Vengeance for Sale
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68% Critic Match

Vengeance for Sale

6.8 / 10 2002 1h 28mNR Japanese
ComedyActionDrama

Storyline

In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.

Cast & Crew

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Sukeroku Sukedachiya

Lead
Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Osen

Takehiro Murata

Takehiro Murata

Taro

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Umetaro Katakura

Shingo Tsurumi

Shingo Tsurumi

Shinkuro Wakiya

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Hotta

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Otome

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Oribe Sakakibara

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kihachi Okamoto's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Vengeance for Sale is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker