A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live.
This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit “Ryuji”.
Tag: yakuza
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Paper Lantern
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The Heartbreak Yakuza
A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn’t seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.
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Love on a Daily Basis
The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend.
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Shinjuku’s Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.
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Music Box
A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.
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Blue Sky
A road movie about three persons traveling in a campervan on their way to Tokyo, Hamamatsu, and Kyoto. The film is based on the story of the heroine, a young girl named Momo, who was a member of the “21 Faces of Kaijin” gang involved in the Glico Morinaga Incident, and the film’s ideas are remarkable, including the use of a tape recording of the actual incident.
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Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
Exciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.
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Red Sun Rising
Thomas Hoshino is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer Jaho. He tracks down the killer and his master to Los Angeles, where he teams up with Det. Karen Ryder. Soon they discover that Jaho is preparing a gang war and weapon smuggling ring. Hoshino must find a way to defeat the killer who posses mystical ninja powers.
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Savage City: Angel Whisper
A corrupt cop teams up with an unlikely partner to protect the city from a gang of ruthless drug addicts.