π Overview:
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.
π Languages Available:
Japanese
π Date Released:
1997-04-19
β Running Time:
101 mins
β Vote Average:
4.8
Beloved Cast
Noriyuki Kunihiro
Yoshio Harada
Asako Hino
Reiko Kataoka
Naoto Tanigawa
Show Aikawa
Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura)
Kazuki Kitamura
Hanamura
Ryushi Mizukami
Satoshi Fujima
Hiroyuki Tsunekawa
Kinjo
Yoshiaki Fujita
Yoshida
Ei Kawakami
Aoki
Toshihiro Kinomoto
Nagashima
Seiroku Nakazawa
Kizaki
Masai Ikenaga
Kanigawa
Eiji Minakata
Driving School Teacher
Hajime Yamazaki
Yukio Yamanouchi
Toshimi
Noriko Hayami
Myojin
Eiji Okuda
Hiroshi Fujima
Ryuji Yamamoto
