Onibi: The Fire Within (1998)

  • NR
  • 09/07/1998 (CA)
  • Drama, Crime
  • 1h 41m

Overview

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.

Rokurō Mochizuki

Director

Toshiyuki Morioka

Writer

Cast

Yoshio Harada's headshot

Yoshio Harada

Noriyuki Kunihiro
Reiko Kataoka's headshot

Reiko Kataoka

Asako Hino
Show Aikawa's headshot

Show Aikawa

Naoto Tanigawa
Kazuki Kitamura's headshot

Kazuki Kitamura

Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura)
Ryushi Mizukami's headshot

Ryushi Mizukami

Hanamura
Hiroyuki Tsunekawa's headshot

Hiroyuki Tsunekawa

Satoshi Fujima
Yoshiaki Fujita's headshot

Yoshiaki Fujita

Kinjo
Ei Kawakami's headshot

Ei Kawakami

Yoshida

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