Onibi: The Fire Within (1997)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Yoshio Harada

Noriyuki Kunihiro

Reiko Kataoka

Asako Hino

Show Aikawa

Naoto Tanigawa

Kazuki Kitamura

Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura)

Ryushi Mizukami

Hanamura

Hiroyuki Tsunekawa

Satoshi Fujima

Yoshiaki Fujita

Kinjo

Ei Kawakami

Yoshida

Toshihiro Kinomoto

Aoki

Seiroku Nakazawa

Nagashima

Masai Ikenaga

Kizaki

Eiji Minakata

Kanigawa

Director & Crew

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