The Killing Game

Original title: Satsujin yugi

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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Yûsaku Matsuda in The Killing Game (1978)

Action Crime Thriller

Narumi, after a 5-year hiatus, returns to encounter two previously spared women and faces rival yakuza bosses who hire him to kill another, posing a threat to his chivalry.Narumi, after a 5-year hiatus, returns to encounter two previously spared women and faces rival yakuza bosses who hire him to kill another, posing a threat to his chivalry.Narumi, after a 5-year hiatus, returns to encounter two previously spared women and faces rival yakuza bosses who hire him to kill another, posing a threat to his chivalry.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

180

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See production info at IMDbPro

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YUGI series. #2 of 3 films.

Connections
Followed by The Execution Game (1979)

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Featured review

4/10

"Narumi, you are like a Gorilla"

With a terribly weak setup, a simplistic plot and developments, and awfully low stakes.. I would be hard pressed into recommending anyone watching this.

And in any case, it seems this is a sequel to a set of movies called "Game Trilogy".. with "The Most Dangerous Game" (1978) being the first entry (and I hear a lot more sleazy).

I was initially interested, as a random person on the internet stated that Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop) was somewhat inspired by Yusaku Matsuda in this role. I could somewhat see it.. if I squint really hard. But there's no charm to this character (at least in this entry, one of the other 2 might actually be good), no memorable lines, no rewatchable action scenes, or anything. All you get is a plot of a guy hired to kill either Yakuza boss from 2 warring gangs.. and it is as lacking in excitement as that sentence I just wrote. I probably won't be tracking any more of these, sadly.