Yakuza Princess

...had any one of the five writers actually created a screenplay that wasn't so choppy, derivative, incoherent, convoluted and riddled with plot and technical issues.

In the 111 min runtime, there was too much walking and talking with hardly any depth to the story or its characters. It had too much filler and very little substance. Many scenes were too long and/or unnecessary. Was this even edited? The scene transitions were horrible. And all that nonsense mystery didn't help the story either.

What this film did have going for it, was decent cinematography, well choreographed fight scenes with awesome gore effects, and excellent performances. Considering this was MASUMI's first full length feature film - as a lead, with only three prior small T. V. roles, she nailed it, wow! I can't wait to see her in more action films, she's a natural. The location and production sets were on point, and the score was fitting and not overbearing as it usually is in many B films.

Had this film been cut down to about 90 mins, with better editing and scene transitions, and more character development instead of all the filler, I may have given it an 8 or 9, but as is, it's only a generous 6/10 from me.

First half of the movie is gold then from the point where they arrive at the farm one can stop watching because its just bad ..... It starts like a true blockbuster then it goes to a grade B movie and it pisses you off you wachet the first half of the movie just to get crap in the second half.

2 amazing actors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Tsuyoshi Ihara , manage to deliver amazing performance but the director and the rest of cast are week and the script is trash and not even this guys with there great performance can not save this trash of a movie and the talent of this two great actors is just waisted.

One should only watch half of the movie and it will not be desapointed .

Movie gived a first good half and it gets half of the stars .

Like others have said... I enjoyed the first half.

After that, it's as if the writers and director changed.

2nd 1/2 was all over the place. Was never an A movie, but had potential to be one.

Worth an early A. M. watch if like me, you have insomnia. Save your daylight hours for something more productive.

It's rated as less than 5 stare, and I have to agree with that rating.

Truly an enjoyable film. Engrossing story. Good acting from the leads. Some of the supporting roles were weak. Production overall quality was good. Great effort on all levels. Definitely for those of us who like these types of stories. Worth your time.

I've watched several Japanese Yakuza movies and I love all the mysticism and the legends. This movie its quite decent. Far from the best but not bad.

First, If you're a fan of Takeshi Kitano films, this one is for you.

Second, the movie is not a masterpiece like Outrage from Kitano, but it's a pretty cool action film without a cheesy script. Good fighting choreographies and action scenes.

Last, it's mostly unpredictable and a blood bath.

So, definitely If you appreciate this kind of movies , go for it.