6.5/10
First film in the recently-purchased Nikkatsu Noir boxset from Criterion's Eclipse series, this one from 1957 being one of the first hits for the studio. It centres around an ex-boxer searching for his brother and his relationship with a mysterious singer with a Yakuza-related past, and the inevitable ties between the two. The movie jumps through a lot of hoops to set up the predicted final showdown between the main character and the Yakuza boss and the payoff suffers because of it. Unfortunately, the movie reveals its simplicity the more the plot unwinds, but it's well directed, competently acted, and an interesting watch.
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