Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for money. Goro wants to help and knows that there is only one way to come up with fast money.
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That was an excellent one.
Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
More less the same as firstOn way to find his wife Goro saves a young hooker from a gang. The gang recruits Goro as bodyguard. His senpai's wife dies as Goro is away. Wife leaves to get Goro out of yakuza. Hooker falls for Goro while she's sleeping with Ueno brother, whom is out for revenge. His underling falls in love with rival gang woman. His new senpai is also in rival gang. Both become drifters after gang war and marked for dead. Underling gets kidnapped and beaten to death for falling for rival gang's girl. Senpai dies on way to see his family. Goro gets angry and goes on final knifing spree
While many of the plot points of this first sequel to Outlaw Gangster VIP are almost exactly the same as the original, this one is a much stronger film. That may sound a bit odd, but I think the direction and script are stronger, and maybe just because I felt I knew the protagonist I was more involved in his story at this point. Whatever the reason, I'd rank this one high amongst the many yakuza movies I've seen. The film picks up a few months after the first, with Tetsuya Watari, having healed his wounds, traveling north to find Chieko Matsubara and Yumeko, the wife of his gangster friend. In pretty much the same way (defending a defenseless woman), he gets drawn back into the yakuza world. This one features very strong performances throughout, and recognizable actors include Hideaki Nitani (whom you'll recognize from several Arrow titles), Kunie Tanaka and Meiko Kaji (who performs a flamenco dance number!). Izumi Ashikawa plays the woman Watari saves at the beginning of the film. He meets her again as a prostitute in Yokohama. She has a couple of really touching scenes opposite Tanaka, who plays the crippled brother of a gangster Watari killed in the first film. She's excellent.