Onibi: The Fire Within

Onibi: The Fire Within (1997)


  • Genre: Drama, Crime
  • Release Date: 1997-04-19
  • User Rating: 4.8/10 from 11 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: GAGA Communications
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Rokurō Mochizuki
star 4.8/10
From 11 Ratings

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.

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  • Yoshio Harada

    as Noriyuki Kunihiro
  • Reiko Kataoka

    as Asako Hino
  • Show Aikawa

    as Naoto Tanigawa
  • Kazuki Kitamura

    as Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura)
  • Ryushi Mizukami

    as Hanamura
  • Hiroyuki Tsunekawa

    as Satoshi Fujima
  • Yoshiaki Fujita

    as Kinjo
  • Ei Kawakami

    as Yoshida
  • Toshihiro Kinomoto

    as Aoki
  • Seiroku Nakazawa

    as Nagashima
  • Masai Ikenaga

    as Kizaki
  • Eiji Minakata

    as Kanigawa
  • Hajime Yamazaki

    as Driving School Teacher
  • Yukio Yamanouchi

    as
  • Noriko Hayami

    as Toshimi
  • Eiji Okuda

    as Myojin
  • Ryuji Yamamoto

    as Hiroshi Fujima
Sound Kenichi Kamio Original Music Composer
Crew Naoaki Imaizumi Cinematography
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

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