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This movie appealed to me right away. I have heard about the Yakuza 
and I was hoping this movie would really explore the world of the Japanese Mafia. In the end, I thought I got a pretty good look at the underworld faction with some slight exaggerations along the way. Still, this movie delivers if you want hardcore action. In fact, the opening scenes will just blow you away.
Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars has an interesting premise around it. The movie surrounds a renegade organization known as the Tokyo Mafia. It is considered suicide to defy Japan's traditional yakuza, but a former mobster does just that when he leaves yakuza life behind to form this new organization. The Tokyo Mafia is doing very well in the whale meat industry; sort of how well Al Capone did with alcohol. However, his success has led others to fear him, and the yakuza to stop him at any costs. Explosions, gun fights, swords, karate and good ol' fisticuffs proliferate the movie as a war over the crime world gets underway.
The opening scene of the movie depicts how far the different groups will go for their cause. One man has a sword and it isn't even important that someone else has a gun, because when that man goes to fire it, a sword comes down, chopping his hand off. One man has his arm chopped off and another's head is lopped right off and displayed by the proud sword wielder. There is even a part where one man's ear is cut right off. In fact disgusting scenes like this are commonplace for this movie-Nothing like blood and dismemberment to get me in the mood for dinner.
Now, some scenes in this movie don't make much sense, and the voice acting at times was just really bad, but in the end, this movie is pretty cool. There was a lot to like in the film. Besides the violence, it was interesting to see how the Japanese Mafia deals with one another, even enemies. There is a lot of honor involved and I found that very interesting. In addition to all this, most of the scenes with Riki Takeuchi of Blowback: Love and Death were really cool. He plays a good Dirty Harry type and in this movie, he plays a good bad guy (he is the hero of the film, but he is in the mafia). He lends a lot of believability into the role as the Tokyo Mafia leader. His scenes get even better when one of his men authorizes a hit on a rival without permission. Total war is then declared and in the end, you will wonder what will happen next.
The way Tokyo Mafia ended, you would bet money that there is a sequel coming. Until then, check out the first one and while you are at it, get Blow Back: Love and Death, too. More bang for your buck and you don't have to put out a hit on anyone for it.
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