Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Directed by Takashi Miike
Written by Shigenori Takechi
Music by Joe Yamanaka
Cinematography Kiyoshi Itô
Edited by Yasushi Shimamura
Release date
 2002
Running time
 96 minutes

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka, also known as Violent Fire, is a 2002 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike starring Riki Takeuchi and Sonny Chiba. Known in Japan as Jitsuroku: Andō Noboru Kyōdō-den - Rekka (実録・安藤昇侠道伝 烈火, "Noboru Ando's True Outlaw Tales: Raging Fire"), it is loosely based on actor Noboru Ando's former life as a yakuza.

Plot

After Kunisada (Riki Takeuchi)'s yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend (Kenichi Endo) go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.

Cast

Other credits

  • Produced by
    • Akira Ando - planner
    • Mitsuru Kurosawa - executive producer: Toei Video
    • Fujio Matsushima - associate planner
    • Tsuneo Seto - producer
    • Shigenori Takechi - associate planner
  • Sound Department: Fusao Yuwaki - sound
  • Supervisor: Noboru Ando

Notes

The entire soundtrack to this film is the album Satori by Flower Travellin' Band, whose lead singer Joe Yamanaka and producer Yuya Uchida have small roles in the film.


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