Onibi: The Fire Within

Apr 19, 1997

1h 41m

★ 4.6

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

GAGA Communications

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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

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