Gonin

Sep 23, 1995

2h 1m

★ 6.6

Five men... two killers... one massacre...

Overview

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.

Genres

Action

Crime

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

Image Factory IM Co. Ltd.

Gonin Trailers

Cast

Mikihiko Bandai

Koichi Sato

Junichi Mitsuya

Masahiro Motoki

Ichiro Kyoya

Takeshi Kitano

Kaname Hizu

Jinpachi Nezu

Jimmy

Kippei Shiina

Shohei Ogiwara

Naoto Takenaka

Kazuma Shibata

Kazuya Kimura

Ogiwara's Daughter

Chiaki Kuriyama

Okoshi Member

Daisuke Iijima

Man at the Toilet

Ryo Iwamatsu

Hostess at Pinky

Maiko Kawakami

Shikine

Hideo Murota

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5.8

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8.0

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