First Trailer for Takeshi Kitano’s Comedy ‘Damaged Rage’ Two-Half Movie
by Alex Billington January 19, 2025Source: YouTube
“For those who work with us, we’ll allow you to off the hook.” Prime Video in Japan has revealed a trailer for Damaged Rage, a novel Takeshi Kitano movie prepared for launch on streaming within the subsequent few months. This initially premiered on the 2024 Venice Movie Competition as a particular choice following his 3-hour lengthy movie Kubi the yr earlier than. Damaged Rage follows a hitman, Nezumi (performed by Beat Talkeshi), combating for his survival when he’s caught between the police and yakuza. However within the second half, the gritty crime-action thriller takes an surprising flip, evolving right into a self-parodying comedy that retells the identical story with a really humorous contact. A two-part movie. This primary half is a gritty motion movie in a darkish legal underworld revolving round a hitman and his battle for survival. Except for Takeshi Kitano, this additionally stars Tadanobu Asano and Nao Ômori. I watched this in Venice final yr and it is hilarious – I had a blast with it. The second half is full-on Three Stooges-esque slapstick comedy making enjoyable of those yakuza thrillers and motion movies and the way dumb it truly is to painting in a movie. And naturally, Takeshi-san rocks this humorous function and delivers heaps of snickers.
Here is the official trailer (+ poster) for Takeshi Kitano’s comedy movie Damaged Rage, direct from YouTube:
The theme of this movie directed by, written by, and starring Takeshi Kitano, who remains to be lively as a movie director and continues to obtain worldwide acclaim whereas reigning supreme in comedy, is “comedy in a violent movie”. That is an experimental movie that shatters the standard knowledge of the movie business with its unconventional route and unpredictable improvement, and was made potential by the Kitano of the World. Damaged Rage is written and directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano (aka Beat Takeshi), director of many, many movies together with Violent Cop, Boiling Level, Getting Any?, Kikujiro, Brother, Dolls, Zatōichi, Achilles and the Tortoise, Outrage, Past Outrage, Outrage Coda, Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen, and Kubi beforehand. Produced by Emiko Kitano. Made by Kitano Company. This initially premiered on the 2024 Venice Movie Competition final yr. Prime Video Japan will debut Damaged Rage streaming worldwide beginning on February thirteenth, 2025 this winter. It needs to be obtainable to look at in all places then. Who desires to look at?
