Afraid to Die

Original title: Karakkaze yarô

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Takeo is a young yakuza who renounces his former criminal activities after being released from prison. But sometimes escaping the past is not so easy.Takeo is a young yakuza who renounces his former criminal activities after being released from prison. But sometimes escaping the past is not so easy.Takeo is a young yakuza who renounces his former criminal activities after being released from prison. But sometimes escaping the past is not so easy.

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6.4/10

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6/10

Odd, and it fluctuates between dull and interesting.

Yukio Mishima's lead performance in this is bizarre, and I could never work out what awkwardness was intended and what wasn't.

I guess it gives what's an otherwise straightforward yakuza film a bit more flavour, even if everyone else here is less of a wild card, acting-wise. Either they all understood the assignment and Mishima didn't, or Mishima understood it better than everyone else and was doing something genuinely brilliant.

Afraid to Die is also a little slow and repetitive in parts. I've seen better crime-dramas that came out in Japan around this time, and I've seen worse. There's a little here that's odd and intriguing, and a good deal of it just kind of gets the job done.