Agitator
Seen it?2001 | 150 min | Crime, Drama, Action
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Epic and sweeping, at 2 hr 30 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 30 min.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
When a young yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 7K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Takashi Miike
- Masaya KatōKunihiko
- Taisaku AkinoTsuchiya
- Kenichi EndoMuroi
- HakuryuNumata
- Mickey CurtisYokomizo
- Takashi MiikeShinozaki
- Yoshiyuki DaichiSakuraba
- Eiichi FuruiKomine
- Shinzō HottaKijima
- Masatô IbuMizushima