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Firebrands (2012)

Original title: 武闘派

2012-10-20 · 1h 24m · JA
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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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Masahiro AsaoDirectorKatsumi HayashiWriter

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Yasukaze MotomiyaYasukaze MotomiyaTorata HachiyaYoshiyuki YamaguchiYoshiyuki YamaguchiTsuyoshi SaganeKazuyoshi OzawaKazuyoshi OzawaYamazakiMasaru MatsudaMasaru MatsudaMiuraDaisuke NagakuraDaisuke NagakuraDainariEiichi FuruiEiichi FuruiKomadaJunpeiJunpeiTeruiYuto NakanoYuto NakanoFujiokaKeisaku KimuraKeisaku KimuraLeeMakoto KuramiMakoto Kurami

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Genre affinityCrime · Action · DramaDialogue densityDramaPacingAction · ShortDirector preference961543Actor preference339104 · 224990 · 339106Country preferenceJp

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What is Firebrands about?

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...

How long is Firebrands?

Firebrands has a runtime of 84 minutes.