Aiki (2002)
When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club will take him on -- that is, until an aiki jujitsu master helps the young man develop techniques uniquely tailored to a wheelchair. What starts off as a sad film revs up into an exciting and fun series of epiphanies in which the young man realizes his situation isn't as hopeless as it seems.
Director: Daisuke Tengan
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Haruhiko Kato as Taichi Ashihara |
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Rie Tomosaka as Masako |
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Chiaki Hara as Tamiko Ashihara |
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Ryo Ishibashi as Masatsugu Hiraishi |
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Masatoshi Nagase as |
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Tomorowo Taguchi as |
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Shiro Sano as |
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Kimiko Yo as |
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Shunsuke Matsuoka as |
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Tatsuya Gashûin as |
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Hiroshi Kanbe as |
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Yoji Tanaka as |
| Directing | Daisuke Tengan | Director |
| Writing | Daisuke Tengan | Writer |
| Production | Nobuyuki Kajikawa | Production Manager |