CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2001
Agitator posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2001 2h 30m JPN

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Dead or Alive 2: Birds poster 01

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Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Why this pick

Miike pairs yakuza-world volatility with an unexpectedly tender, mournful bond between two damaged men, retaining Agitator’s moral murk while becoming more reflective and emotionally strange.

The Blood of Wolves poster 02

Movie / 2018 / Crime / Drama

The Blood of Wolves

Why this pick

A ferocious, rain-soaked yakuza power struggle with shifting allegiances, institutional rot, and a rookie drawn into his mentor’s brutal methods—close to Agitator’s hard-edged criminal ecosystem.

Sonatine poster 03

Movie / 1993 / Action / Crime / Thriller

Sonatine

Why this pick

Its gangsters wait in an uneasy lull before violence erupts, combining deadpan calm, fatalism, and sudden brutality in a spare, coolly composed counterpart to Agitator.

Rainy Dog poster 04

Movie / 1997 / Crime / Action / Drama

Rainy Dog

Why this pick

Another early Miike crime descent, following an isolated fixer through a sodden, hostile underworld. Its bleak momentum and unstable loyalties echo Agitator’s sense that violence is always imminent.

Graveyard of Honor poster 05

Movie / 2002 / Action / Crime / Thriller

Graveyard of Honor

Why this pick

Miike pushes the yakuza antihero toward self-destruction with abrasive energy and no romantic escape route. It shares Agitator’s fascination with power, humiliation, and escalating criminal chaos.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Takashi Miike

Takashi Miike

Shinozaki

Hitoshi Ozawa

Hitoshi Ozawa

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Mickey Curtis

Mickey Curtis

Yokomizo

Masaya Kato

Masaya Kato

Kunihiko

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka