Onibi: The Fire Within
鬼火
Release: 1997-04-19
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 4.6
Drama
Crime
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
GAGA Communications
Cast
Eiji Okuda
as Myojin
Reiko Kataoka
as Asako Hino
Kazuki Kitamura
as Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura)
Yukio Yamanouchi
Yoshio Harada
as Noriyuki Kunihiro
Show Aikawa
as Naoto Tanigawa
Eiji Minakata
as Kanigawa
Ryuji Yamamoto
as Hiroshi Fujima
Ryushi Mizukami
as Hanamura
Hajime Yamazaki
as Driving School Teacher
Noriko Hayami
as Toshimi
