Onibi: The Fire Within 1997
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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.
- Released: 1997-04-19
- Runtime: 101 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Stars: Yoshio Harada, Reiko Kataoka, Show Aikawa, Kazuki Kitamura, Ryushi Mizukami
- Director: Yoshinori Chiba, Yasushi Shimamura, Masaaki Sakurai, Kenichi Kamio, Hiroshi Yamji
