Customer Ratings & Reviews

Retaliation is a 1970s Yakuza film & its also one of the 1st ive seen from that era. Although I have the directors other film from Arrow Video, Massacre Gun I haven't seen it yet so I wont compare the two. This film starts of somewhat typical with the main character Jiro getting out of prison & falling back into his old Yakuza life. The is quite a number of fight scenes in the film & some are very violent/bloody. The story is good & easy to follow I only wish it had been a bit longer. The revenge/betrayal theme was also good I felt. Movie looks great on Blu Ray also. Not a lot of extra features besides a trailer & 2 interviews. The booklet that comes with it is very informative as well. I enjoyed this film enough that I also bought Massacre Gun by the same director & have looked into other of his films. The movie also has a very downbeat & grim tone. All in all id say its worth a look for fans of Asian & or Yakuza films.

a great '60s yakuza flick and a nice companion piece to Massacre gun also available from Arrow. A+

Old school studio Yakuza drama. Worthwhile & rewards with secondary viewings.

Genre fans will really enjoy some of the really great action scenes!!

Old school Japanese action film. Feels like boot and it works! Buy!