Release Date

19 Apr, 1997

Runtime

01:41: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

After spending over half his life in prison, ex-hitman Kunihiro is determined to go straight. But the shortcomings of the new gangs mean that he is soon having to call on his old-school yakuza talents. And when he falls for Asako, a beautiful piano player, she unknowingly ignites a fire within Kuni that will immolate everything and everybody around him. Regarded by many as his masterpiece, Onibi has all the hallmarks of a Mochizuki film, with the gangster elements tightly compressed and controlled to allow space in which a subdued romance can bloom. Coming from a background in porno cinema, this master of sexual relations injects a fresh passion and tension into the macho world of the yakuza film.

Original Title

鬼火

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Actors

原田芳雄

片岡礼子

哀川翔

北村一輝

水上竜士

Hiroyuki Tsunekawa

Yoshiaki Fujita

川上泳

Toshihiro Kinomoto

中沢青六

Masai Ikenaga

南方英二

山崎一

山之内幸夫

速水典子

奥田瑛二

山本竜二

Crew

Kenichi Kamio

木村俊樹

望月六郎

柴田博英

千葉善紀

Hiroshi Yamji

櫻井雅章

中村和彦

島村泰司

Masashi Minami

佐藤幸哉

森岡利行

Naosuke Imaizumi