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Onibi: The Fire Within
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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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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Genre:Drama, Crime
Written By:Toshiyuki Morioka
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Runtime:101 minutes
Studio:GAGA Communications
Cast
Rokurō Mochizuki
Director
Yoshio Harada
Noriyuki Kunihiro
Reiko Kataoka
Asako Hino
Show Aikawa
Naoto Tanigawa
Kazuki Kitamura
Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura)
Ryushi Mizukami
Hanamura
Hiroyuki Tsunekawa
Satoshi Fujima
Yoshiaki Fujita
Kinjo
Ei Kawakami
Yoshida
Toshihiro Kinomoto
Aoki
Seiroku Nakazawa
Nagashima
Masai Ikenaga
Kizaki
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