• Director(s)

    Toru Murakawa

  • Production Year

    1978

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Yusaku Matsuda, Yutaka Nakajima, Gajiro Sato

Film

The Killing Game

sexual violence, strong violence, sex, language

THE KILLING GAME is a Japanese action thriller, from 1978, in which a hitman returns to Tokyo after 5 years in hiding and becomes embroiled in a violent rivalry between two yakuza bosses.    …

THE KILLING GAME is a Japanese action thriller, from 1978, in which a hitman returns to Tokyo after 5 years in hiding and becomes embroiled in a violent rivalry between two yakuza bosses.    

violence
Characters are shot in scenes which include bloody detail. A man repeatedly beats a woman with his belt.  There is also focus on a man using wire to strangle a man to death. In another scene, a man receives a heavy blow to the head with a large rock. 
language
The film features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bastard', 'shit' and 'damn'.
sex
A scene of sex includes breast nudity, sexual moaning and thrusting detail. There are references to sex workers and a brief scene in which a man caresses the breasts of a mannequin. 
sexual violence and sexual threat
In a scene of sexual violence a man rips a woman's dress and closes a curtain behind which she is heard screaming. She is later found dead with her breast exposed through her ripped dress. 
additional issues
Scene of moderate threat include a man being hung by his ankles. There is also gun and knife threat. 

  • Director(s)

    Toru Murakawa

  • Production Year

    1978

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Yusaku Matsuda, Yutaka Nakajima, Gajiro Sato

sexual violence, strong violence, sex, language
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
Characters are shot in scenes which include bloody detail. A man repeatedly beats a woman with his belt.  There is also focus on a man using wire to strangle a man to death. In another scene, a man receives a heavy blow to the head with a large rock. 
language
The film features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bastard', 'shit' and 'damn'.
sex
A scene of sex includes breast nudity, sexual moaning and thrusting detail. There are references to sex workers and a brief scene in which a man caresses the breasts of a mannequin. 
sexual violence and sexual threat
In a scene of sexual violence a man rips a woman's dress and closes a curtain behind which she is heard screaming. She is later found dead with her breast exposed through her ripped dress. 
additional issues
Scene of moderate threat include a man being hung by his ankles. There is also gun and knife threat. 
sexual violence, strong violence, sex, language
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
Characters are shot in scenes which include bloody detail. A man repeatedly beats a woman with his belt.  There is also focus on a man using wire to strangle a man to death. In another scene, a man receives a heavy blow to the head with a large rock. 
language
The film features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bastard', 'shit' and 'damn'.
sex
A scene of sex includes breast nudity, sexual moaning and thrusting detail. There are references to sex workers and a brief scene in which a man caresses the breasts of a mannequin. 
sexual violence and sexual threat
In a scene of sexual violence a man rips a woman's dress and closes a curtain behind which she is heard screaming. She is later found dead with her breast exposed through her ripped dress. 
additional issues
Scene of moderate threat include a man being hung by his ankles. There is also gun and knife threat. 

  • Classified date

    24/07/2023

  • Language

    Japanese