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Onibi : The Fire Within
Release Date: April 19, 1997
Year | : | 1997 |
Slogan | : | «» |
Genres | : | Drama, Crime |
Production Companies | : | GAGA Communications |
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.
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Trailer: Onibi (Japanese Trailer) 1997
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