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Li Zhiyi (simplified Chinese 李 之仪; traditional 李之儀) was a Song Dynasty poet, songwriter, and art critic from Northern China. He was a major proponent of songwriting as a high art, and wrote extensively on aesthetics

Smuggler (Film)

Smuggler is a 2011 film by Katsuhito Ishii, starring ___, ____, and Masanobu Ando. It revolves around a trio of smugglers who become embroiled in a conflict between a Yakuza family and a Triad family.

Plot

____ (____), a young man deeply in debt, is called outside by a manager of the gambling parlor. He is told to hit a man who has already been beaten by several other men, and who is crying out in pain. Compelled by his debts, he hesitates over the man's prone form.

Later, ___ is in a truck with __ and ___, two experienced smugglers.

Vertebrae (Masanobu Ando) and Viscera (__), two Chinese assassins, interrupt a meeting of Yakuza in order to kill ___, the head of the family. Viscera uses nunchaku to slaughter ___ and his bodyguards, who are ineffectual even with

While in the back of the truck, ___ begins feeling compasion for Vertebrae, who is not only bound tightly to a chair, but who also has a mask over his face to force him to breathe an unknown paralytic. After Vertebrae declares that he is afraid of death, but that things are not yet "completely dark," ___ takes off the mask. They stop briefly, leaving Vertebrae in the truck, and Joe again berates ____ for his lack of commitment. ____ also demonstrates his compassion for ___, whom the others see as a burden.

When they resume driving, Vertebrae escapes with superhuman speed. In the ruin of their plans, Joe tells ___ that he must use his acting skills and pretend to be Vertebrae, since no one knows what the assassin really looks like, or event that he is Chinese. ___ agrees, and they take him to be tortured by ___ while they search for the real Vertebrae.

Vertebrae, after his escape, tells Boss Hong about ___'s betrayal. This news does not impress Hong, who tells Vertebrae that __ is his new brother, and displays no sympathy for the loss of Viscera. Vertebrae kills them all in a rage.

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