Onibi: The Fire Within
- Released on
- Runtime
- 101 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Yoshio Harada
- Reiko Kataoka
- Show Aikawa
- Kazuki Kitamura
- Ryushi Mizukami
- Hiroyuki Tsunekawa
- Yoshiaki Fujita
- Ei Kawakami
- Toshihiro Kinomoto
- Seiroku Nakazawa
- Masai Ikenaga
- Eiji Minakata
- Hajime Yamazaki
- Yukio Yamanouchi
- Noriko Hayami
- Eiji Okuda
- Ryuji Yamamoto
Director
- Rokurō Mochizuki
Producers
- Toshiki Kimura
- Yoshinori Chiba
