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Onibi: The Fire Within

4.8 average rating
4.8
Japanese / 101 MIN. / 1997

The Genres

The 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.

The Cast

Yoshio HaradaReiko KataokaShow AikawaKazuki KitamuraRyushi MizukamiHiroyuki TsunekawaYoshiaki FujitaEi KawakamiToshihiro KinomotoSeiroku NakazawaMasai IkenagaEiji MinakataHajime YamazakiYukio YamanouchiNoriko HayamiEiji OkudaRyuji Yamamoto

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