

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
3.5
Cast

Hironobu Nomura
Shunichi Yashiro

Takeshi Kaga
Takigawa

Mitsuko Baisho
Megumi Nanbu

Junko Mihara
Eiko

Hideo Murota
Kosakai

Isao Bitō
Asai

Sonny Chiba
Yakuza boss

Kiwako Harada
Pianist

Tomoyo Harada
Chieko

Yoshio Harada
Shirae
Yūji Honma
Shoji

Toshiyuki Nagashima
Driver

Isao Natsuyagi
Bar owner

Johnny Ohkura
Nakamura

Masato Furuoya
Sajima

Tetsuro Tamba
Yakuza boss

Hiroyuki Sanada
Tanokura

Etsuko Shihomi
Bar maid

Hiroko Yakushimaru
Waitress

Kentarō Shimizu
Maekawa

Ryudo Uzaki
Yasuhara

Noriko Watanabe
Midori

Susumu Terajima
(uncredited)
Crew
Director
Screenplay
Creator
Producer
Cinematography
Sound
Editor
Assistant Director
Music Director
Novel
Production Design
Lighting Design
Details
Release Date
1986-04-26
Runtime
104 min
Original Language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Production Companies
KADOKAWA
Countries
Japan
Genres
Drama
Crime
Music