Outrage: Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano at his finest.
After watching Sword of Desperation, I was reminded of another classic from 2010, which, as it turns out, was a pretty solid year for movies. Takeshi Kitano aka Beat Takeshi is a man who needs no introduction. He's a legend, not just in cinema, but also in comedy. One of the things he's been one of the very best at, alongside other legendary film-makers such as Kinji Fukasaku and Takashi Miike, is the Yakuza movie genre. The first movie of a peak trilogy, Outrage follows the story of Otomo. Otomo is the head of the Otomo family, a relatively minor family working underneath the chairman of the Sanno-kai clan. In fact, his position is so low that he usually waits outside in the parking lot with the chauffeurs and has information relayed to him by Ikemoto, his immediate boss and the head of the Ikemoto family after the latter has been in the important meetings with the heads of families. He is ordered by Ikemoto to provoke Murase, the head of the Murase clan, a rival of ...
