Introduced by Patrick Macias

(a.k.a. Blood and the Code/Chi to okite). Real–life tough guy Noboru Ando stars in this archetypical yakuza film about the life of...real-life tough–guy Noboru Ando. Famed leader of the Ando–gumi crime syndicate, Ando was approached by Namio Yuasa (an independent director known for soft–core pornography films) to fictionalize his life onscreen. Cowritten by and starring the recently jailed subject himself, Blood and Law humorously whitewashes Ando into Japan's favorite son, picturing him dispensing fatherly advice to orphans, rescuing helpless women, and even protecting the national interest by squashing "out–of–control" Korean gangs, all the while throwing in enough betrayals, murders, and striptease scenes to become box–office gold. B–grade exploitation at its most enjoyably trashy, it keeps the Watch–Him–Live–It plot at its most elementally voyeuristic and highlights Ando's suave, Sinatra–on–barbituates star presence. Vain to the point of glory, Blood and Law is certainly one of the oddest, most fascinating vanity projects ever made.

We wish to express our appreciation to Satoko Ishida and Masaki Koga, Shochiku Co., Ltd.