{"product_id":"aesthetics-of-a-bullet-le","title":"Aesthetics of a Bullet (LE)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAesthetics of a Bullet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA yakuza gang selects a good-for-nothing street vendor to stir up trouble in enemy territory. With a flashy suit, a gun and a pocketful of money, he feels like a king but when trouble comes knocking, he realises that waving a gun and pulling the trigger are two very different things. After the major studios refused to finance it, director Sadao Nakajima (\u003cem\u003eThe Japanese Godfather Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e) took this project to New Wave bastion the Art Theatre Guild. 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