跟《野獸之青春》一樣,故事改編自大藪春口的小說,同屬鈴木清順60年代初的作品。當時日活工廠式的製作下,導演可發揮的條件很有限,但他的反斗本色已流露,並有突破框框的本事。故事講述黑道中人真邊因一宗軍火走私交易失敗而被捕,自信十足的私家偵探田島英雄向警方提議,利用真邊潛入及瓦解黑幫集團。即使故事本身並無驚喜,但落到鈴木清順手上又變成娛樂反斗的黑幫片,帶觀眾走入戰後受西方文化殖民的東京,加上星味頂級的􏰀宍户锭飾演私家偵探田島英雄,明快吸引的影像配合感染力強的音樂,把黑幫片觀賞指數節節推高。

Made deep into Suzuki Seijun’s run at Nikkatsu Studios, but before his widely-regarded breakthrough works Youth of the Beast and Gate of Flesh, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! nevertheless shows ample evidence of Suzuki’s irreverent brilliance. In the midst of a Yakuza gang war, private detective Tajima arrives to right all wrongs. Taking over for the cops, Tajima goes undercover in the gangs, romances a Yakuza boss’s girl, takes down multiple thugs, and still manages to look dapper and cool while doing it. Forcefully paced with plenty of stylish and increasingly bizarre action scenes, Detective Bureau 2-3 shines as a representative of the Nikkatsu commercial formula and Suzuki’s wild “anything for entertainment” ethos.