliteration}}: missing language / script code (help)) is a 2010 Japanese yakuza film directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. It is to be followed by a 2011 sequel, Outrage 2.
Plot
The story begins with Sekiuchi (Kitamura Soichiro), boss of the Sannokai, a huge organized crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato (Miura Tomokazu) and right-hand man Ikemoto (Kunimura Jun), head of the Ikemoto-gumi. Kato orders Ikemoto to bring the unassociated Murase-gumi gang in line, and he immediately passes the task on to his subordinate Otomo (Beat Takeshi), who runs his own crew.
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano as Ôtomo
- Kippei Shiina as Mizuno
- Ryō Kase as Ishihara
- Tomokazu Miura as Katô
- Jun Kunimura as Ikemoto
- Tetta Sugimoto as Osawa
- Takashi Tsukamoto as Iizuka
- Hideo Nakano as Kimura
- Renji Ishibashi as Murase
- Fumiyo Kohinata as Detective Kataoka
- Sôichirô Kitamura as Mr Chairman
- Yukiyo Tanahashi as Hostess
- Naoko Watanabe
Production
Following a string of more unconventional films with limited commercial success, Takeshi Kitano decided to make Outrage as a film with no other ambition than to be entertaining. He was reluctant to label it as a return to his roots but referred to yakuza films as "a genre for which I have talent". When writing the screenplay, Kitano started by inventing the ways in which characters would be killed in the film, and thereafter wrote a story that would go along with the violence.[1] The film was produced by Office Kitano with Bandai Visual, TV Tokyo and Omnibus Japan.[2] Per the producer's suggestion no actors who had appeared in earlier Kitano films were cast, with the director himself as an exception.[3] It was shot in CinemaScope from 23 August to 23 October 2009. Filming locations included Kobe and the Ibaraki Prefecture.[2]
Release
The film premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival where it was screened on 17 May 2010.[4] The Japanese premiere followed on 12 June through a collaboration between Office Kitano and the Japanese subsidiary of Warner Bros.[5] The film had a revenue of 1,597,856 dollars (146,363,610 yen) from 155 screens during the opening weekend, which made it the fourth highest grossing film in Japan that week.[6] As of 4 July 2010, Box Office Mojo reported a total revenue of 7,230,528 dollars (634,117,307 yen) in the domestic market.[7]
References
- ^ Onda, Yasuko (2010-06-25). "The many faces of Takeshi: Artist, director, comedian or TV talento, the man known as Takeshi Kitano is hard to define". Daily Yomiuri Online. Retrieved 2010-07-04. [dead link]
- ^ a b "English press kit Outrage" (PDF). Celluloid Dreams. May 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ Ishitobi, Noriko (2010-06-26). "Kitano finds laughs even in a bloody gang war". Asahi Shimbun English Web Edition. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ "The screenings guide" (PDF). festival-cannes.com. Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ "アウトレイジ (2010): 作品詳細情報". pia-eigaseikatsu.jp (in Japanese). PIA Corporation. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ "Japan Box Office June 12–13, 2010". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ "Japan Box Office July 3–4, 2010". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-07-09.