Ginji - The Butcher

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Movie
German title Ginji - The Butcher
Original title 人 斬 り 銀 次
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2003
length 121 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Takeshi Miyasaka
script Jiro Yoshikawa
music Atsushi Okuno
camera Shinji Tomita
cut Yōsuke Yafune
occupation

Ginji - The Butcher ( Japanese 人 斬 り 銀 次 , Hitokiri Ginji ) is a Japanese psycho-drama directed by Takeshi Miyasaka from 2003.

The production was released on March 29, 2003 as in Japan. In Germany, the DVD was released on May 3, 2007.

action

The young pilot Ginji Sonezaki, an aviator for the Japanese Tokkōtai , can not accept Japan's unconditional surrender . This explanation and the loss of the two siblings subsequently intensify his suicidal tendencies. A later suicide attempt fails. Ginji's former superior, Kuroda, saves him from ritual suicide through courageous intervention . Subsequently, the homeless Ginji becomes a loyal employee of his lifesaver. Nevertheless, he does not succeed in integrating himself into post-war society.

Over the years, Ginji becomes entangled in the dubious machinations of Kuroda, a seedy businessman with political ambitions who amassed various assets in the chaos of war. One day he observes Kuroda illegally trading the military-developed stimulant amphetamine . Discrepancies arise in the course of which Kuroda murdered an unarmed colleague . Eyewitness Ginji escapes from the crime scene. Subsequently, he turns vengeful against his former boss and armed with a katana storms a warehouse, where he slaughters Kuroda's followers in a bloody massacre. Despite a bitter struggle, Ginji is overwhelmed, struck down and ultimately sentenced to life imprisonment.

50 years later, the now graying Ginji is released at Kuroda's instigation. In a home that will be his quarters for a short time, the legendary “butcher”, suffering from trauma, learns of the meteoric rise of his mortal enemy. Kuroda is now a former prime minister ; Loner Ginji, meanwhile, fails to integrate.

As a homeless man , he later comes to the aid of the young South Korean Doo-han, who is being abused by a brutal gang while he is alive on the fringes of society. In gratitude, the young man, who reminds him of his own deceased grandfather, provides him with food. A little later, the two dissimilar men flee to an empty warehouse with the help of the petite journalist Miyoko, who also secretly works as a private detective for the former Japanese head of government. In the meantime, Miyoko tries to reopen Ginji's mysterious life story because it seems extremely strange to her. In addition, all files from that time have disappeared without a trace. Ginji remains silent at first, not knowing that Miyoko is his granddaughter.

When Doo-han is kidnapped by strangers a little later, Ginji gives up his self-chosen passivity. He faces the underworld great Ōmuta - a demonic character who incapacitated Ginji decades ago during the bloodbath. Ōmuta also holds Doo-han prisoner. Brutal fighting ensues. Ginji defeats the ghosts of his past by judging the criminal and his entourage. Miyoko is fatally injured. In the end, Ginji grants his former mortal enemy Kuroda his last wish and beheads him. He then gives Doo-han his savings with a request to leave Japan.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films notes that the production is an “extremely tough gangster film told in nested flashbacks” .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Entry in the Japanese film database (Japanese)
  2. ↑ a b Ginji - The butcher in the dictionary of international filmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used