Onibi: The Fire Within
(1997)
★ 4.8 IMDb · 14 votes
Year: 1997
Runtime: 101 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 望月六郎
Cast: 原田芳雄, 片岡礼子, 哀川翔, Кадзуки Китамура, 水上竜士, Hiroyuki Tsunekawa, Yoshiaki Fujita, 川上泳, Toshihiro Kinomoto, 中沢青六
Plot
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.