A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Blazing Famiglia
"Blazing Famiglia" centers around a family of former teenage gangsters. Tetsu Hino (Yoshimi Tokui) was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu Hino is middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious son Shuhei (Kento Hayashi). One day, Tetsu and his old biker gang gather together again after the daughter of a member is assaulted. Tetsu, worried about his day to day life, nevertheless regains the passion from his biker days. Tetsu then finds out that Ken Igarashi (Jun Murakami) is the man behind the attack. Ken Igarashi has had a grudge against Tetsu for a long time.
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"Blazing Famiglia" centers around a family of former teenage gangsters. Tetsu Hino (Yoshimi Tokui) was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu Hino is middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious son Shuhei (Kento Hayashi). One day, Tetsu and his old biker gang gather together again after the daughter of a member is assaulted. Tetsu, worried about his day to day life, nevertheless regains the passion from his biker days. Tetsu then finds out that Ken Igarashi (Jun Murakami) is the man behind the attack. Ken Igarashi has had a grudge against Tetsu for a long time.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Takashi Ujita
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Runtime:127 minutes
Studio:Stairway
Cast
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Director
Yoshimi Tokui
Tetsu Hino
Kento Hayashi
Shuhei Hino
Sadao Abe
Atsushi Yokota
Tetsuji Tamayama
Kousuke Kawasaki
Tatsuya Nakamura
Mitsuru Watanabe
Hirofumi Arai
Tooru Ogata
Arata Iura
Tetsushin Hino
Nao Omori
Ume Maeda
Kazuki Kitamura
Yuji Natsume
Jun Murakami
Ken Igarashi
Masahiro Kobayashi
Kunio Goto
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