I know this is a manga, but you can't separate it from it's classic film adaption by Takashi Miike. If anyone is interested in his stuff, would really recommend "Blue Harp", to me that is probably one of the best Miike films, as it's less straight up shock and gore but actually has some emotional depth. It also shows another side to Japan, away from the business suited yakuza that the director usually prefers for his crime plots. The yakuza character's closeted feelings towards the drug runner and the drug runner representing a more multicultural Japan where the runners are kids fallen on hard times is interesting, and the styling of all the flashbacks, the jittery camera's is 90's gold that you don't see much of today!
I know this is a manga, but you can't separate it from it's classic film adaption by Takashi Miike. If anyone is interested in his stuff, would really recommend "Blue Harp", to me that is probably one of the best Miike films, as it's less straight up shock and gore but actually has some emotional depth. It also shows another side to Japan, away from the business suited yakuza that the director usually prefers for his crime plots. The yakuza character's closeted feelings towards the drug runner and the drug runner representing a more multicultural Japan where the runners are kids fallen on hard times is interesting, and the styling of all the flashbacks, the jittery camera's is 90's gold that you don't see much of today!