This movie marked ten years into my fascination with Japan. Ten years later, I came here for the first time. Seven years after that, I moved here for good. Great movie. Great ending. One of Zimmer’s best soundtracks, too.
@@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8 I'm as far from being a weeb as you'll find, mate. :-) Not a fan of anime, learned Japanese here totally by ear not at school or before I came here.
@@AlfieGoodrich You don't need to be an anime fan to be a weeb, but rather it's the fascination and obsession with Japan and Japanese culture that's the defining factor.
@@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8 Of late it's a bit more: "Weeaboo is a mostly derogatory slang term for a Western person who is obsessed with Japanese culture, especially anime, often regarding it as superior to all other cultures." Not obsessed with Japan or its culture. I love it, of course. It's been my home for almost 20 years and I've been coming here almost 23. Certainly don't see Japan as superior to anywhere. I might be slitting hairs. But, amongst foreigners here in Japan, the term has a mainly derogatory meaning. :-)
@@AlfieGoodrich 23 years of Japanophilia and you don't see yourself as obsessed with Japan and its culture??? A lot of others have been labelled as weebs for a lot less than that.
Hands down, this entire ending is one of the most epic series of scenes in any movie ever. From the moment that door gets kicked in and Mas and Nick walk a bloodied and muddied Sato right the fuck up to the Senior Inspector, to the swelling of Hans Zimmer's kickass score during the awards ceremony, to the reveal of the plates to Mas, every scene is perfectly shot, masterfully acted, and accompanied by to one of the best musical scores I've ever heard. Simply EPIC.
Mas would have been more bad ass if in his free hand he carried the recovered H&K MP5A3 (no 30-round magazine, action locked back to show safe) and offering it to his Senior Inspector with two hands and a seniority-appropriate bow. “Hai, doozoo..!”
I just read an article on the actor playing Sato. He had cancer during filming, but regardless of what he was going through, he didn't want to quit working. Such a strong minded and determined man. 🥺😟 #fuckcancer
Man he'd have been casted in more films if he lived! Definitely a great antagonist for this movie! Modern actors try to be like him. The main antagonist from the show Tokyo Vice looks like him and acts like him.
Masa doenst judge Nick. He extends his hand before to get the plaques. True friendship works that way, on both hemesfheres. Respect to Japan and his brave people, from Brazil!
Not only is this film a perfect way to close out the 80s but also Yusaku Matsuda put in one of the best villain performances Ive ever seen. His acting for Sato chilled me to the bone it was that good. Magnificent actor and such a terrible loss that he passed away after this film. We are all poorer without the roles he would have gone on to play. RIP.
@@JnEricsonx possibly did the same thing. haven't seen that film in a while so not sure. but I've heard multiple people involved in Black Rain say that he did it
It wasnt untill many years later I learned that this was to be one of Yûsaku Matsuda,s last movies. Great performance to act like that, when he was sick from cancer. Japan is now 2 great actors less . May they both rest in peace.
personally I think this is Michaels best movie. , that ending of them coming up on the the stations floor and everyone standing up until the heads look around. just wow..
That sequence when the plates are revealed, the gong hits, and Masa shouts "Nick-San!" while Hans Zimmer's score transitions into I'll Be Holding On gives me goosebumps every time. One of the most satisfying endings ever
I love how the character develops through the movie. especially Nick. that bit when Masa explained about how Nick was wrong to have taken the money, and he said thanks as Masa refilled his beer, was so very well done. "Thanks for the beer, but thanks for telling me what I need to hear."
Yes and no. Masa said if Nick stole money dishonored all of them or "you did something wrong and have to pay for it but you are a policeman. And a good too. Nothing you can make erase this". And that is what Nick need to hear. He knew stole was bad, he said it, but he couldn't accept all his life like policeman serving and protecting was missing for it.
Nick-san returning the plates made up for his previous mistake of stealing as a cop in the US. Nick-san redeemed his honor as well as the honor of all policemen including Mas. Mas has a new found respect for Nick-san from his expression.
FOKYOUF I have memories of watching parts of this on TV when I was a kid in the early nineties, particularly the opening scenes of Nick on his bike on the bridge. I got the blu-ray and re-watched it the other day. Excellent film and soundtrack! Certainly makes me nostalgic and wish I could go back. You mention this is pure 80s crime thriller; which other films from the 80s/90s can you recommend, which are like this?
