Takashi Miike's Graveyard of Honor

[Rising Tiger]

Has anyone heard of this movie? It stars Goro Kishitani (the bad-ass dude from Returner) and is directed by Takashi Miike. A lot of Miike's more popular movies have been released on DVD here in the U.S, so I'm wondering if anyone has any information on this movie.

[Kikaida]

It's an adaptation of the same book Fukasaku used to make Graveyard of Honor and Humanity.This one is set in the late 80's through the late 90's, rather than the originals post-war setting, and follows a psycho yakuza's downward spiral. It's powerful stuff and is a masterpiece of yakuza cinema. Excellent performance by Kishitani in it too, the guy chews the scenary from start to finish.

Here's a link to Tom Mes's review
www.midnighteye.com/revie...honr.shtml (http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/gravhonr.shtml)

[Rising Tiger]

Is there an OFFICIAL U.S. release or just some imports?

[Kikaida]

Just imports right now, but I wouldnt be surprised if there was a R1 released down the road since it has played well on the festival circuit.