Onibi: The Fire Within
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.
- Year: 1997
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Studio: GAGA Communications
- Keyword: yakuza, love, revenge, ex-con, reform
- Director: Rokurō Mochizuki
- Cast: Yoshio Harada, Reiko Kataoka, Show Aikawa, Kazuki Kitamura, Ryushi Mizukami, Hiroyuki Tsunekawa