Kamuira is one of the most feared of the yakuza leaders and with good reason: He’s actually a vampire who drains the townsfolk of their plasma, and he’s nearly invincible. A group of assassins who know of his true nature arrive in town and Kamuira is forced to defend his turf at all costs.

Reducing Yakuza Apocalypse to its “vampires vs. gangsters” elevator pitch wouldn’t do justice to the sheer lunacy of Takashi Miike’s turbo-charged vision. From an opening frenzy of blades and bullets, to the climactic arrival of an infernal frog, Miike delivers a sanguineous epic of pulp delirium.