A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of revenge for his great friend.
Acting
Eiji Okuda's weary eyes speak entire backstories without dialogue.
Direction
Furuhata frames violence as funeral ritual, not spectacle.
Cinematography
Rain-soaked neon reflecting on wet pavement like tears the characters won't shed.
Director
Yasuo Furuhata
Eiji Okuda
Katsumi Koba
Keiko Takahashi
Ayako Kumashiro
Hideki Saijo
Hiroshi Asakawa
Shin Takuma
Shoji Hiroue
Renji Ishibashi
Tsuyoshi Kijima
Hiroyuki Nagato
Masuzo Munekata
Shinsuke Shimada
Sasaki
Minori Terada
Jokichi Hirasawa
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Masao
Asuka Kurosawa
Sayaka
Masane Tsukayama
Naomasa Musaka
Shirō Shimomoto
Tetsu Watanabe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 'lost decade,' the film mourns not just a friend but an entire era of masculine identity collapsing under economic ruin.
Hideki Saijo, playing the doomed friend, was primarily a pop idol singer—his casting subverts expectations of yakuza cool with deliberate vulnerability.
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