Masato Harada

A traumatized former officer hell-bent on revenge receives an order to go undercover within the Yakuza by befriending their most frenetic member.Read More »

Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.Read More »

With everything to lose, the desperate band together. Tatsuo, a young foot soldier in the Yakuza, seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese senator with a taste for torture. He’s sets out on a “kamikaze” mission to kill his bosses and the politician. Along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver, Kantake, who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades. and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese. The two form an unlikely and eventually take on father-son roles. Kantake proves to be an invaluable ally in Tatsuo’s quest to take out the mob, the senator and everyone else who gets in the way.Read More »