Concerning Rokuro Mochizuki and his "Another lonely hitman" (1995). hardly a man of 70-s, right, but much influenced by those times. From interviews and articles I got a picture of a guy impossible not to like. Mochizuki got his share of life's blows and has this attitude of a world-weary cynic full of self-irony. Then he comes from porn cinema, has no regrets about it, more, tells he enjoyed filming naked women and sex stuff. And he loves Fukasaku's works.
"Another lonely hitman" is not your fast and furious yakuza movie, more it is a kind of meditation on loneliness of losers in big city. But since the main hero is a gangster there are some well staged and realistic violent scenes. And note some weird humor, especially when yakuza get into quarrel with a porn tape playing as a background, when they stop shouting to make some comments about fucking on the screen.
So, as a good crime drama "Hitman" hits home, I'll surely get Mochizuki's "Onibi" as well, it'll be released tomorrow.
Well, "BR2" is definitely a disappointment, Fukasaku's son, who finished the film doesn't have a third of his dead father's talent. And this aforementioned "Sword of doom" from Kihachi Okamoto is nothing impressive, must add. Several good fights, that's all.