Takashi Kitano’s Outrage, Japanese trailer

Even sans subtitles, the new full-length trailer packs a punch. Via TwitchFilm, who also provide a synopsis:

The story begins with Sekiuchi (Kitamura Soichiro), boss of the Sannokai, a huge organised crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato (Miura Tomokazu) and right-hand man Ikemoto (Kunimura Jun), head of the Ikemoto-gumi. Kato orders Ikemoto to bring the unassociated Murase-gumi gang in line, and he immediately passes the task on to his subordinate Otomo (Beat Takeshi), who runs his own crew. The tricky jobs that no-one wants to do always end up in Otomo’s lap…

Arriving in Cannes next month, Takashi Kitano directed, wrote, edited and stars in Outrage (Autoreiji) as he does in most of his films, including his Palm d’Or nominee Kikujir√¥, 11 years ago.

Winner of dozens of international film honors, the closest Kitano has come to being appreciated stateside was in 1997 when Hana-bi was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Indie Spirit Awards and by the Chicago film critics. (What won? Life is Beautiful.)