Onibi: The Fire Within

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

Played Noriyuki Kunihiro
Reiko Kataoka

Played Asako Hino
Show Aikawa

Played Naoto Tanigawa
Kazuki Kitamura

Played Hideyuki Sakata (as …
Ryushi Mizukami

Played Hanamura
Hiroyuki Tsunekawa

Played Satoshi Fujima
Yoshiaki Fujita

Played Kinjo
Ei Kawakami

Played Yoshida
Toshihiro Kinomoto

Played Aoki
Seiroku Nakazawa

Played Nagashima
Masai Ikenaga

Played Kizaki
Eiji Minakata

Played Kanigawa
Hajime Yamazaki

Played Driving School Teach…
Yukio Yamanouchi

Played
Noriko Hayami

Played Toshimi
Eiji Okuda

Played Myojin
Ryuji Yamamoto

Played Hiroshi Fujima

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