The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 90% of the 1,754 2020s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies for a TV show and meets a young TV director Tsunoda. Meanwhile, he struggles to get a proper job and fit into society. His impulsive, adamant nature and ingrained beliefs cause friction in his relationship with Tsunoda and those who want to help him.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
45 audience votes
Key crew
- Miwa NishikawaScreenplay
- Miwa NishikawaDirector
- Masaki HayashiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Koji YakushoMikami Masao
- Taiga NakanoTsunoda Ryutaro
- Masami NagasawaYoshizawa Haruka
- Isao HashizumeShoji Tsutomu
- Rokkaku SeijiMatsumoto Ryosuke
- Yukiya KitamuraIguchi Hisatoshi
- Narumi YasudaNishio Kumiko
- Meiko KajiShoji Atsuko
- HakuryuShimoinaba Akimasa
- Midoriko KimuraShimoinaba Masuko
- Makita SportsCast
- Kosuke TanakaCast
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Themes
japanbased on novel or booksocietyyakuzarehabilitationkillersecond chancecriminal rehabilitationcriminal recordanti-organized crime lawyakuza exclusion ordinancesredemption arc
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