An enjoyable film, though probably the least of the Suzuki films that I have seen. This one is decent, though really not all that impressive, and with only a few scenes of stylistic brilliance. Still even the worst of Suzuki’s film is well worth checking out, but I would recommend seeing the rest of his films before venturing here.

REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS…

Testsu the White Fox (Takahashi Hideki) does a killing for his Yakuza boss, leaving money for his younger brother Kenji (Hananomoto Kotobuki) to go to art school, but while he is being brought to the police, his boss attempts to kill him with a gun, but Kenji rescues him and kills the boss. Kenji is dead set on going to the police till Tetsu convinces him to run with him to Manchuria. They go to a small seaside town and get conned out of their money without a trip to Manchuria, so they must find work. Kenji follows a homely older woman, and they end up in a small mining town working with local miners that are having trouble with the local Yakuzi. The younger sister of the woman Kenji falls for Tetsu, while Kenji keeps trying to seduce her sister, the boss’s wife, and do sculptures of her. Eventually the gang learns of Testu’s identity and they want him, so they take and kill Kenji and take the boss and his wife, and Tetsu must go save them.

As I said this is an alright film, though the least of all Suzuki’s films that I have seen. Good, but not great.