Directed by:
Shin'ya TsukamotoCinematography:
Shin'ya TsukamotoComposer:
Chū IshikawaPlots(1)
Once again Tsukamoto steps out from behind the camera and stars as Tsuda, the archetypal Japanese salaryman, a cog in the machine seemingly cut off from his own being by hours and hours of work. He's married to polite and compliant Hizuru (Kaori Fujii), the dictionary definition of an ideal Japanese wife. Their life is happy, at least on the surface, at least until Tsuda's brother, Kojima (played by Tsukamoto's own real life brother, Kôji) shows up on the scene. As a pro boxer Kôji's business is violence and even before the proverbial sand is kicked in Tsuda's face we can already sense the wonder and jealousy with which he views his brother's transformed body; but once Kojima seduces Hizuru, revealing that he just doesn't excel at physical violence, but mental and emotional brutality as well, does Tsuda get himself to the gym and into training so he can wreak his revenge with his fists. (Third Window Films)
(more)Cast
Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Fist (1995)
Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
Bullet Ballet (1998)
Naoto Takenaka
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Tomorowo Taguchi
Japan
Best movies:
By Player (2000)
Love Letter (1995)
Switching - Goodbye Me (2007)
Kaori Fujii
Japan
Best movies:
Swallowtail & Butterfly (1996)
Tokyo Fist (1995)
April Story (1998)
六平直政
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (2003)
Love Letter (1995)
Brother (2000)
Tokitoshi Shiota
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Fist (1995)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
A Snake of June (2002)