Toshiyuki Morioka — Playwright (5)
Two Punks (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
チンピラ
director: Shinji Aoyama actor: Takao Osawa / Dankan
other title: Deux voyous / チンピラ
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and straight society. Neither wants to be a Yakuza, but normal life presents problems.
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
安藤組外伝 群狼の系譜
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Kiyoshi Nakajo / Ken Kaneko
other title: 安藤組外伝 群狼の系譜
“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways.
Onibi: The Fire Within (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
鬼火
other title: Onibi - Feuerkreis / 鬼火
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.