Onibi: The Fire Within (1997)
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.
Director: Rokurō Mochizuki
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Yoshio Harada as Noriyuki Kunihiro |
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Reiko Kataoka as Asako Hino |
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Show Aikawa as Naoto Tanigawa |
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Kazuki Kitamura as Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura) |
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Ryushi Mizukami as Hanamura |
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Hiroyuki Tsunekawa as Satoshi Fujima |
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Yoshiaki Fujita as Kinjo |
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Ei Kawakami as Yoshida |
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Toshihiro Kinomoto as Aoki |
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Seiroku Nakazawa as Nagashima |
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Masai Ikenaga as Kizaki |
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Eiji Minakata as Kanigawa |
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Hajime Yamazaki as Driving School Teacher |
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Yukio Yamanouchi as |
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Noriko Hayami as Toshimi |
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Eiji Okuda as Myojin |
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Ryuji Yamamoto as Hiroshi Fujima |
| Sound | Kenichi Kamio | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Toshiki Kimura | Producer |
| Directing | Rokurō Mochizuki | Director |
| Art | Hirohide Shibata | Production Design |
| Production | Yoshinori Chiba | Producer |
| Production | Hiroshi Yamji | Executive Producer |
| Lighting | Masaaki Sakurai | Lighting Technician |
| Crew | Kazuhiko Nakamura | Second Unit |
| Editing | Yasushi Shimamura | Editor |
| Production | Masashi Minami | Line Producer |
| Sound | Yukiya Sato | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Toshiyuki Morioka | Writer |
| Camera | Naosuke Imaizumi | Director of Photography |
