Gonin (The Five)

Gonin (The Five) (1995)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 74% of users liked it
    (629 ratings)

Get Carter meets Heidegger in this slick, two-fisted gangster epic brimming with furtive sex and shocking violence. The film centers on five poster-boys of Japan's post-bubble economic malaise: Bandai (Koichi Sato), the owner of a once popular nightclub who's up to his fashionable lapels in debt to… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.
Directed By
Takashi Ishii
Written By
Takashi Ishii
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Aug 12, 1995 Wide
On DVD
Oct 31, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Anton Bitel, Movie Gazette

    one-of-a-kind...quirky, moody tale of crime and masculinity

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    I prefer that my violent flicks make a little more sense.

  • Bob Satuloff, Film Journal International

    [A] dark, pounding exercise in mayhem, revenge, nihilism and despair in contemporary Tokyo.

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