Kamikaze takushî
Director: Masato Harada
Cast: Kazuya Takahashi, Ken'ichi Yajima, Koji Yakusho, Mickey Curtis, Reiko Kataoka, Taketoshi Naitô, Tomorowo Taguchi, Toshi Shioya
Synopsis:
Cast: Kazuya Takahashi, Ken'ichi Yajima, Koji Yakusho, Mickey Curtis, Reiko Kataoka, Taketoshi Naitô, Tomorowo Taguchi, Toshi Shioya
Synopsis:
A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a ‘kamikaze’ mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.
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San Francisco Examiner
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