Yakuza Apocalypse

Takashi Miike made a film called Yakuza Apocalypse about a vampire crime boss and a gang war and schoolgirls and the apocalypse—or something in that neighborhood. Honestly, the actual plot doesn’t matter. What I actually remember is the giant yellow toad. Just this massive toad, inexplicably present in a gangster film. And that detail alone is enough to make me watch it.

I have no real idea what the toad is supposed to represent or why it exists in the story. Maybe it’s essential. Maybe Miike felt like including a giant toad and never looked back. Maybe I’m completely misremembering. None of it matters. When the home video releases I’m watching it, and the only thing I care about is figuring out what that toad is.