Onibi: The Fire Within (1997)
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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.
At a glance
- Release date
- 1997-04-19
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Rokurō Mochizuki
- Cast
- Yoshio Harada, Reiko Kataoka, Show Aikawa, Kazuki Kitamura, Ryushi Mizukami, Hiroyuki Tsunekawa, Yoshiaki Fujita, Ei Kawakami
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