This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kiuchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought the Japanese yakuza organization to its knees. He breaks out of prison while being transported back to Brazil and then begins to seek to get even with the organization.
Direction
Kazuhiro Kiuchi's manga-panel eye gives fight scenes jagged, kinetic energy.
Acting
Naoto Takenaka commits so hard you forgive the accent work.
Director
Kazuhiro Kiuchi
Naoto Takenaka
Carlos Shiro Hirata
Kyoko Koizumi
Satomi Yasuda
Yuya Uchida
Elder Gilyak
Mikio Osawa
Younger Gilyak
Masataka Iwao
Shoichi Ono
Michihiro Yamanishi
Akio Anjo
Kazuki Kitamura
Yasuharu Nishikawa
Yasuhito Hida
Ryo Yasuda
Mako
Santos
Masataka Naruse
Hiroshi Kaji
Yuu Tokui
Shoe store clerk
Tora Uganda
Hotel Employee
Takashi Ebata
Soba restaurant owner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kiuchi was already famous for manga 'Be-Bop High School' before this directorial detour. He never directed again.
The film explores the real, rarely depicted history of Japanese-Brazilian dekasegi workers and their criminal underground.
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