Season 1 • Episode 1
LatestA town where Aniki is back
Eiji Ogawa, a young leader of the Hattagumi yakuza, left the prison after two years sentence. However, it was only Tsuneyoshi Mito, the younger brother, who came to meet him.
Acting
Nagabuchi's prison-walk says everything words can't
Direction
Kiyohiro lets empty frames scream
Score
Sparse synths that ache like regret
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Eiji Ogawa
Nobuko Sendo
Azusa Ogawa
Show Aikawa
Tsuneyoshi Mito
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Namiko Miyazawa
Susumu Terajima
Nao
Hitoshi Ueki
Matsujiro Kawai
Mikiko Sakai
Mineyama
Seiya Nakano
Noboru Hatta
Tatsuo Umemiya
Takejiri Kenzo
Hideji Ōtaki
Saburo Ino
Saburo Ishikura
Tetsu
Taiten Kusunoki
Tadokoro
Toshihiko Yamamoto
Norio Nakanishi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Japan's bubble economy, the film captures yakuza films pivoting from romanticized violence to existential dread about organized crime's fading relevance.
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi was primarily a rock star; this rare dramatic role was suggested by director Yoji Yamada, who saw something wounded in his stage presence.
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