Fantasia 2012: ‘Smuggler’ Fails to Conceal its Influences
Smuggler aka Sumagurâ: Omae no mirai o hakobe Written by Katsuhito Ishii, Masatoshi Yamaguchi and Kensuke Yamamoto, based on the manga Sumagurâ by Shôhei Manabe Directed by Katsuhito Ishii Japan 2011 Fantasia imdb The writers and director of Smuggler clearly watched Ichi the Killer a lot – A LOT – as kids. It’s all there: the yakuza setting, the gang war, the eccentric characters, the torture, the weird …