![]() He becomes attracted to the dangerous lifestyle of the yakuza while in prison, eventually working his way up to becoming the patriarch of a yakuza clan. Marine Captain who is lost from his unit and is later arrested for a series of petty crimes which leads to spending 10 years in a Japanese prison. Jared Leto as Nick Lowell, a former U.S.He embraces her as the yakuza bow reverently. Nick travels to a secure apartment where he has hidden Miyu under the guard of the few remaining Shiromatsu members. The Seizu patriarch intervenes and tells Nick to leave now that he has avenged his patriarch. When Orochi hands him back his sword, Nick quickly draws it and cuts Orochi's throat. Orochi refuses to fight him, saying that Nick is only a gaijin (outsider) and could never truly be a yakuza. Undeterred, Nick travels to the Seizu clan dōjō with Kiyoshi's sword and demands an opportunity to kill Orochi. Shortly thereafter, police officers burn down the Shiromatsu club. Orochi kills the Shiromatsu patriarch, and Nick is wounded by a shot in the leg from a sniper. The Seizu patriarch calls for peace talks at the local harbor, which turn out to be a trap. Nick persuades the patriarch that war is the only option, and takes part in the assassination of several Seizu members. It becomes clear that most of the Shiromatsu, including Orochi, have betrayed the clan and defected to the Seizu. The two men then bury Bowers' body in the woods.Ī few days later, Nick saves his patriarch from being strangled to death while at the tailor shop, but Kiyoshi is shot dead during their escape. Telling Nick that he is now responsible for keeping Miyu safe, Kiyoshi gives him a daishō, a pair of swords signifying honor. Nick goes to Kiyoshi's home and reveals his relationship with his sister. Nick learns that Miyu was assaulted by her former lover Orochi, a fellow yakuza, but Miyu stops him from taking revenge by telling him that she is pregnant. When Paulie tries to blackmail Nick, he lures him back to his apartment and kills him. Paulie remarks that Nick, his former captain, was presumed dead by the Marines after being sought for court-martial. While walking home, Nick is recognized by Paulie Bowers, an American Marine on leave. Nick is taken to a countryside temple, where he becomes a full member of the Shiromatsu through an initiation ceremony.ĭuring a Sumo contest, the two families hold a meeting, with the Seizu patriarch offering his counterpart the chance to retire in peace by absorbing the Shiromatsu the patriarch refuses and threatens him. The severed fingertips are sent to the Seizu patriarch, who accepts them. To avoid a war with the Seizu and as an apology to their patriarch, Nick and Kiyoshi perform an act of yubitsume. ![]() Kiyoshi sends Nick to the harbor to handle a black market weapons deal, where he is ambushed by four Seizu members, killing two. The Shiromatsu come under pressure from rival yakuza families, largely due to the aging Shiromatsu patriarch's refusal to adapt to the rapidly changing post-war economy. He continues his relationship with Miyu and gets an irezumi tattoo on his back to match hers. Nick spends the night with her and slowly gets more involved with the Shiromatsu clan, becoming one of their enforcers alongside Kiyoshi. He further entrusts Nick with driving his drunk sister Miyu home after he catches her partying at the Shiromatsu club. ![]() Kiyoshi takes a liking to Nick, giving him an expensive apartment to live in and a suit to wear. When a group of Seizu clan members arrive from Kobe to intimidate the Shiromatsu at their nightclub, Nick attacks one of them, nearly causing a shootout. Nick goes to speak with him, but ends up violently beating Panetti on the head with a typewriter just a minute into the conversation instead, assuring Kiyoshi that he'll reconsider. He is also offered a job: Anthony Panetti, an American businessman with a deep hatred for the Japanese, has refused to negotiate a deal with the Shiromatsu but has agreed to a deal with a different clan, the Seizu, because they sent an American negotiator. Nick saves a yakuza named Kiyoshi from being hanged to death the Shiromatsu, a yakuza clan to which Kiyoshi belongs, repays his debt by arranging Nick's release. Most of his fellow inmates are yakuza criminals, recognizable by their irezumi tattoos. In 1954, nine years after the pacific war, Nick Lowell is the only non-Japanese inmate in an Osaka prison.
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