is a 2018
Japanese
crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...
and
yakuza
, also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . The English equivalent for the ter ...
film directed by
Kazuya Shiraishi
is a Japanese filmmaker.
Works
Film
TV series
References
External links
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Japanese film directors
Japanese television directors
Living people
1974 births
People from Hokkaido
People from Asahikawa
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.
Plot
1988,
Hiroshima, Japan
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama Prefecture to the e ...
. Shūichi Hioka (
Tori Matsuzaka
is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted as Takeru Shiba/Shinken Red in ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.'' Since then, he has appeared in several television shows and films.
Personal life
On December 10, 2020, Matsuzaka married actress Erika To ...
) gets assigned to the second investigative unit under Shōgo Ōgami (
Kōji Yakusho
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor. He is well known for his starring roles in ''Shall We Dance?'' (1996), ''Cure'' (1997), ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), '' 13 Assassins'' (2010), ''The Third Murder'' (2017), '' The Blood of Wolv ...
), a detective rumored to have mob ties, and he is put in charge of the missing person case for an employee at a yakuza-affiliated finance company. Hioka confronts ruthless gang thugs while harboring doubts about the
law-breaking Ogami.
Cast
;East Kurehara Police
*
Kōji Yakusho
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor. He is well known for his starring roles in ''Shall We Dance?'' (1996), ''Cure'' (1997), ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), '' 13 Assassins'' (2010), ''The Third Murder'' (2017), '' The Blood of Wolv ...
as Shōgo Ōgami
*
Tori Matsuzaka
is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted as Takeru Shiba/Shinken Red in ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.'' Since then, he has appeared in several television shows and films.
Personal life
On December 10, 2020, Matsuzaka married actress Erika To ...
as Shūichi Hioka
*
Kenichi Yajima
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Graduating from Meiji Gakuin University, Yajima debuted as an actor in 1981. A frequent player in the films of Masato Harada, Yajima often plays yakuza
, also known as , are members of transnational organized ...
*
Tomorowo Taguchi
is a Japanese actor, film director and musician.
After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he m ...
;Hiroshima Prefectural Police
*
Kenichi Takitō as Daisuke Saga
;Odani-gumi
*
Yōsuke Eguchi
is a Japanese actor and singer. Since 1986, he has appeared in a number of television series and movies. He is married to the singer-songwriter Chisato Moritaka
(born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwrit ...
as Moritaka Ichinose
*
Goro Ibuki
is a Japanese actor. He is known for his parts in jidaigeki television dramas especially Kakusan in Mito Kōmon series, but is known as part of the cast of ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' as Hikoma Kusakabe.
Filmography Film
*'' Bohachi Bushi ...
as Kenji Odani
*
Tomoya Nakamura
is a Japanese actor. He is known for the Japanese voice of Aladdin in the 2019 live action remake
Career
Nakamura made his debut in the film '' The Innocent Seven'' in 2005.
Filmography Film
Television
Japanese dub
Awards
References
...
as Kyōji
* Taketo Tanaka as Takashi
;Irako-kai
*
Renji Ishibashi
, born is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 15th Hochi Film Award for '' Rōnin-gai''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video game
* '' Yakuza: Dead Souls'' - Oyassan
References
External links
*
Renji Ishib ...
as Shōhei Irako
;Kakomura-gumi
*
Kyūsaku Shimada as Kakomura
*
Yutaka Takenouchi
is a Japanese actor. His on-screen acting debut was in the drama 「ボクの就職」 (Boku no Syūshoku) in 1994, after winning a modeling contest. He regularly appears in commercials.
Filmography
TV series
* ''Boku no Shūshoku/My First Job' ...
as Nozaki
* Takuma Oto'o as Yoshida
*
Katsuya
is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Possible writings
*克也, "gram, to be"
*勝也, "win, to be"
*勝矢, "win, arrow"
*勝哉, "win, how"
*勝夜, "win, night"
*活耶, "active, father"
*活弥, "active, extensive, ...
as "Sekitori"
;Takii-gumi
*
Pierre Taki
, better known by his stage name , is the front man for Japanese synthpop group Denki Groove, which consists of himself and Takkyu Ishino. As of 2001 he was involved in an exhibit called Prince Tongha with Hideyuki Tanaka in New York City. He als ...
as Ginji Takii
;Aki Shimbun
*
Nakamura Shidō II as Takafumi Kōsaka
;Others
*
Yōko Maki as Rikako Takagi
*
Junko Abe as Momoko Okada
*
Taro Suruga
is a Japanese musician and actor from Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture.
Biography
His father is rakugo performer Shōfukutei Tsurube II. He graduated from Shinko Gakuen Shinko High School and Osaka University of Arts Junior College. After studying ...
as Jirō Uesawa
*
Megumi
is a Japanese feminine given name. In Japanese, the word megumi means "blessing; grace."
Possible writings
While the word megumi means blessing and can be written using that kanji, it may also be spelled using other kanji, such as the kanji f ...
as Junko Uesawa
* Joey Iwanaga as Daiki Zenda
Awards
Sequel
*''
Last of the Wolves
is a 2021 Japanese crime and yakuza film. It is a sequel to the 2018 film '' The Blood of Wolves''.
Premise
In the early 1990s, a young detective Shūichi Hioka controls the yakuza in Hiroshima, but the situation completely changes when Shigeh ...
'' (2021)
See also
*''
Cops vs. Thugs
is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It won two Blue Ribbon Awards in 1976: Best Director (Fukasaku) and Best Actor (Sugawara). '' Complex'' named it number 6 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies. Kino International ...
'' (1975 film)
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2010s Japanese films
2010s Japanese-language films
Films directed by Kazuya Shiraishi
Toei Company films
Japanese crime drama films
2010s crime drama films
Yakuza films
Films based on Japanese novels
Films set in the 1980s
2018 drama films
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