Barely scraping by making an honest living as a rural yakuza, Hachiya (Yasukaze Motomiya) dreams of the City of Flowers. Unable to conceal their growing frustration at their everyday lives, he and his partner, Sagane (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), choose to pursue their own paths as yakuza, hiding a new major source of income from the family. But when the family captain (Kazuyoshi Ozawa) shows up for the first time in ten years...
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Yasukaze Motomiya
Torata Hachiya
Known for
Baby Assassins
Jigen Daisuke
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Tsuyoshi Sagane
Known for
Detroit Metal City
Tokyo Vice
Kazuyoshi Ozawa
Yamazaki
Known for
Gozu
Shield of Straw
Masaru Matsuda
Miura
Also in
The End of the World
Bodyguard Kiba
Daisuke Nagakura
Dainari
Known for
Big Man Japan
Eiichi Furui
Komada
Known for
Fudoh: The New Generation
Junpei
Terui
Also in
Ryuji the Yakuza
Savage Chivalry
Yuto Nakano
Fujioka
Known for
Mushi-Shi
Detroit Metal City
Keisaku Kimura
Lee
Also in
Psycho Hannibal
RoOT - Route of OddTaxi -
Makoto Kurami
Also in
The Clan's Heir Is a Trans Woman
The Last Gang Kanto Rengo: Black Emperor 5th Generation
Masahiro Asao Director · Katsumi Hayashi Writer
First release October 20, 2012 · Original title 武闘派
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Original title
武闘派
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 20, 2012
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No release date listed for United States.
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