Teaser: Miike’s Vampire Movie, Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld

Last year, Takashi Miike (AuditionVisitor Q) returned to the horrific with metatextual, somber ghost story Over Your Dead Body (coming to DVD and Blu soon from Scream Factory). This year, he blends the yakuza film with vampires for what’s likely a uniquely Miike result. See the first teaser for Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld, below. In the film, which features The Raid stars Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian, “Akira (Hayato Ichihara) admires Genyo Kamiura who is the most powerful yakuza. Genyo Kamiura has been targeted numerous times, but has never died. He is called the invincible person. Because of Genyo Kamiura, Akira enters the world of the yakuza. His yakuza colleagues treats him like an idiot, Akira can’t even get tattoos because of his sensitive skin. Akira becomes disappointed in the yakuza world, because it’s not like what he say in the movies. Especially, in terms of loyalty and charity depicted of the yakuza. An assassin is then sent to take out Genyo Kamiura. The killers know that Genyo Kamiura is a vampire.”

In the teaser, there’s some neck biting, some street posturing, a violent frog and a grunt so real, it’s played twice. Enjoy! [Twitch]


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