Hell Dogs (2022)

Profile

• Movie: Hell Dogs
• Romaji: Hell Dogs
• Japanese: ヘルドッグス
• Director: Masato Harada
• Writer: Akio Fukamachi (novel), Masato Harada
• Producer: Mariko Seto, Hiroyasu Nagata, Kazuto Amano, Daiki Koide, Toshiya Nomura
• Cinematographer: Takahide Shibanushi
• Release Date: September 16, 2022
• Runtime: 138 min.
• Distributor: Toei, Sony Pictures
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Shogo Kanetaka (Junichi Okada) is a police officer, who suffers from trauma when his loved one was murdered. Since that horrific time, Shogo Kanetaka has only thought about revenge. He then receives an order to go undercover as a yakuza member. The police instructs Shogo Kanetaka to pick a fight with yakuza member Hideki Murooka (Kentaro Sakaguchi) as a stepping stone to gain entrance into the organization. The police have data that shows Shogo Kanetaka is matched with Hideki Murooka 98%. Meanwhile, Hideki Murooka is the son of a death-row convict. He has a physical condition, where is he always hungry and constantly eating. He also can’t controls his emotions and even the yakuza is unable to control him.