“He was stronger than anyone else. He was kinder than anyone else.”
Surrounded by violence for as long as he can remember, Ryoudo Numata has steeled himself into a tremendously tough man, growing to become the very essence of "manliness" himself in order to live his life in peace. When members of a yakuza clan set on fire to his house to facilitate a real estate transaction, Kumada murders them and gets jailed for it. 15 years later, finally free, he will now have to reconnect with his family who clearly are in disarray due his long absence and face the distrust of his children who know nothing of their father except that he had abandoned them.
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Sonny Chiba
Ryudo Numata
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Yoshiko Tanaka
Toshiko Numata
Known for
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Black Rain
Yoshifusa Ide
Hiromi Kitagawa
Yoko Numata
Also in
Mei's Butler
Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files
Takamasa Kameishi
Mackenyu Maeda
Numata (Childhood)
Known for
ONE PIECE
Knights of the Zodiac
Keita Saito
Shingo Numata
Known for
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Hideo Sakaki
Yasushi Tsugawa
Known for
Versus
Alive
Seiichirō Kameishi
Seitarou
Known for
A Fugitive from the Past
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Boss
Known for
Paprika
Gemini
Yuji Kishimoto
Also in
Mechanical Violator Hakaider
Junk
Yutaka Matsushige
Known for
Death Note
Unnatural
Sonny Chiba Director · Yoshifusa Ide Director Yoshihide Ide Screenplay
First release August 25, 2007 · Produced in Japan · Original title 親父
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Japan
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Original title
親父
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 25, 2007
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