Small-time yakuza boss Ryūichi dreams of conquering the underworld. Following a string of violent robberies and murders, his clan of Chinese-descent gangsters catches the attention of Detective Jojima, a ruthless cop with his own yakuza ties. Their cat-and-mouse games send Tokyo into bloody chaos.

Iconoclastic filmmaker Takashi Miike cements his brand of in-your-face gonzo cinema with this frenzied yakuza tale, a Molotov cocktail of sex, violence, and delirious absurdism. An international breakthrough that spawned a cult trilogy, this dystopian vision of a crime-ridden Tokyo still shocks.