Broken Rage is a 2024 Japanese action comedy film, written and directed by Takeshi Kitano, who also leads the cast which features an ensemble cast including Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Hakuryu, and Shidō Nakamura.
It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
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Premise
An exercise in style, the film tells a story in two parts, and sees an aging hitman offered an ultimatum for his freedom. The first half is told in the style of a thriller. The second half is the same story told in the style of a heightened comedy.
Cast
Takeshi Kitano as Nezumi (Takahashi)
Tadanobu Asano as Detective Inoue
Nao Ōmori as Detective Fukuda
Hakuryu as Tomita
Nakamura Shidō II as Kaneshiro
Takashi Nishina as Yoshida
Shohei Uno as Tamura
Shoken Kunimoto as Drug Dealer
Masato Yano as Takaaki Oguro
Shiro Maeda as Man in Bag / Police Captain
Jun Akiyama as Undercover Investigator at the Bar
Gekidan Hitori as Game Presenter
Masanori Hasegawa as Yasuo Mogi
Azusa Babazono as Bar Hostess
Mogura Suzuki as Optometrist
Production
It is written and directed by Takeshi Kitano who also leads the cast which features Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Hakuryu, and Shidō Nakamura. It is scored by Shinya Kiyozuka. It was produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
Release
It became the first Japanese streaming production selected for the Venice Film Festival out of competition section when it premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in 2024. It was released globally on Amazon Prime Video on February 14, 2025.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10.