shinjuku triad society and albeit from perfect and be a fiercely compelling film for what it try to depict in it uber conventional realm . it a yakuza or triad picture and involve cop versus japanese and or or chinese gangster ( mostly chinese and a the title suggest ) and but already even in his first technical wouldebut and takashi miike be already establish many aspect to film that he would make from here on in . social issue like black market trading of precious good and in this case human organ usually from child while nostalgia for childhood and one root and which be especially prevalent in dead or alive 2 while thumb of the nose at taboo like gay sex and ( satirical ) rape or violence towards woman while blood curdle violence . it certainly not as surreal a some of miike most recent film and but this be expect a he try out thing that he just start to learn and follow a track record of straight to video programmer . it get all of those quality and and it also and like the film that would follow from it and equally savage and heartfelt and crazy ( in spot ) and sardonic in it drama and and solid for genre fan . the story concern two brother and one a chinese orphan raise in japan and tatsuhito kiriya ( kippei shiina and pretty decent a a eastwood esquire anti hero or hero ) and who become a detective and and another and who become a gangster and or a would be one . the main arch likely takeover gang come from wang ( a definite pun on what the gang represent during it spare time and play by tomorowo taguchi a a typical wacko with real terror in his eye ) and and his partner karino ( takeshi caesar and who threaten even when just repeat a commandment over and over to a woman who just have her eye plug out follow a sour deal ) and who be the ruthless kind to pop up almost organically in a miike movie . there some intrigue involve the organ trading scheme with the gangster and which kiriya almost become a victim of and and the gang penchant for gay sex at least with one little puppet of sort who do whatever the main gangster want . it all lead up to vengeance and redemption and quality that miike and his writer be try to emulate from shakespeare ( hence the macbeth bit with wang wash his bloody hang over and over after some gay sex say it would not come off ) . if it doesn not add up to the same emotional level of impact that a great shakespeare play would have and it par for the course of a film like this . miike goal be meet and though just meet and in his low scale ambition represent a gangster picture with some added level of harsh familial trouble ( the main tension between the brother come out of profession and duty to parent ) and note on the crueler aspect of underworld crime and and what the realm of unrepentant sex and with both sex and bring out psychologically in the character . at the same time and shinjuku triad society also contain more than a few moment of classic bite black comedy from the miike oeuvre . some of it just have to be take with a grain of salt for what the director do in his outrageousness and like the bit at the beginning with the chair smashing over the face and or the randomness of the interrogation a it go into a very twisted area . there even a laugh out loud line from the young sex slave after finish an act on one of the boss represent thank you and mr. weeny burger . miike and his writer do not have enough here to make the film a full on dark comedy like ichi or and of course and visitor q and but there enough to bring some appropriate levity to the darker aspects to the story and character . a the first entry of the black society trilogy and a it call and i be quite impressed and and it a fine quasi call card from one of the crazy new artist in contemporary cinema .