Onibi - Feuerkreis
(1997)
Regisseur:
Rokuro MochizukiSchauspieler:
Yoshio Harada, Reiko Kataoka, Sho Aikawa, Kazuki Kitamura, Ryûshi Mizukami, Hiroyuki Tsunekawa, Ryûji Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Fujita, Ei Kawakami, Toshihiro Kinomoto, Seiroku Nakazawa, Masai Ikenaga, Eiji Minakata, Hajime Yamazaki, Yukio Yamanouchi, Noriko HayamiKunihiro (Yoshio Harada), ein gerade aus dem Gefängnis entlassener Yakuza-Killer möchte ein ruhiges Leben fernab von Verbrechen, Blut und Gewalt führen. Er versucht auszusteigen, doch seine Liebe zu Hino (Reiko Kataoka) und deren Beziehung zur Yakuza-Unterwelt führt ihn unweigerlich in den persönlichen Untergang...
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.
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.
