Paper Lantern

A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Action,

Drama

Duration:

100 minutes

Year:

1987

Director:

Shunichi Kajima

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Company:

Vanfiru

Cast:
Takanori Jinnai

Eri Ishida

Yoshio Harada

Mariko Kaga

Takanobu Hozumi

Crew:
Shunichi Kajima

Director

Shōji Kaneko

Novel

Tatsuo Suzuki

Director of Photography

Tadayuki Kuwana

Art Direction

Goro Hanawa

Screenplay