Onibi : The Fire Within

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Onibi : The Fire Within

Release Date: April 19, 1997

Year	:	1997
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Genres	:	Thriller, Drama, Crime
Production Companies	:	GAGA
Director	:	Rokuro Mochizuki
Producers	:	Yoshinori Chiba, Toshiki Kimura, Masashi Minami, Hiroshi Yamji
Writers	:	Toshiyuki Morioka
RunTime	:	101 mins.

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.