Young Yakuza

Name: Young Yakuza
Genre: Action, Documentary
Released: 2007-11-22
Rating: 5.9

ActionDocumentary1h 30m

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30%

Tomatometer

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31%

Popcornmeter

5.9

TMDB

Storyline

Meet the Japanese Mafia's latest son: a 20 year old named Naoki, part of a surging, decade-long wave of juvenile delinquency in Japan. As Naoki rejects school, jobs and family, his desperate mother decides to take one last chance to save him--by handing him over to the Mafia for one year and letting him choose his own path.

Details

DirectorJean-Pierre Limosin

ReleasedNov 22, 2007

StatusReleased

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

2 fresh · 4 rotten

Jeff Shannon

RTSeattle TimesMay 23, 2008

Ultimately the viewer is left in the same bind as the filmmakers: wishing we'd been able to follow Naoki's apprenticeship to its traditional conclusion and beyond.

V.A. Musetto

RTNew York PostApr 18, 2008

If you're expecting a real-life version of a bloody Takashi Miike movie, forget it.

Neil Genzlinger

RTNew York TimesApr 18, 2008

Jean-Pierre Limosin's Young Yakuza looks at Japan's version of the Mafia.

Don Willmott

RTFilmcritic.comJun 19, 2008

You may be curious about what they're up to when the cameras are turned off, but you'll never find out.