In the 1970s, director Fukasaku Kinji’s Yakuza Papers films chronicled decades of gang warfare in post-war Hiroshima. Over three decades later, up-and-coming young director Kubata Takashi brings a new generation of Hiroshima motorcycle gangsters to the big screen with Badboys. Based on Tanaka Hiroshi’s hit comic series of the same name (which also spawned five animated OVAs in the 1990s), Badboys depicts a violent battle between three rival gangs in the aftermath of a gang-related murder in Osaka. A gripping, exciting gangster action drama starring some of Japan’s brightest young actors, Badboys is the kind of new blood the Japanese gangster genre needs!
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Shinnosuke Abe
Known for
Shōgun
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Yoshihiko Hosoda
Known for
Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
I Give My First Love to You
Takashi Kubota
Mika Nakamura
Hiroshi Tanaka
Known for
Grave of the Fireflies
Return of the Street Fighter
Kazuki Namioka
Known for
13 Assassins
Kamen Rider
Kenji Utsuki
Tetsuya Tsukada
Shôgo Suzuki
Known for
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Cure
Takahiro Miura
Known for
Attack on Titan
Kamen Rider Black Sun
Takashi Kubo
Hidemasa Yamashita
Takashi Kubota Director · Kenji Utsuki Screenplay Takashi Kubo Screenplay
First release March 25, 2011 · Produced in Japan · Production Zenryoku Agency, Shonen Gahosha
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Pony Canyon
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Zenryoku Agency
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Shonen Gahosha
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Japan
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Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 25, 2011
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