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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.

No Good Middle-Aged Yakuza Trilogy

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Starring: Yoshio Harada, Reiko Kataoka, Sho Aikawa

Released: April 19, 1997

Runtime: 101.0

Popularity Rating: 1.036

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Japan

Noriyuki Kunihiro Yoshio Harada
Asako Hino Reiko Kataoka
Naoto Tanigawa Sho Aikawa
Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura) Kazuki Kitamura
Hanamura Ryushi Mizukami
Satoshi Fujima Hiroyuki Tsunekawa
Hiroshi Fujima Ryuji Yamamoto
Kinjo Yoshiaki Fujita
Yoshida Ei Kawakami
Aoki Toshihiro Kinomoto
Nagashima Seiroku Nakazawa
Kizaki Masai Ikenaga
Kanigawa Eiji Minakata
Driving School Teacher Hajime Yamazaki
Yukio Yamanouchi
Toshimi Noriko Hayami
Myojin Eiji Okuda

Art — Production Design: Hirohide Shibata
Crew — Cinematography: Naoaki Imaizumi
Crew — Second Unit: Kazuhiko Nakamura
Directing — Director: Rokuro Mochizuki
Editing — Editor: Yasushi Shimamura
Lighting — Lighting Technician: Masaaki Sakurai
Production — Executive Producer: Hiroshi Yamji
Production — Line Producer: Masashi Minami
Production — Producer: Toshiki Kimura
Production — Producer: Yoshinori Chiba
Sound — Original Music Composer: Kenichi Kamio
Sound — Sound Editor: Yukiya Sato
Writing — Writer: Toshiyuki Morioka