Takeshi Kitano
Yoshitaka Nishi
Tagline
Work is all I've ever known.
Overview
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Screenplay
Takeshi Kitano
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Original Language
日本語
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Cast
Kayoko Kishimoto
Nishi's Wife
Ren Osugi
Horibe
Susumu Terajima
Nakamura
Tetsu Watanabe
Junkyard Owner
Hakuryu
Yakuza Hitman
Yasuei Yakushiji
Criminal
Tarô Itsumi
Kudo
Kenichi Yajima
Doctor
Makoto Ashikawa
Tanaka
Yuko Daike
Tanaka's Widow
Tsumami Edamame
Businessman Thr...
Yûrei Yanagi
Chef #1
Sujitarô Tamabuk...
Chef #2
Tokio Seki
Old Hick
Motoharu Tamura
Chief Detective
Hitoshi Nishizaw...
Yakuza Head
Hiromi Kikai
Yakuza Henchman...
Shoko Kitano
Young Girl Flyi...
Yoshiyuki Morish...
Yakuza Henchman...
Junichiro Asano
Yakuza Henchman...
Kazuhiro Osada
Yakuza Henchman...
Manzo Shinra
Man Shot in the...
Tetsu Sakuma
Yakuza Henchman...
Riba Matsumi
Maid at the Inn
Miki Fujitani
Florist Clerk
Keiko Yamamoto
Nurse A
Kiyoko Kitazawa
Nurse B
Ai Kishina
Girl in the Jun...
Banri Nakamura
Kiosk Salescler...
Masahiro Naya
Detective at St...
Takayuki Konishi
Detective at St...
Yûzô Yada
Temple Priest
Kanji Tsuda
Man under Inter...
Yôichi Nagai
Cop Driving an ...
Kôsuke Ôta
Bartender
Muhômatsu
Construction Wo...
Omiya no Matsu
Restaurant Clie...
Shiyô Kosuga
Brat #1
Gambino Kobayash...
Brat #2
Al Kitago
Man Selling Tax...
Yûji Aikawa
Woman Walking i...
Hiroshi Umeda
Male Bank Clerk...
Kenji Yamagami
Male Bank Clerk...
Tomoya Naitô
Male Bank Clerk...
Katsuya Takamats...
Male Bank Clerk...
Yasufumi Sakamak...
Male Bank Clerk...
Atsushi Ito
Male Bank Clerk...
Mitsuyo Ishigaki
Female Bank Cle...
Ayako Masuya
Female Bank Cle...
Sumiko Takai
Female Bank Cle...
Mariko Chiba
Female Bank Cle...
Miho Kitahara
Female Bank Cle...
Yoshiko Andô
Female Bank Cle...
Kaoru Sugiyama
Female Bank Cle...
Kikuo Itô
Male Bank Custo...
Shûji Ôtsuki
Male Bank Custo...
Hidetoshi Kawaya
Male Bank Custo...
Koichiro Hama
Male Bank Custo...
Masaru Takahashi
Male Bank Custo...
Ritsuyo Ono
Male Bank Custo...
Yôko Imamoto
Female Bank Cus...
Kiyoko Negishi
Female Bank Cus...
Saki Kaneko
Female Bank Cus...
Kaoru Tomoe
Female Bank Cus...
Ayu Nakagawa
Female Bank Cus...
Maiko Watanabe
Female Bank Cus...
Kazue Fujita
Female Bank Cus...
Yuki Iida
Female Bank Cus...
Rieko Motohashi
Female Bank Cus...
Ryôta Koyama
Grandson Visiti...
Takao Toji
Man with Grands...
Matsumi Fuku
Landlady (uncre...
Featured Reviews
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