Yakuza turf wars but make it FRIED CHICKEN STANDS. Peak Japanese chaos.
It depicts a world overflowing with the manly spirit of the stall vendors who run the festival. Kanji, the son who comes to inherit Kantaro’s stall-vendor business, heads to Niigata in order to save fellow stall vendors who are being attacked one after another.
Acting
Riki Takeuchi snarls his entire performance. Iconic.
Practical Effects
Real festival chaos—no CGI, just dudes and food carts.
Score
Taiko drums that slap harder than the actual fights.
Director
Kosuke Suzuki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tekiya were historically marginalized communities, often linked to yakuza—this film romanticizes their outsider status aggressively.
Director Kosuke Suzuki made this during V-cinema's dying days; the entire budget probably went to Riki Takeuchi's hair gel.
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