The read
A Balasaur Score of 49 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 4.9/10.
Synopsis
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Haruki KadokawaDirector
- Yōzō TanakaScreenplay
- Kaoru KurimotoCreator
- Masahide SakumaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hironobu NomuraShunichi Yashiro
- Takeshi KagaTakigawa
- Mitsuko BaishoMegumi Nanbu
- Junko MiharaEiko
- Hideo MurotaKosakai
- Isao BitōAsai
- Sonny ChibaYakuza boss
- Kiwako HaradaPianist
- Tomoyo HaradaChieko
- Yoshio HaradaShirae
- Yūji HonmaShoji
- Toshiyuki NagashimaDriver
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