Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka | |
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Directed by | Takashi Miike |
Written by | Shigenori Takechi |
Music by | Joe Yamanaka |
Cinematography | Kiyoshi Itô |
Edited by | Yasushi Shimamura |
Release dates | 2002 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka, also known as Violent Fire, is a 2002 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike starring Riki Takeuchi and Sonny Chiba. Known in Japan as Jitsuroku: Andō Noboru Kyōdō-den - Rekka (実録・安藤昇侠道伝 烈火, "Noboru Ando's True Outlaw Tales: Raging Fire"), it is loosely based on actor Noboru Ando's former life as a yakuza.
Plot
After Kunisada (Riki Takeuchi)'s yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend (Kenichi Endo) go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.
Cast
- Riki Takeuchi as Kunisada
- Ryôsuke Miki
- Kenichi Endo
- Mika Katsumura
- Sonny Chiba
- Yuya Uchida
- Tetsuro Tamba
- Renji Ishibashi
- Lily as Kunisada's Godmother
- Miho Nomoto
- Joe Yamanaka
- Rikiya Yasuoka
Other credits
- Produced by
- Akira Ando - planner
- Mitsuru Kurosawa - executive producer: Toei Video
- Fujio Matsushima - associate planner
- Tsuneo Seto - producer
- Shigenori Takechi - associate planner
- Sound Department: Fusao Yuwaki - sound
- Supervisor: Noboru Ando
Notes
The entire soundtrack to this film is the album Satori by Flower Travellin' Band, whose lead singer Joe Yamanaka and producer Yuya Uchida have small roles in the film.