Yakuza + improv comedy = chaos you didn't know you needed.
Acting
Theatre troupe chemistry—improv chaos, no safety net.
Production
V-cinema scrappiness turned intentional aesthetic.
Director
Koichiro Kanayama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jovi Jova was a real Tokyo-based theatre collective active in the late 90s; this V-cinema oddity remains one of their only screen appearances.
V-cinema (direct-to-video Japanese films) in 2000 was a wild west where theatre troupes could suddenly play gangsters—no studio notes, no rules.
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