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Onibi: The Fire Within (1997)

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.
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Rokurō Mochizuki profile
Rokurō Mochizuki

Director

Cast

Yoshio Harada profile
Yoshio Harada

Noriyuki Kunihiro

Reiko Kataoka profile
Reiko Kataoka

Asako Hino

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Show Aikawa

Naoto Tanigawa

Kazuki Kitamura profile
Kazuki Kitamura

Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura)

Ryushi Mizukami profile
Ryushi Mizukami

Hanamura

Hiroyuki Tsunekawa profile
Hiroyuki Tsunekawa

Satoshi Fujima

Yoshiaki Fujita profile
Yoshiaki Fujita

Kinjo

Ei Kawakami profile
Ei Kawakami

Yoshida

Toshihiro Kinomoto profile
Toshihiro Kinomoto

Aoki

Seiroku Nakazawa profile
Seiroku Nakazawa

Nagashima

Masai Ikenaga profile
Masai Ikenaga

Kizaki

Eiji Minakata profile
Eiji Minakata

Kanigawa

Yoshio Harada profile
Yoshio Harada

Noriyuki Kunihiro

Reiko Kataoka profile
Reiko Kataoka

Asako Hino

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Show Aikawa

Naoto Tanigawa

Kazuki Kitamura profile
Kazuki Kitamura

Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura)

Ryushi Mizukami profile
Ryushi Mizukami

Hanamura

Hiroyuki Tsunekawa profile
Hiroyuki Tsunekawa

Satoshi Fujima

Yoshiaki Fujita profile
Yoshiaki Fujita

Kinjo

Ei Kawakami profile
Ei Kawakami

Yoshida

Toshihiro Kinomoto profile
Toshihiro Kinomoto

Aoki

Seiroku Nakazawa profile
Seiroku Nakazawa

Nagashima

Masai Ikenaga profile
Masai Ikenaga

Kizaki

Eiji Minakata profile
Eiji Minakata

Kanigawa

Extra

Release Date

April 19, 1997

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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