# Full Metal Yakuza (1997)

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**Original title**: *FULL METAL 極道*
**Runtime**: 102 min
**Genres**: Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Takashi Miike
**Written by**: Itaru Era, Hiroki Yamaguchi
**Starring**: Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Tomorowo Taguchi, Takeshi Caesar, Kazuki Kitamura, Yūichi Minato, Shôko Nakahara

> *Part Man, Part Machine, All Yakuza*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tokyo rain drumming on broken tile.
A yakuza corpse twitches awake mid-autopsy, chrome jaw grinding.
Miike’s cyber-limbs flail—one joke too many, one bullet just enough.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, neon-soaked, pitch-black, unhinged

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