Takeshi KITANO 北野武

Ryuzo And The Seven Henchmen

龍三と七人の子分たち

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Former yakuza boss Ryuzo is living a boring life in retirement. After a new generation of gangsters starts to terrorize what used to be Ryuzo’s turf, he assembles his former brothers­in­arms, leading to a showdown between the old and the young. Marking a return to his comedy roots, Takeshi KITANO deals with the subject of an aging society through the lens of his favorite genre, the yakuza film.

Winner of the Nippon Cinema Award 2016
Winner of the Nippon Cinema Award 2016

龍三と七人の子分たち
Ryuzo to shichinin no kobuntachi

Japan 2015

110 minutes

Director
Takeshi KITANO

Script
Takeshi KITANO

Cinematography
Katsumi YANAGISHIMA

About Takeshi KITANO
北野武

Takeshi KITANO, born in Tokyo in 1947, is a film director, actor, author, television and radio host, painter, and comedian. His directing debut VIOLENT COP (1989) was a huge hit on the international scene. His follow-up feature HANA-­BI (1997) won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival while ZATOICHI (2003 / NC ’04) earned him a Silver Lion. The historical drama KUBI (2023 / NC ’24) is based on KITANO’s own novel of the same name and had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.