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Availability: Special Order - We do not normally keep stock of this title onhand. Once you order it, we will order it from our supplier and ship it out to you. We do not bill you for Special Order items until they ship. You cannot cancel Special Order items after purchase. Director: Rokuro Mochizuki Released: 1997 [Japan] Genre: Drama     Sub-Genre: Crime Keywords:  Gangs / Gangsters || Japan / Japanese || Music / Musician / Singer || Prison / Prisoner

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The Yakuza Collection [3-Disc Set] The Masterworks Of Rokuro Mochizuki [4-Disc Set] Japanese Miscellany [8-Disc Set]

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Avg. Rating:	4.3 / 5 (based on 3 ratings). What did you think of it?
Plot:	Kunihiro is an assassin known as "Ball Of Fire" who has just been released from jail and is reluctantly drawn back into criminal life.
Overview:	After spending 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.
Cast:	Yoshio Harada  ||  Reiko Kataoka  ||  Aikawa Sho  ||  Ko Kitamura  ||  Ryuji Mizukami  ||  Hiroyuki Tsunekawa (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	101 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Artsmagic [US]  [A USA-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 (OAR) Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Audio Commentary by Tom Mes Interviews Cast/Crew Info. DVD-9