is a 1990

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ese film directed by

Junji Sakamoto is a Japanese film director. Career After working as a set assistant or assistant director under such filmmakers as Sogo Ishii and Kazuyuki Izutsu, he made his directorial debut in 1989 with '' Dotsuitarunen'' (earning the Directors Guild of ...

. It stars Takeshi Yamato,

Bunta Sugawara was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 feature films. Dropping out of Waseda University, he worked as a model before entering the film industry in 1956. After years of work, Sugawara finally established himself as a famous actor at the ...

and Karen Kirishima.

Plot

The plot centers around a young ex-prisoner who takes up boxing (''tekken'' is Japanese for "clenched fist").

Awards

Bunta Sugawara won a

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist ...

for Best Actor for his performance.

Other uses

This film has no relation to the

Tekken is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations. The main games in the series follow the events ...

video game series or the video game based 2010 film counterpart, even using the same name. Another version was released in 2009.

External links

* 1990 films Films directed by Junji Sakamoto 1990s Japanese-language films Films scored by Shigeru Umebayashi 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub