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From the opening blowjob to the final words of violence, Takashi Miike's Shinjuku Triad Society is a turbulent, violent, sexual tour-de-force that lovers of gay action films can't miss. Wang is a gay Japanese warlord who has ruthlessly built his empire through blood and guts (and that has two meanings.) Tatsuhito is a crooked cop, who is paid by Wang's opponents to bring him down. The film concentrates on the clash between these two vicious men who will do anything to hurt the other. Along this bloody path you will see gouged eyeballs, body parts, slashed necks with blood pouring out and several fairly hot gay sex scenes. The young man with the white t-shirt on the box art is Wang's boy toy who is rather handy with a knife and his mouth...

Miike makes many films each year -- some are disposable, all hold interest for some reason. Shinjuku Triad Society is gorgeously filmed on the nightime Tokyo streets with great rainy atmosphere. Sex, blood, gore, speed-of-light filmmaking, these are all the traits of a Miike film, and they're all here -- what distinguishes this film is that we think gay guys will love it. (Japanese with English subtitles)

Scott Cranin