Summary
Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly corroding the clan's cohesion. Ginji, it turns out, was mired in debt. After Ginji borrowed a small fortune to build a luxury resort, his bank went belly up and stopped financing the loan. Frantic for funds, he decided as a last resort to rat out his boss who had skimmed five-billion yen from the gang. Soon everyone assumes that Idei did the hit. Convinced that Idei is being framed, Tamaki sets out to find the real killer.
Details
Release Date: March 26, 2005
Runtime: 118 minutes
Genres: Drama, Crime
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 2.5/10 (2 votes)
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Naoya Makoto
Yutaka Matsushige
Misaki Mori
Naomasa Musaka
Masataka Naruse
Hideo Sakaki
Shun Sugata
Aya Sugimoto
Reiko Takashima
Susumu Terajima
Jundai Yamada
Michihiro Yamanishi