Target

Jun 25, 2009

1h 15m

★ 0.0

Overview

A Professional sniper, Ryo has executed so many missions with his partner, Narushima. But Ryo is caught in between a multitude of emotions, when he realizes that his newest target will be an old acquaintance of his.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Media Works

Target Trailers

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Cast

Kanzaki

Riki Takeuchi

Narusawa

Taro Kawano

Yukari Shiomi

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Katsuya

Koji Sueyoshi

Jerry Fujio

Takeshi Wakamatsu

Jiro Okazaki

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.

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